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Is "The Starbucks funding raises questions pertinent to today's cinema, such as whether or not the presence of corporate sponsorship decreases the value of the art. However, due to the costs associated with filmmaking, this is a trend that will likely continue, for better or for worse" really NPOV? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Trojan traveler (talk • contribs).

Starbucks signed on to the project after the film was shot and edited. They did not have any creative role in the making of this film. --Carlothebarlo

Nothing in that paragraph is cited, so it's going...now.--Planetary 23:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name origin

is the name Akeelah invented or from some other culture?

According to this page, "Akilah" is an Arabic name meaning "intelligent, logical, one who reasons". --Mathew5000 10:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Was it a boxoffice bomb?

seems like it disappeared in a week after all the months of starbuck hype. did it make any money?

The movie cost under 6 million and grossed around 19 before the release of the DVD... hardly a bomb

True story?

Nothing in the article says if it is or not, but it certainly sounds like the kind of movie that would be based off of nonfiction.--SeizureDog 21:07, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The movie is fiction. Somebody just made it all up. --Mathew5000 22:16, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It is a made up story that got support after Spell Bound came out. Timothy Clemans 17:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is factual. However, when Akeelah and Dylan are declared co-champions at the end, that clearly never happened. Mathnerd314 15:25, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, twice in spelling bee history, a co-champion has been declared.
Actually, three times: 1950, 1957, and 1962, according to the 2006 Paideia. However, the movie is clearly set later than 1990, since Akeelah has obtained a list of all the winning words up to then. Mathnerd314 01:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you post on AoPS? Also, does anyone have information about the location filming of this movie, because I think it was shot on site in my elementary school (Woodland Hills Elementary)

Yes, I do, but that's off topic. Look on IMDB for the filming information.Mathnerd314 23:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plot section

I think the plot needs to be trimmed quite a bit. Legedevin 01:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Akeelah and the Bee......Poem

The poem that was on the wall in professors office that Akeelah read....who wrote it? I cannot find it anywhere.

207.183.230.217 10:34, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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