Spellbound
Blitz, Jeffrey
1969-
pro
drt
Welch, Sean
1965-
pro
Arenivar, Angela
1985-
Lala, Nupur.
Brigham, Ted.
Stagg, Emily
1984-
White, Ashley.
Kadakia, Neil
1987-
DeGideo, April.
Altman, Harry.
Cameron, Alex
1937-
Gorskaya, Yana.
Hulsizer, Daniel.
Blitz/Welch (Firm)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
moving image
videorecording
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
cau
Culver City, Calif
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
[2004], c2003
2004
monographic
eng
fre
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The Bee is as intense a competition as any Olympic match, for both the spellers and their families. The unbearable pressure becomes even more extraordinary when it is felt by ordinary teenagers.
MPAA rating: G.
general
a Blitz/Welch picture ; produced by Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch ; directed by Jeffrey Blitz.
Special features: commentary by filmmakers; theatrical trailer; bonus footage; where are they now? updates on all 8 profiled spellers; interactive Hangman game: deluxe edition; educational guide: includes "Host your own spelling bee" kit.
Angela Arenivar, Nupur Lala, Ted Brigham, Emily Stagg, Ashley White, Neil Kadakia, April DeGideo, Harry Altman, Alex Cameron.
DVD, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Closed-captioned.
Camera, Jeffrey Blitz ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; music composer, Daniel Hulsizer.
Woodstock Film Festival, 2002: Maverick Award - Best Documentary (Jeffrey Blitz).
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Spelling bees
United States
Middle school students
United States
High school students
United States
CM DVD 00639
372.63/2/079
1404947604
9781404947603
03041 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Midwest Tapes
043396030411
TEFMT
031121
20230410123832.0
39084