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Spellbound(Movie, 2002)

1h 37min | Genre: Documentary
SpellboundRating: 3.7/5 (with 5252 votes)
Spellbound is a 2002 American documentary that was directed by Jeffrey Blitz. The film follows eight competitors in the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The film received positive reviews and won several awards, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Spellbound

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film

About Spellbound

This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.

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Additional Information

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 5 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Korean (KO)
Status: Released
Release date US: 11/13/2002 (World premiere: 03/14/2002)
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Producer: Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Blitz
Film Editor: Yana Gorskaya
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Al pie de la letra"
"Agonisma orthografias"
"チャレンジ・キッズ 未来に架ける子どもたち"
"Mistrzowie ortografii"
"Завороженный"

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Other movies with this title: Spellbound (US, 1916), Spellbound (US, 1945), Spellbound (FR, 2001), Spellbound (KR, 2011), Spellbound (2014), Spellbound (US, 2016), Spellbound (FR, 2019), Spellbound (NZ, 2020), Spellbound (DE, 2021), Spellbound (ES/US, 2023)

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