Spellbound

Spellbound
by Jeffrey Blitz

Spellbound
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Actor: Angela Arenivar, Jorge Arenivar, Mr. Scott McGarraugh, Mrs. Lindy McGarraugh, Ubaldo Arenivar
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
Producer: Jeffrey Blitz
Editor: Yana Gorskaya
Producer: Ronnie Eisen
Producer: Sean Welch
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-20
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Sony Pictures

Movie Reviews of Spellbound

Movie Review: Spellbound is an eye opening movie
Summary: 4 Stars

This movie follows eight national spelling bee contestants through the preparation in their home towns to the actual contest. It shows just how much kids can achieve with determination and hard work. I highly recommend this for everyone, but especially for parents to show to their hard to motivate children.

Summary of Spellbound

Spellbound is the extraordinary documentary that follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the National Spelling Bee competition.
Who would have thought that a documentary about spelling-bee contestants could be as suspenseful as a Hitchcock thriller? Spellbound, which follows eight kids from their early victories in regional spelling bees to the national competition in Washington, D.C., is an out-and-out nail-biter. Each of the kids--who range from a quietly driven African American girl from a run-down D.C. neighborhood, to a genial Connecticut girl who talks about bringing her au pair to a previous competition, to an almost zombie-like boy whose immigrant father has paid 1,000 people back in India to pray for the boy's success--gets captured so vividly that you can't help but get emotionally immersed in their brave, nerve-wracking struggle to spell slippery, treacherous words. Along the way, Spellbound contrasts the crazily different populations that make up the U.S. and shows how this facet of intelligence truly makes everyone equal on the podium. A riveting, wrenching, must-see movie. --Bret Fetzer

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