Spellbound (2003)

CinemaSource
starring:
director:
Jeff Blitz
movie show times and tickets
Movie Showtimes
Enter your ZIP for Movies in your area:
Find movies in your area:
The Top Fifteen Trailers
Christian Bale and Sam Worthington in 'Terminator Salvation'
Warner Bros. Pictures
Terminator Salvation [Terminator 4]
Quantum of Solace
Star Trek XI
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Sixty Six
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Saw V
Punisher: War Zone
Twilight
Body of Lies
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Bangkok Dangerous
He's Just Not That Into You
Ghost Town


details
Rating: G
Release Date: Apr 30, 2003
Running Time: 97 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Eight kids of wildly disparate ethnic, class, and regional backgrounds are followed from their individual hometowns to Washington D.C. for the National Spelling Bee Finals.
cast + crew
Jeff Blitz
Director
Jeff Blitz
Producer
Sean Welch
Producer
Ron Eisen
Producer
Nancy Abraham
Supervising Producer
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer
reviews
Source
rating May 14, 2003
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.,… Continued

More Reviews from Rolling Stone »