You think spelling bees are for wussies? You won't after seeing
Spellbound, a documentary that puts reality TV to shame by focusing on eight contestants (out of 248, and no one past the eighth grade) who entered the 1999 National Spelling Bee, a two-day bloodbath.
Director Jeff Blitz gets in close to Angela Arenivar, April Degideo, Ashley White, Emily Stagg, Harry Altiman, Ted Brigham, Napur Lala and their families. Whether from a Texas ranch, a Missouri trailer park or a Washington, D.C.,