Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Spellbound / A Blitz/Welch picture ; produced by Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch ; directed by Jeffrey Blitz.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The Bee is as intense a competition as any Olympic match, for both the spellers and their families. The unbearable pressure becomes even more extraordinary when it is felt by ordinary teenagers.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: G.

Subjects:

Spelling bees -- United States.

Middle school students -- United States.

High school students -- United States.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Nonfiction films.

Other Author:

Blitz, Jeffrey, 1969-

Welch, Sean, 1965-

Arenivar, Angela, 1985-

Lala, Nupur.

Brigham, Ted.

Stagg, Emily, 1984-

White, Ashley.

Kadakia, Neil, 1987-

DeGideo, April.

Altman, Harry.

Gorskaya, Yana.

Hulsizer, Daniel.

Blitz/Welch (Firm)

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)

Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.)

International Documentary Association.

Other Title:

Spell bound

Notes:

Originally produced in 2002.

Full names of profiled spellers taken from Bonus footage.

Restricted to home use or face to face teaching.

Camera, Jeffrey Blitz ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; composer, Daniel Hulsizer.

Angela Arenivar, Nupur Lala, Ted Brigham, Emily Stagg, Ashley White, Neil Kadakia, April DeGideo, Harry Altman.

Sponsored by the International Documentary Association & Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco.

DVD-ROM ; NTSC, Region 1 ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo. ; dual-layer disc ; access to Educational Guide through disc requires computer with DVD-ROM drive and an internet connection.

English or dubbed French soundtrack; optional French subtitles; English closed captions for the hearing impaired.

Woodstock Film Festival, 2002: Maverick Award - Best Documentary (Jeffrey Blitz).

Contents:

Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by filmmakers ; Theatrical trailers ; Bonus footage; 'Where are they now?' [updates on all 8 profiled spellers] ; About the filmmakers [text feature] ; DVD-ROM content: Interactive Hangman game: deluxe edition -- Educational guide, including "Host your own spelling bee" kit.

LCCN:

53479655

ISBN:

1404947604

9781404947603

Publisher Number:

03041

Other Number:

53479655

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

846100

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD 372.632 Spellbou