Spellbound
Spellbound [videorecording] /
a Blitz/Welch picture ; produced by Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch ; directed by Jeffrey Blitz.
- Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.
- 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Camera, Jeffrey Blitz ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; music composer, Daniel Hulsizer. Camera, Jeffrey Blitz ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; music composer, Daniel Hulsizer.
Angela Arenivar, Nupur Lala, Ted Brigham, Emily Stagg, Ashley White, Neil Kadakia, April DeGideo, Harry Altman, Alex Cameron.
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.
DVD, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Closed-captioned.
Woodstock Film Festival, 2002: Maverick Award - Best Documentary (Jeffrey Blitz).
1404947604 9781404947603
043396030411
03041 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com
Spelling bees--United States.
Middle school students--United States.
High school students--United States.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
CM DVD 00639
372.63/2/079
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.
Camera, Jeffrey Blitz ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; music composer, Daniel Hulsizer. Camera, Jeffrey Blitz ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; music composer, Daniel Hulsizer.
Angela Arenivar, Nupur Lala, Ted Brigham, Emily Stagg, Ashley White, Neil Kadakia, April DeGideo, Harry Altman, Alex Cameron.
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.
DVD, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Closed-captioned.
Woodstock Film Festival, 2002: Maverick Award - Best Documentary (Jeffrey Blitz).
1404947604 9781404947603
043396030411
03041 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com
Spelling bees--United States.
Middle school students--United States.
High school students--United States.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
CM DVD 00639
372.63/2/079