Spellbound

Starring: Harry Altman, Angela Arenivar, Ted Brigham, April DeGideo, Neil Kadakia, Nupur Lala, Emily Stagg, Ashley White

Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Release Date: April 30th, 2003
MPAA Rating: G
Studio: ThinkFilm

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Synopsis: "Spellbound" presents the intense, true-life experience of the National Spelling Bee as seen through the eyes of the eight driven, young spellers. We share in their private lives as they train for and compete in this ultimate, intellectual showdown. Within these stories, we discover not just the idiosyncratic personalities, their obsessional study habits, their sometimes heart-breaking, sometimes inspiring family dynamics, but the story of America itself. From the hardscrabble plains of Texas to the manicured lawns of Connecticut, from the redneck Ozark countryside to the troubled Washington, D.C. projects, "Spellbound" presents a patchwork of real and modern American stories. For the first time on the big screen, audiences can follow the dramatic journey of eight anxious yet courageous young competitors as they wrestle with impossibly difficult words and enormously big dreams at the National Spelling Bee.