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Bee Season

Year:
Duration:
104 min
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
5.5
Director:
Scott McGehee
Awards:
1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2005-11-17
Filming Locations: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Oakland, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $14,000,000
Opening Weekend: $120,544 (USA) (13 November 2005)
Gross: $1,180,560 (USA) (2 February 2006)
Cast
Actor
Character
Richard Gere
Saul
Juliette Binoche
Miriam
Flora Cross
Eliza
Max Minghella
Aaron
Kate Bosworth
Chali
Corey Fischer
National Spelling Bee Pronouncer
Sam Zuckerman
National Spelling Bee Judge
Joan Mankin
Ms. Bergermeyer
Piers Mackenzie
Dr. Morris
Lorri Holt
Ms. Rai
Brian Leonard
Mr. Julien
Jamal Thornes
Wiseacre Boy's Mate
Kathy McGraw
Regional Bee Pronouncer
John Evans
Regional Bee Judge
Alisha Mullally
Young Miriam
John R. Searle
Himself
Seamus Genovese
Priest
Andrew Murray
Young Aaron
Dik Martin
State Bee Pronouncer (as Dick Martin)
Olivia Charles
State Bee Judge
Sujata Balu
Indian Woman
Steven Anthony Jones
Sergeant
David Ryan Smith
Nurse
Velina Brown
Hotel Housekeeper
Robyn Blair
Melanie
Justin Alioto
Kevin
Alex Keel
Sinna Bhagudori
Justin Ping Yuan
Li Chan
Anthony Ybarra
'Sequel' Speller
Ben Johnson
'Orangutan' Speller
Taylor Kane
'Coyote' Speller
Derek Wong
'Oasis' Speller
Sophie Oda
'Usurper' Speller (as Sophie Tamiko Oda)
Anand Zala
'Staccato' Speller
Samuel Richman
'Hoodlum' Speller
Shawn Smith
'Macrame' Speller
Mickey Boxell
'Lorgnette' Speller
Maya Ramchandran
'Daguerreotype' Speller
Neil Chalaka
'Glissando' Speller
Gaayatri Kaundinya
'Selenic' Speller
Charlotte Musengwa
'Duvetyn' Speller
Nikil Balakrishnan
'Peripatetic' Speller
Isaiah Aglibot Bryant
'Thoracic' Speller
Alison Doyle
National Spelling Bee Winner
Emily Trumble
'Iridian' Speller
Nathan Calixto
'Ecchymosis' Speller
Simon M. Ehrlich
'Succotash' Speller
Nick Taber
'Abiogenist' Speller
Gautam Krishnamurthi
'Strongylid' Speller
Corey Rateau
'Noctivagant' Speller
Patricia R. Floyd
Voice Actor (voice)
Timothy Gulan
Voice Actor (voice)
Betsy Hogg
Voice Actor (voice)
Jennifer Perito
Voice Actor (voice)
Kristin Reeves
Voice Actor (voice)
Rose Stockton
Voice Actor (voice)
Marlon Suson
Voice Actor (voice)
Michael Tommer
Voice Actor (voice)
Arden Winant
Voice Actor (voice)
Bruce Winant
Voice Actor (voice)
Vanessa Lemonides
Special Voicing (voice)
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle
Bee Season #1
Jaime Soria
Spelling Bee Parent
Joseph Amey
Audience Member (uncredited)
Alissa Anderegg
Spelling Bee Student (uncredited)
Heather Barberie
Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Christa Bella
Audience Member (uncredited)
Mia Bernardino
Eliza's Classmate (uncredited)
Chandler Bolt
Student (uncredited)
Mike Borg
Bee Contestant's Father (uncredited)
Domenic Bove
Spelling Bee Contestant (uncredited)
Cynthia Lea Clark
Photographer (uncredited)
Jared Dorrance
Spelling Bee Student (uncredited)
Michael Dunn
Audience Member (uncredited)
April Eaton
Spelling Bee Contestant (uncredited)
Cathy Fithian
Elevator Mom (uncredited)
Terri J. Freedman
Comfort Counselor (uncredited)
Juan Guerra
Audience Member (uncredited)
Brandon Haas
Spelling Bee Student (uncredited)
David Hern
Bell Judge (uncredited)
Mason Hsieh
Nervous Spelling Bee contestant (uncredited)
Rick Kain
Yuppy Dad (uncredited)
Branden Weslee Kong
Audience Member (uncredited)
Shaun Landry
Patient (uncredited)
Thomas Loher
Audience Member (uncredited)
Florentine Mocanu
Nurse (uncredited)
Tam Nguyen
Classroom Student (uncredited)
Marcus Niehaus
Student (uncredited)
Scott Palmer
Congressman (uncredited)
David Alan Poe
Audience Member (uncredited)
Pat Ridley
Audience Member (uncredited)
Alexandra Rieger
Spelling Bee Student #73 (uncredited)
Jennifer Robertson
Family Member (uncredited)
Angie Ruiz
Kabbalah Student (uncredited)
Michael Sandow
(uncredited)
Peggy Sandow
Mother (uncredited)
Bobby Sharpe
Himself (uncredited)
Ezra Stanley
Student (uncredited)
Jonathan Tucker
Student (uncredited)
James D. Weston II
Parent (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Jonathan Murphy auditioned for the part of Aaron Naumann.
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Dakota Fanning was originally going to play Eliza, but directors thought that Flora Cross looked like Juliette Binoche and selected Cross instead.
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Goofs
When Aaron goes to Church, after the priest says "This is the Lamb of God...etc" Catholics should answer: "Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed". People in the Church do not respond to the priest, but go directly to receive Communion, and it is very clear that the ceremony going on is Catholic
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The wind changes directions almost 180° when Chali first meets Aaron at the park. Shots from over her shoulder have her hair blowing back, away from her neck while the shots facing her have the wind blowing her hair forward across her neck/chin.
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The license plates on the family Volvo are different on the front and back. The front license plate starts with a "4", the rear license plate starts with a "5".
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Quotes
National Spelling Bee Pronouncer: Number 14. Eliza Naumann, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California. "Oppidan".
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Saul: Make yourself right. Cleanse your heart and soul. Permute the letters back and forth. You will feel then as if an additional spirit is within you. In this manner you will reach beyond yourself. Go slowly, as the path is dangerous, and must be traveled with caution.
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Aaron: [scolding his father] Why can't live your own stupid life? Why do you have to drag me and Elly into it?
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Photos from cast
Dann Fink
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