Bee Season
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Cast & Crew
Scott Mcgehee
Nick Taber
Betsy Hogg
Corey Rateau
Jon Evans
Emily Trumble
Film Details
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Synopsis
Eliza Naumann spells words. Lots of words. Hard words. Long words. And with an effortlessness and understanding that surprises everyone around her. Her teachers, her fellow students. But especially those closest to her: her father, mother and brother. The people whose lives Eliza's newfound genius will irrevocably change. As Eliza Naumann trains for the ultimate test of her spelling powers--the pressure-packed National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C--her family simultaneously begins to fall apart. Indeed the more amazing the words are that Eliza learns to spell, the more communication seems to break down all around her. Her father Saul, a religious studies professor, sees something transcendent in Eliza's magical gift, and begins to teach her the secrets of Kabbalah. He becomes obsessed with her victories, living vicariously through her path to God. Her mother Miriam finds Eliza and Saul's shared focus a painful reminder of the connection she once had with her husband and her own parents, who died tragically when she was a young girl. Meanwhile, Eliza's older brother Aaron, once her father's favorite, rebels against his withdrawal of affection, experimenting with other religions, and eventually seeking out a connection with a beautiful Hare Krishna. With her family disintegrating before her young eyes, it's up to Eliza--and an unexpected act of selflessness and love--to put the broken pieces of her world back together.
Cast
Nick Taber
Betsy Hogg
Corey Rateau
Jon Evans
Emily Trumble
Arden Winant
John R. Searle
Dann Fink
Max Minghella
Flora Cross
Justin Ping Yuan
Patricia R Floyd
Nikil Balakrishnan
Maya Ramchandran
Piers Mackenzie
Ben Johnson
Alison Doyle
Neil Chalaka
Velina Brown
Dick Martin
Justin Alioto
Bruce Winant
Jamal Thornes
Simon M. Ehrlich
Juliette Binoche
Gaayatri Kaundinya
Mickey Boxell
Isaiah Aglibot Bryant
Olivia Charles
Lorri Holt
Jennifer Perito
Kathy Mcgraw
Vanessa Lemonides
Joan Mankin
Samuel Richman
Anthony Ybarra
Robyn Blair
Kristin Reeves
Michael Tommer
David Ryan Smith
Timothy Gulan
Corey Fischer
Taylor Kane
Sujata Balu
Sophie Tamiko Oda
Charlotte Musengwa
Kate Bosworth
Richard Gere
Nathan Calixto
Brian Leonard
Anand Zala
Donald Mcmillan
Steven Anthony Jones
Shawn Smith
Derek Wong
Alex Keel
Seamus Genovese
Sam Zuckerman
Gautam Krishnamurthi
Rose Stockton
Alisha Mullally
Marlon Suson
Crew
Susan Alegria
Anthony Allegre
Jeffrey Allen
Nancy Allen
Carmen Alvarex
David Amado
Johann Sebastian Bach
Karen L. Baker
Stephen Balliet
Ben Barker
Michael Barry
James Beaumonte
Michael Becker
Nate Belove
Albert Berger
Kolja Blacher
Joe Bonadio
David Boulton
Kris Boxell
Phil Bray
Andrew Brotzman
Jane Bulmer
Rocky Capella
Carla Capretto
Mickey Carleton
Camerata Cassovia
James R. Chandler
Hae-won Chang
Andy Chase
Andy Chase
Aric Cheng
Catherine Childers
David Childers
Gregory Childers
Carol Chow
Luann Claps
Peter Clarke
Rich Clot
Ryan Collinson
Brad Combs
Brian Copenhagen
Katherine Covell
Carolyn Crimley
Mary Cybulski
Nick D'abo
Brad Davis
Gretchen Davis
Kent Demaine
Brian Deming
Louis Di Cesare
Roger W. Dodd
Sharlene Duale
Dominique Durand
Dominique Durand
Rory Enke
Timothy Fain
Timothy Fain
Don Feeney
Tom Ficke
Patrick Figueroa
Ben Flax
Gabriel Foley
Jeph Folkins
Naomi Foner
Peggy Forcellini
Richard Foreman
Glenn Freemantle
Carolyn Fulkerson
John Furniotis
Felix Gehm
Barbara Gogney
Myla Goldberg
Michael Goldman
Juan Gonzalez
Michael Grean
Tim Guffin
Tim Guffin
Mindy Hall
Peggy Hall-plessas
Leslie Hamilton
Dr. Winfried Hammacher
Bill Hart
Kiersten Harter
Dale Haugo
Chris Hayes
Vivian Hengsteler
Matthew Heron
Lee Herrick
Greg Holland
Henry Hollander
Virginia Hopkins
Rachel Hudgins
Joel Iwataki
Joel Iwataki
Simon James
Sergio Jimenez
Karen Jine
Cory Johnson
Tabitha Johnson
Abbi Jutkowitz
Rowdy Kelley
Dan Korintus
Annette Kudrak
John Lacy
Robert Lane
Anne Lee
Gerry Leonard
Karin Levinson
Catherine Leyba
John Lister
David Loya
Patrick Ludden
Mark Luevano
Stuart Macphee
Mary Malin
Lawrence Manchester
Mindy Marin
Tony Martinez
Tony Martinez
Antonio Martinez Garcia
Michelle Matland
Mato
Patrick Mcardle
Gary Mcclendon
Michael A Mccue
Kelly Mcgehee
Bill Mcgirr
Susan Mcnamara
Saundra U. Mcpherson
Katia Milani
Arnon Milchan
Pete Min
Pete Min
Craig Mohagen
Eddie Money
Mark Moran
Anne Mueller
Mark Nakahara
Peter Nashel
Peter Nashel
Peter Nashel
Peter Nashel
Cindy Nevins
Brendan Nicholson
Giles Nuttgens
Giles Nuttgens
Katsuhiko Okada
Suzanne Ornstein
John Oster
Nelson Padgette
Mike Patrick
Jay Peck
Mike Phillips
Michelle Pizanis
Dwane B. Platt
Christian Powell
Geof Prysirr
Lyndell Quiyou
Peggy Rajski
Derek Raser
Alex Raspa
Charles Ray
Sandy Reed
Jacob Ribicoff
Edward T. Richardson
Patrick Riley
Yvette Rivas
Brad Robinson
Duane Robinson
Will Robinson
Franklin Rocha
Ed Roland
Mark Romanek
Ken Rosenthal
Jac Rubenstein
Victor Salazar
Larry Saltzman
Scott Sandine
Michael Scanlon
Adam Schlesinger
Adam Schlesinger
Steve Schwartz
Aldis Seaton
Inbal Segev
Inbal Segev
Stacey Shames
Warren Shaw
Warren Shaw
Jonathan Shedd
Chris Shellenberger
Gregory K Simmons
Mitch Sisskind
Tanya Smith
Christina Soletti
Collective Soul
Staci Southwick
Russell Souza
John Spezzano
Elie Spitz
Stuart Stanley
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 11, 2005
Limited Release in United States November 11, 2005
Released in United States on Video April 4, 2006
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States September 2005
Released in United States October 2006
Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 19-November 3, 2005.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 18-22, 2006.
Directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel oversaw development of the screenplay's rewrite by Naomi Foner.
Released in United States Fall November 11, 2005
Limited Release in United States November 11, 2005
Released in United States on Video April 4, 2006
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 19-November 3, 2005.)
Released in United States September 2005 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 2-5, 2005.)
Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 18-22, 2006.)
