| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned ; optional French subtitles. |
| Performer |
Participants: Angela Arenivar, Nupur Lala, Ted Brigham, Emily Stagg, Ashley White, Neil Kadakia, April DeGideo, Harry Altman, Alex Cameron. |
| Credits |
Camera, Jeffrey Blitz ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; music composer, Daniel Hulsizer. |
| Note |
Originally released as a documentary special in 2002. |
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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. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Awards |
Woodstock Film Festival, 2002: Maverick Award - Best Documentary (Jeffrey Blitz). |
| Subject |
Spelling bees -- United States -- Videodiscs.
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School children -- Videodiscs.
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Middle school students -- Videodiscs.
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High school students -- Videodiscs.
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Competition (Psychology) -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Added Author |
Blitz, Jeffrey, 1969-
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| ISBN |
1404947604 |
| Standard No. |
043396030411 |
| Music No. |
03041 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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