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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,265 ♪ A-K ♪ 2 00:00:14,349 --> 00:00:16,935 ♪ L-A ♪ 3 00:00:17,018 --> 00:00:18,603 ♪ A-K ♪ 4 00:00:18,687 --> 00:00:20,563 ♪ E-L ♪ 5 00:00:20,647 --> 00:00:24,025 ♪ E-L-A-H ♪ 6 00:00:24,109 --> 00:00:25,610 ♪ K-E-E ♪ 7 00:00:25,694 --> 00:00:27,696 ♪ A-K-E-E-L-A-H ♪ 8 00:00:27,779 --> 00:00:29,030 ♪ Akeelah ♪ 9 00:00:29,114 --> 00:00:30,365 ♪ A-K-E ♪ 10 00:00:32,409 --> 00:00:34,285 ♪ E-L-A ♪ 11 00:00:34,369 --> 00:00:36,955 ♪ K-E, A-K ♪ 12 00:00:38,707 --> 00:00:40,291 ♪ K-E ♪ 13 00:00:40,375 --> 00:00:43,002 ♪ Akeelah, Akeelah, Akeelah ♪ 14 00:00:43,086 --> 00:00:47,173 ♪ A-K-E-E-L-A-H-H-H ♪ 15 00:00:52,887 --> 00:00:54,514 [girl] You know that feeling 16 00:00:54,597 --> 00:00:56,933 where no matter what you do or where you go, 17 00:00:57,016 --> 00:00:59,102 you just don't fit in? 18 00:00:59,185 --> 00:01:00,937 Don't know the word for that. 19 00:01:01,020 --> 00:01:02,439 Alienation? 20 00:01:02,522 --> 00:01:04,023 Estrangement? 21 00:01:04,107 --> 00:01:05,734 Incompatibility? 22 00:01:05,817 --> 00:01:07,986 Nah, those ain't right. 23 00:01:08,069 --> 00:01:10,113 But there's gotta be a word for it. 24 00:01:10,196 --> 00:01:12,782 'cause it's how I feel all the time. 25 00:01:12,866 --> 00:01:16,828 My name's Akeelah Anderson and I'm 11 years old, 26 00:01:16,911 --> 00:01:22,083 and this all starts at Crenshaw Middle School in South Los Angeles. 27 00:01:23,877 --> 00:01:26,296 [bell rings] 28 00:01:26,379 --> 00:01:28,882 ♪♪ 29 00:01:35,638 --> 00:01:39,726 You're all in the seventh grade now, and I know you can do better than this. 30 00:01:39,809 --> 00:01:43,730 So when I give you a list of words, study them. 31 00:01:43,813 --> 00:01:45,607 Akeelah! 32 00:01:45,690 --> 00:01:47,650 How long did you study for this spelling test? 33 00:01:49,110 --> 00:01:50,779 [giggling] 34 00:01:50,862 --> 00:01:52,363 I didn't. 35 00:01:52,447 --> 00:01:53,907 [kids laugh] 36 00:01:55,283 --> 00:01:56,910 See me after class. 37 00:01:56,993 --> 00:02:00,705 Okay, you two need to turn around. Enough! 38 00:02:01,706 --> 00:02:03,249 [bell rings] 39 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:06,544 You know, you could be one of my very best students. 40 00:02:06,628 --> 00:02:08,671 But you don't turn in half your homework. 41 00:02:08,755 --> 00:02:11,007 Sometimes you don't even show up for class. 42 00:02:11,090 --> 00:02:13,468 - What's going on? - I don't know. 43 00:02:14,886 --> 00:02:15,887 [tapping on window] 44 00:02:18,306 --> 00:02:19,766 Have you heard of... 45 00:02:21,601 --> 00:02:23,603 Have you heard of next week's spelling bee? 46 00:02:23,686 --> 00:02:24,896 No. 47 00:02:24,979 --> 00:02:27,690 Well, I think you should sign up for it. 48 00:02:32,779 --> 00:02:35,216 Does he really think I'm gonna be walking around with somebody 49 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,034 in little shorts like that? He crazy. 50 00:02:38,117 --> 00:02:39,869 Oh! Is Devon coming back today? 51 00:02:39,953 --> 00:02:41,746 Yeah, he got a 2-week leave. 52 00:02:41,830 --> 00:02:45,291 Your brother is fine. I got it all figured out, look. 53 00:02:45,375 --> 00:02:47,585 He's gonna be the pilot on a big commercial jet, 54 00:02:47,669 --> 00:02:50,421 and I'm gonna be the flight attendant. Hey! 55 00:02:50,505 --> 00:02:53,424 Spare some change for an old man, girls? 56 00:02:53,508 --> 00:02:55,093 I ain't got no change myself. 57 00:02:55,176 --> 00:02:58,596 [rap music playing in car] 58 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,641 Damn! Derrick-T's new ride is tight! 59 00:03:03,393 --> 00:03:06,145 He been trying to get Terrence in trouble. 60 00:03:06,229 --> 00:03:08,731 Girl, your brother can get his own self in trouble. 61 00:03:08,815 --> 00:03:11,359 - So what did Ms. Cross want? - Nothing. 62 00:03:11,442 --> 00:03:13,903 Just talking about some stupid ass spelling bee. 63 00:03:13,987 --> 00:03:16,906 You gonna do it? You probably be good. 64 00:03:16,990 --> 00:03:21,828 And get up in front of everybody? I'd probably pee in my pants. 65 00:03:21,911 --> 00:03:24,330 So, tell me about the boy in your class with the shorts. 66 00:03:24,414 --> 00:03:25,915 I think he is cute. 67 00:03:25,999 --> 00:03:27,375 ♪♪ 68 00:03:27,458 --> 00:03:29,127 [whoosh] 69 00:03:30,378 --> 00:03:31,629 - [bell rings] - [Akeelah] Yes! 70 00:03:37,302 --> 00:03:39,220 [fireworks exploding] 71 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:42,765 Yes! 72 00:03:42,849 --> 00:03:44,100 Keelie, Mama says go eat. 73 00:03:44,183 --> 00:03:45,852 I'm about to get a high score. One minute. 74 00:03:45,935 --> 00:03:48,021 I don't care. Mama says go eat. 75 00:03:48,104 --> 00:03:51,566 Oh, yeah! I've been dreaming about your cooking for the past five months. 76 00:03:51,649 --> 00:03:52,650 Here, let me take that. 77 00:03:52,734 --> 00:03:55,403 At least I got one baby appreciate what I do around here. 78 00:03:55,486 --> 00:03:58,781 We all appreciate you. Hey! Give me some sugar. 79 00:03:58,865 --> 00:03:59,908 Where is Terrence? 80 00:03:59,991 --> 00:04:01,552 I don't know. Maybe he's still at practice. 81 00:04:01,576 --> 00:04:03,286 Practice was over an hour ago. 82 00:04:03,369 --> 00:04:05,764 I know one thing, he better not be hanging out with no Derrick-T. 83 00:04:05,788 --> 00:04:07,874 Derrick-T? That fool still alive? 84 00:04:07,957 --> 00:04:10,001 - Not after you get done with him. - That's right. 85 00:04:10,084 --> 00:04:11,336 Hey, you. 86 00:04:11,419 --> 00:04:13,379 So, how may planes have you shot down so far? 87 00:04:13,463 --> 00:04:14,464 So far, zero. 88 00:04:14,547 --> 00:04:15,858 But you don't do too much shooting 89 00:04:15,882 --> 00:04:17,592 sitting behind a computer screen in Nevada. 90 00:04:17,675 --> 00:04:19,677 Well, good. You stay on the ground. 91 00:04:19,761 --> 00:04:21,054 Let them white boys go up there. 92 00:04:21,137 --> 00:04:22,597 You stay down here where you belong. 93 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,975 Mama, I'm gonna have my wings and my college degree before you know it. 94 00:04:26,059 --> 00:04:27,810 Unless, of course, this one beats me to it. 95 00:04:27,894 --> 00:04:29,979 Not skipping class with Georgia Cavanaugh she won't. 96 00:04:30,063 --> 00:04:32,357 - Skipping class? - Only P.E. 97 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:33,834 You better not be skipping no class. 98 00:04:33,858 --> 00:04:35,985 Akeelah, go turn off the television. 99 00:04:36,069 --> 00:04:38,237 Hey, hey. Flip it over to ESPN real quick, 100 00:04:38,321 --> 00:04:40,615 let me check out the Lakers score, all right? 101 00:04:40,698 --> 00:04:43,993 [Tanya] I need you to talk to Terrence. 102 00:04:44,077 --> 00:04:47,080 [man on TV]...no more glue traps and no more throwing your money away. 103 00:04:47,163 --> 00:04:48,414 The scientific design... 104 00:04:48,498 --> 00:04:52,126 If you spell the next word correctly, you will be the champion. 105 00:04:52,210 --> 00:04:55,421 - What's this? - Akeelah, turn off the TV now. 106 00:04:55,505 --> 00:04:56,798 [man on TV] "Brunneous." 107 00:04:56,881 --> 00:05:01,761 B-R-U-N- 108 00:05:01,844 --> 00:05:05,264 N-E-O-U-S. Brunneous? 109 00:05:05,348 --> 00:05:06,599 [female judge] Congratulations! 110 00:05:06,683 --> 00:05:10,478 You are the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. 111 00:05:12,188 --> 00:05:16,317 Akeelah needs to listen! Turn it off now! 112 00:05:18,903 --> 00:05:22,323 Brunneous. Brunneous. 113 00:05:26,244 --> 00:05:31,916 "Brunneous. Dark brown, used chiefly scientifically." 114 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,544 Well, why can't they just say brown? 115 00:05:36,796 --> 00:05:39,674 Daddy, have you ever heard of this word? 116 00:05:44,804 --> 00:05:47,640 Yeah. You probably did. 117 00:05:52,353 --> 00:05:55,023 "Cauterize." C-A-U-T-E-R-I-Z-E. 118 00:05:55,106 --> 00:05:59,777 "Fortification." F-O-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. 119 00:05:59,861 --> 00:06:04,282 "Correspond." C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D. 120 00:06:04,365 --> 00:06:06,284 - [sirens wailing] - [helicopter approaching] 121 00:06:10,663 --> 00:06:13,166 [bell rings] 122 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,003 - [kids chattering] - [P.A. Indistinct] 123 00:06:27,555 --> 00:06:29,098 Hey, freak. 124 00:06:30,475 --> 00:06:32,395 We want you to take care of our English homework. 125 00:06:32,477 --> 00:06:34,228 Everybody say you a brainiac. 126 00:06:34,312 --> 00:06:37,148 - I ain't no brainiac. - Like hell you ain't! 127 00:06:37,231 --> 00:06:39,692 Always got them A's down, right? 128 00:06:39,776 --> 00:06:42,987 - Yeah, she's scared. - Don't run away from us! 129 00:06:43,071 --> 00:06:45,698 I cannot thank you enough for coming down here today, Josh. 130 00:06:45,782 --> 00:06:48,242 I got the district breathing down my back. 131 00:06:48,326 --> 00:06:50,453 The test scores have gone down again this year. 132 00:06:50,536 --> 00:06:54,290 As I said earlier, I appreciate your dilemma, Bob, but... 133 00:06:55,291 --> 00:06:57,531 I really don't understand what it is I have to offer you. 134 00:06:57,585 --> 00:06:59,796 All I want you to do is look at these kids 135 00:06:59,879 --> 00:07:01,923 and tell me if you think my idea's crazy. 136 00:07:02,006 --> 00:07:04,300 I think some of them have a lot of potential. 137 00:07:04,383 --> 00:07:06,511 Girls! Why aren't you in class?! 138 00:07:06,594 --> 00:07:08,679 - She held us up. - Akeelah! 139 00:07:11,307 --> 00:07:13,476 Are you signed up for the spelling bee today? 140 00:07:13,559 --> 00:07:14,936 No. 141 00:07:16,104 --> 00:07:17,939 I want you to come to my office, please. 142 00:07:20,358 --> 00:07:25,446 So, Ms. Cross tells me you've never missed a word on your spelling tests, 143 00:07:25,530 --> 00:07:29,909 but your attendance record leaves a little to be desired. 144 00:07:29,992 --> 00:07:32,662 You're 11. Did you skip a grade? 145 00:07:32,745 --> 00:07:34,122 The second. 146 00:07:36,707 --> 00:07:40,586 Akeelah, have you ever heard of the Scripps National Spelling Bee? 147 00:07:40,670 --> 00:07:42,463 I think it was on TV last week. 148 00:07:42,547 --> 00:07:46,092 Yes! Yes, they show it on ESPN every year. 149 00:07:46,175 --> 00:07:48,427 Middle school students from all over the country 150 00:07:48,511 --> 00:07:53,015 compete in school, district, and regional spelling bees 151 00:07:53,099 --> 00:07:56,561 trying to make it to the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. 152 00:07:56,644 --> 00:07:59,605 Next year, I want one of our students there. 153 00:07:59,689 --> 00:08:02,650 So whoever wins the school bee today 154 00:08:02,733 --> 00:08:06,529 gets to represent Crenshaw at the district bee next month. 155 00:08:06,612 --> 00:08:08,489 Why would anybody want to represent a school 156 00:08:08,573 --> 00:08:11,200 that can't even put doors on the toilet stalls? 157 00:08:11,284 --> 00:08:12,535 [coughs] 158 00:08:14,662 --> 00:08:17,456 Akeelah, if we can't show our students can perform, 159 00:08:17,540 --> 00:08:20,835 we're not gonna have money for books, let alone bathroom doors. 160 00:08:20,918 --> 00:08:22,879 Now, I want you to do the bee today, all right? 161 00:08:22,962 --> 00:08:25,423 So everybody can call me a freak and a brainiac? 162 00:08:25,506 --> 00:08:28,426 No. I ain't down for no spelling bee. 163 00:08:28,509 --> 00:08:31,304 Well, maybe you'd be "down" 164 00:08:31,387 --> 00:08:36,392 for spending the rest of the semester in detention for all your absences. 165 00:08:36,475 --> 00:08:37,995 [Ms. Cross] I'd like to welcome you all 166 00:08:38,060 --> 00:08:41,606 to Crenshaw's first school-wide spelling bee. 167 00:08:41,689 --> 00:08:45,151 We have some very special students competing today. 168 00:08:45,234 --> 00:08:47,612 So let's give them all a round of applause. 169 00:08:47,695 --> 00:08:50,323 [boos] 170 00:08:50,406 --> 00:08:51,657 Whoo! 171 00:08:53,075 --> 00:08:56,746 [Ms. Cross] Okay. We drew numbers to see who would go first, 172 00:08:56,829 --> 00:09:00,208 and that's Chuckie Johnson from the eighth grade. 173 00:09:00,291 --> 00:09:03,085 ♪ Hey, hey, hey, Chuckie, baby ♪ 174 00:09:03,169 --> 00:09:05,671 Mr. Welch, I have a question about the basketball nets. 175 00:09:05,755 --> 00:09:07,506 Chuckie! 176 00:09:07,590 --> 00:09:08,883 You need to pay attention. 177 00:09:08,966 --> 00:09:12,803 Now, we're gonna start things off with "grovel." 178 00:09:12,887 --> 00:09:14,889 Gravel? Like little rocks? 179 00:09:14,972 --> 00:09:17,433 - [girls laughing] - No, "grovel." 180 00:09:17,516 --> 00:09:20,853 Like "get down on your knees and grovel." 181 00:09:20,937 --> 00:09:23,105 Get down on my knees? What? 182 00:09:23,189 --> 00:09:25,066 Just spell the word. 183 00:09:25,149 --> 00:09:30,738 Uh, G-R-A-V-E-L. 184 00:09:30,821 --> 00:09:33,199 No, Chuckie, you spelt "gravel." 185 00:09:33,282 --> 00:09:36,953 I meant "grovel." G-R-O-V-E-L. 186 00:09:37,036 --> 00:09:39,455 You weren't listening. Sorry, Chuckie. 187 00:09:39,538 --> 00:09:41,082 Who cares? 188 00:09:41,165 --> 00:09:44,043 Okay. Next up, Akeelah Anderson. 189 00:09:44,126 --> 00:09:47,672 Whoo! You go, girl! 190 00:09:47,755 --> 00:09:48,756 [blows raspberry] 191 00:09:48,839 --> 00:09:54,136 Akeelah, your word is "doubt." Doubt. 192 00:09:54,220 --> 00:09:55,888 [softly] D-O-U-B-T. 193 00:09:55,972 --> 00:09:58,891 I'm sorry, Akeelah, you have to speak up. 194 00:09:58,975 --> 00:10:00,601 D-O-U-B-T. 195 00:10:00,685 --> 00:10:02,520 Very good. 196 00:10:05,690 --> 00:10:07,817 Next, Calvin Baker. 197 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:12,571 P-L-A-S-I-D. Placid. 198 00:10:12,655 --> 00:10:18,077 I'm sorry. It's P-L-A-C-I-D. 199 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:19,245 [applause] 200 00:10:21,330 --> 00:10:24,458 Okay, Akeelah, if you get this word, you'll be the winner. 201 00:10:24,542 --> 00:10:26,877 "Fanciful." 202 00:10:26,961 --> 00:10:28,671 [quickly] F-A-N-C-I-F-U-L. 203 00:10:28,754 --> 00:10:30,548 - [kid] Whoa! - That is correct, 204 00:10:30,631 --> 00:10:33,718 and you have won Crenshaw's inaugural spelling bee. 205 00:10:33,801 --> 00:10:35,344 Whoo! 206 00:10:35,428 --> 00:10:36,804 Whatever. 207 00:10:41,142 --> 00:10:43,185 Excuse me. 208 00:10:44,395 --> 00:10:46,480 Spell "prestidigitation." 209 00:10:47,773 --> 00:10:52,737 I'm sorry, sir, but this girl is only 11 and she has already won. 210 00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:54,405 Mr. Welch, what is this? 211 00:10:56,991 --> 00:11:00,286 "Prestidigitation." Can you spell it? 212 00:11:08,753 --> 00:11:13,841 P-R-E-S-T-I-D-I-G-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. 213 00:11:13,924 --> 00:11:16,844 - [students] Whoa! - Prestidigitation. 214 00:11:16,927 --> 00:11:19,680 - That's correct. - Whoo! 215 00:11:23,392 --> 00:11:24,685 "Ambidextrous." 216 00:11:24,769 --> 00:11:28,397 A-M-B-I-D-E-X-T-R-O-U-S. 217 00:11:28,481 --> 00:11:29,815 "Pterodactyl." 218 00:11:29,899 --> 00:11:33,444 P-T-E-R-O-D-A-C-T-Y-L. 219 00:11:33,527 --> 00:11:34,820 "Pulchritude." 220 00:11:34,904 --> 00:11:36,197 P... 221 00:11:40,659 --> 00:11:43,371 P-U-L-C... 222 00:11:46,123 --> 00:11:48,376 R... 223 00:11:48,459 --> 00:11:51,837 I-T-U-D-E. 224 00:11:53,047 --> 00:11:56,050 - Pulchritude? - That's incorrect. 225 00:11:56,133 --> 00:11:58,636 It's from the Latin root pulcher, 226 00:11:58,719 --> 00:12:01,972 and there's an "h" after the "c". 227 00:12:05,017 --> 00:12:07,144 See? She ain't so smart! 228 00:12:07,228 --> 00:12:08,604 [both laugh] 229 00:12:13,776 --> 00:12:16,445 - Run, Forrest! See ya! - Bye, sweetie! 230 00:12:17,822 --> 00:12:21,033 Akeelah! Wait! Where are you going? 231 00:12:21,117 --> 00:12:22,576 You did great! 232 00:12:22,660 --> 00:12:24,513 You were spelling words I don't know how to spell. 233 00:12:24,537 --> 00:12:27,039 Mr. Welch, I told you I didn't wanna do this. 234 00:12:27,123 --> 00:12:28,541 They're laughing at me! 235 00:12:28,624 --> 00:12:31,377 They laugh because you intimidate them. 236 00:12:31,460 --> 00:12:34,672 But if you'd stood your ground, you might have earned their respect. 237 00:12:34,755 --> 00:12:39,176 Bob, the girl has potential, but... she needs to be coached. 238 00:12:41,637 --> 00:12:42,888 Do you know who that was? 239 00:12:42,972 --> 00:12:45,224 That was Dr. Joshua Larabee. 240 00:12:45,307 --> 00:12:47,518 He used to chair the English department at UCLA. 241 00:12:47,601 --> 00:12:49,895 He and I went to college together, but get this. 242 00:12:49,979 --> 00:12:53,315 When he was a kid, he went all the way to the National Spelling Bee, 243 00:12:53,399 --> 00:12:56,402 and he thinks you have a chance of going there yourself. 244 00:12:56,485 --> 00:13:00,322 I'm sorry, but I ain't doing no more spelling bees. 245 00:13:00,406 --> 00:13:01,699 Akeelah... 246 00:13:03,993 --> 00:13:07,163 Girl, you kicked some major booty on that stage today. 247 00:13:07,246 --> 00:13:09,498 But I couldn't spell "pulchritude." 248 00:13:09,582 --> 00:13:12,168 But you knocked out them other words right back at that dude. 249 00:13:12,251 --> 00:13:13,502 They were just trick words. 250 00:13:13,586 --> 00:13:16,714 Everybody know "pterodactyl" starts with a "p". 251 00:13:16,797 --> 00:13:18,299 Girl, if I could spell like you, 252 00:13:18,382 --> 00:13:21,343 I know I could be a flight attendant. Hmm. 253 00:13:21,427 --> 00:13:23,762 [distant barking] 254 00:13:23,846 --> 00:13:25,431 [Devon] Keelie, hey. Wake up. 255 00:13:27,850 --> 00:13:29,101 Hey. 256 00:13:30,519 --> 00:13:31,770 Dev, are you leaving? 257 00:13:31,854 --> 00:13:34,356 Yeah. Got to get back to the base. 258 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,734 Hey. Your principal called mama. 259 00:13:36,817 --> 00:13:39,528 Said you did real good in a spelling bee last week. 260 00:13:39,612 --> 00:13:40,863 I messed up a word. 261 00:13:40,946 --> 00:13:42,757 Yeah, well, he said you got a lot of them right. 262 00:13:42,781 --> 00:13:46,994 He also said you got an opportunity to go to an even bigger contest next week. 263 00:13:47,077 --> 00:13:49,371 - I don't want to do it. - Why not? 264 00:13:49,455 --> 00:13:51,165 Everybody's gonna be looking at me, 265 00:13:51,248 --> 00:13:53,834 and there's gonna be tons of words I don't know. 266 00:13:53,918 --> 00:13:56,128 So you're scared, huh? 267 00:13:56,212 --> 00:13:57,606 [laughs] Come on. How do you think I felt 268 00:13:57,630 --> 00:13:59,483 the first time I had to jump out of an airplane? 269 00:13:59,507 --> 00:14:02,635 I mean, my whole body said, "Don't do it." 270 00:14:02,718 --> 00:14:05,804 Sometimes your brain gotta be smarter than your body, you know? 271 00:14:05,888 --> 00:14:07,640 But I don't like my school. 272 00:14:07,723 --> 00:14:10,309 Don't see why I gotta do anything for 'em. 273 00:14:13,312 --> 00:14:14,563 Then do it for Dad. 274 00:14:15,564 --> 00:14:17,608 I mean, you know how he was about words. 275 00:14:17,691 --> 00:14:19,985 He'd love to see you do something like this. 276 00:14:20,069 --> 00:14:22,029 What Mama say about it? 277 00:14:22,112 --> 00:14:23,572 [chuckles] You know how Mama is. 278 00:14:23,656 --> 00:14:25,699 She's got a million things to worry about. 279 00:14:25,783 --> 00:14:29,828 Tell you what. Just do this contest. 280 00:14:29,912 --> 00:14:34,375 And if you make it all the way to D.C., I will parachute down to see you. 281 00:14:34,458 --> 00:14:35,876 Would you like that? 282 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,462 ♪♪ 283 00:14:53,269 --> 00:14:56,730 That is a wonderful decision, Akeelah. A wonderful decision. 284 00:14:56,814 --> 00:14:59,692 You think maybe the school could buy me a new outfit? 285 00:14:59,775 --> 00:15:02,528 You know, for the district bee? 286 00:15:02,611 --> 00:15:05,072 Uh... I don't know. Maybe. 287 00:15:05,155 --> 00:15:09,368 Uh, if you make it to the state regional, maybe something could be arranged. 288 00:15:09,451 --> 00:15:13,330 But you're gonna have to finish in the top 10 at the district level first. 289 00:15:13,414 --> 00:15:17,293 And, Akeelah, you're gonna be going up against kids from Santa Monica, 290 00:15:17,376 --> 00:15:19,044 Woodland Hills, Beverly Hills. 291 00:15:19,128 --> 00:15:21,130 Some of these kids have been doing this for years 292 00:15:21,213 --> 00:15:22,590 and never even made it to D.C. 293 00:15:22,673 --> 00:15:24,800 Well, maybe I should just give up now. 294 00:15:24,883 --> 00:15:29,263 No, no, no. No. I'm just saying you need to train hard... 295 00:15:29,346 --> 00:15:31,181 with Dr. Larabee. 296 00:15:31,265 --> 00:15:34,935 What? I don't need any help from him. I can do this on my own. 297 00:15:35,019 --> 00:15:37,771 Akeelah, the best spellers in the world have coaches. 298 00:15:37,855 --> 00:15:39,175 And I finally got him to consider 299 00:15:39,231 --> 00:15:41,900 taking some time during his sabbatical to work with you. 300 00:15:41,984 --> 00:15:45,613 Please, just talk with him. Here. 301 00:15:45,696 --> 00:15:49,491 - He doesn't live far from here. - He lives in this neighborhood? 302 00:15:49,575 --> 00:15:51,702 I thought you said he was important. 303 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:54,496 And take this. It's a copy of last year's spelling bee. 304 00:15:54,580 --> 00:15:55,914 [judge on TV] "Sacciform." 305 00:15:55,998 --> 00:15:57,916 [boy on TV] May I have the definition, please? 306 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,293 [judge] Resembling a pouch. 307 00:15:59,376 --> 00:16:00,937 May I have the language of origin, please? 308 00:16:00,961 --> 00:16:02,212 [judge] Latin. 309 00:16:02,296 --> 00:16:05,841 Latin? I thought this was supposed to be English. 310 00:16:05,924 --> 00:16:08,218 [boy on TV]...F-O-R... 311 00:16:10,179 --> 00:16:11,263 "Scutellate." 312 00:16:11,347 --> 00:16:13,432 - Can I have the definition? - [clicks] 313 00:16:13,515 --> 00:16:14,808 ♪♪ 314 00:16:14,892 --> 00:16:16,060 "Longicollis." 315 00:16:17,061 --> 00:16:18,145 "Jingoists." 316 00:16:18,228 --> 00:16:19,229 "Empennage." 317 00:16:19,313 --> 00:16:20,356 "Souchong." 318 00:16:20,439 --> 00:16:22,107 - "Intussusception." - Hey, what's that? 319 00:16:23,984 --> 00:16:26,779 Where you been? Mama's worried. 320 00:16:26,862 --> 00:16:29,448 Mama should just chill, all right? 321 00:16:29,531 --> 00:16:32,117 - What you looking at? - Spelling bee. 322 00:16:32,201 --> 00:16:34,620 Oh, yeah, I heard about that. 323 00:16:34,703 --> 00:16:37,289 You're going up against a bunch of rich, white kids. 324 00:16:37,373 --> 00:16:40,250 They're gonna tear your black ass up. 325 00:16:40,334 --> 00:16:42,211 [bell rings] 326 00:16:42,294 --> 00:16:44,046 [judge on TV] "Intussusception" is. 327 00:16:44,129 --> 00:16:49,259 I-N-T-U-S-S-U-S-C-E-P-T-I-O-N. 328 00:16:49,343 --> 00:16:51,220 [applause on TV] 329 00:17:02,564 --> 00:17:04,149 [hammering] 330 00:17:23,252 --> 00:17:24,878 You're late. 331 00:17:24,962 --> 00:17:26,505 You didn't answer the door. 332 00:17:26,588 --> 00:17:28,757 That's because you're late. Come in. 333 00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:32,052 - Come. Come. Come. - [door screeches] 334 00:17:36,265 --> 00:17:40,018 So... you wanna learn how to spell. 335 00:17:40,102 --> 00:17:41,687 I know how to spell. 336 00:17:41,770 --> 00:17:43,230 Spell "staphylococci." 337 00:17:43,313 --> 00:17:44,606 Um... 338 00:17:44,690 --> 00:17:48,402 - S-T-A-F... - There is no "F". 339 00:17:48,485 --> 00:17:51,697 It's derived from the Greek, so there can't be an "F". 340 00:17:51,780 --> 00:17:53,282 "Staphylococci." 341 00:17:53,365 --> 00:17:55,325 S-T-A-P-H- 342 00:17:55,409 --> 00:18:01,331 Y-L-O-C-O-C-C-I. 343 00:18:01,415 --> 00:18:05,002 Winning word, National Spelling Bee, 1987. 344 00:18:05,085 --> 00:18:06,920 The first thing most serious spellers do 345 00:18:07,004 --> 00:18:10,924 is learn all of the winning words and their origins. 346 00:18:11,008 --> 00:18:13,051 Well, maybe I ain't that serious. 347 00:18:13,135 --> 00:18:15,429 Maybe neither am I. 348 00:18:17,306 --> 00:18:20,184 So why are you home during the day? Ain't you got a job? 349 00:18:20,267 --> 00:18:23,228 Do me a favor. Leave the ghetto talk outside, all right? 350 00:18:23,312 --> 00:18:24,980 Ghetto talk? I don't talk ghetto. 351 00:18:25,063 --> 00:18:26,815 "Ain't you got no job?" 352 00:18:26,899 --> 00:18:29,818 You use that language to fit in with your friends. 353 00:18:29,902 --> 00:18:32,654 Here you will speak properly or you won't speak at all. 354 00:18:32,738 --> 00:18:35,324 - Understood? - Yeah. 355 00:18:35,407 --> 00:18:36,909 Whatever. 356 00:18:36,992 --> 00:18:38,827 You can leave now. 357 00:18:38,911 --> 00:18:41,288 - Excuse me? - I said you can leave. 358 00:18:41,371 --> 00:18:42,623 How come? 359 00:18:42,706 --> 00:18:46,668 Because I don't have time to waste on insolent little girls. 360 00:18:46,752 --> 00:18:49,880 Insolent? I ain't in... 361 00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:51,590 I mean, I'm not insolent. 362 00:18:51,673 --> 00:18:55,427 It's just the first thing you do is start doggin... 363 00:18:55,511 --> 00:18:57,930 Criticizing the way I speak. 364 00:19:00,057 --> 00:19:02,476 I thought this was just about spelling words. 365 00:19:05,562 --> 00:19:07,022 Well, then fine. 366 00:19:14,321 --> 00:19:17,074 You know what? 367 00:19:17,157 --> 00:19:20,619 When I put my mind to it, I can memorize anything. 368 00:19:20,702 --> 00:19:23,247 And I don't need help from a dictatorial, 369 00:19:23,330 --> 00:19:27,751 truculent, supercilious gardener. 370 00:19:27,835 --> 00:19:30,712 I'm sorry to be so insolent. 371 00:19:30,796 --> 00:19:32,339 ♪♪ 372 00:19:39,805 --> 00:19:42,349 [Akeelah spelling words, overlapping] 373 00:19:51,650 --> 00:19:52,901 [Tanya] Hey. 374 00:19:52,985 --> 00:19:54,403 Baby, what are you still doing up? 375 00:19:54,486 --> 00:19:56,655 Gotta learn more words. 376 00:19:56,738 --> 00:20:00,075 You gonna come see me in the district bee this Saturday? 377 00:20:00,158 --> 00:20:01,869 What, is that at your school? 378 00:20:01,952 --> 00:20:04,121 Nah. Beverly Hills. 379 00:20:04,204 --> 00:20:07,207 Beverly Hills? 380 00:20:07,291 --> 00:20:10,878 Look, you got other homework. You need to focus on that. 381 00:20:10,961 --> 00:20:12,981 I don't want you spending all your time on this game. 382 00:20:13,005 --> 00:20:15,841 It ain't a game! Are you gonna come see me in it? 383 00:20:15,924 --> 00:20:20,220 [sighs] You know I work at the hospital on Saturday. 384 00:20:20,304 --> 00:20:21,805 Maybe Kiana can go with you. 385 00:20:21,889 --> 00:20:24,558 As long as she don't bring that whiny baby. 386 00:20:24,641 --> 00:20:27,561 [baby crying] 387 00:20:27,644 --> 00:20:30,689 Come on, girls, let's go. We're gonna be late. 388 00:20:32,900 --> 00:20:35,402 [indistinct talking, spelling practice] 389 00:20:41,950 --> 00:20:46,163 Dang. I hope they ain't all here to spell. 390 00:20:46,246 --> 00:20:49,541 Okay, go get your number. We'll be sitting back here. 391 00:20:49,625 --> 00:20:51,209 Good luck, Keelie. 392 00:20:53,629 --> 00:20:57,090 [indistinct talking, spelling practice continues] 393 00:21:10,437 --> 00:21:11,855 Hi. Name? 394 00:21:11,939 --> 00:21:13,690 Um, Akeelah Anderson. 395 00:21:13,774 --> 00:21:15,859 Oh. Right here at the top. 396 00:21:15,943 --> 00:21:19,154 Hmm. I think you're the first speller we've ever had 397 00:21:19,237 --> 00:21:20,948 from Crenshaw Middle School. 398 00:21:21,031 --> 00:21:24,242 Um... how many kids are in this thing? 399 00:21:24,326 --> 00:21:28,080 139. Next? 400 00:21:33,877 --> 00:21:35,128 Need some help? 401 00:21:35,212 --> 00:21:37,965 Don't worry. I won't impale you. 402 00:21:38,048 --> 00:21:39,549 This your first time? 403 00:21:39,633 --> 00:21:42,761 - Yeah. You? - Second year. 404 00:21:42,844 --> 00:21:44,429 I made it to Nationals last year. 405 00:21:44,513 --> 00:21:47,849 Finished 13th. Lucky 13! 406 00:21:47,933 --> 00:21:50,268 You went all the way to D.C.? 407 00:21:50,352 --> 00:21:53,689 Three of us made it from my school in Woodland Hills. 408 00:21:53,772 --> 00:21:55,023 See that kid right there? 409 00:21:55,107 --> 00:21:57,526 That's Dylan Chiu. 410 00:21:57,609 --> 00:22:00,570 He's come in second place at the nationals for two years in a row. 411 00:22:00,654 --> 00:22:03,865 This is his last year and everybody thinks he's gonna win. 412 00:22:03,949 --> 00:22:06,618 Frankly, I'd like to shove him off a steep precipice. 413 00:22:08,412 --> 00:22:10,288 Hey, my name's Javier. 414 00:22:10,372 --> 00:22:12,082 - I'm Akeelah. - Hope you make the top 10. 415 00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:13,667 I hope I'm not the first one out. 416 00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:16,604 [man on P.A.] Will all the spellers take their positions on the stage, please? 417 00:22:16,628 --> 00:22:18,398 Now remember, if you don't know how to spell a word, 418 00:22:18,422 --> 00:22:19,673 spell it the way it sounds. 419 00:22:19,756 --> 00:22:23,468 Kids mess up all the time when they think they're being thrown curveballs 420 00:22:23,552 --> 00:22:24,886 and they're not. Good luck. 421 00:22:24,970 --> 00:22:26,596 - Good luck to you, too. - Thank you. 422 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,809 [girl] E-M- 423 00:22:30,892 --> 00:22:35,480 B-R-I- 424 00:22:35,564 --> 00:22:37,315 C-A... 425 00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:42,154 T-I-O-N. 426 00:22:42,237 --> 00:22:44,281 "Embrocation." 427 00:22:44,364 --> 00:22:47,075 - [bell rings] - [crowd moans] 428 00:22:53,582 --> 00:22:54,666 "Rhesus." 429 00:22:54,750 --> 00:22:56,626 "Recess?" 430 00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:58,420 May I have a definition, please? 431 00:22:58,503 --> 00:23:02,340 A brownish-yellow monkey of India. 432 00:23:02,424 --> 00:23:04,801 Ah. "Rhesus." 433 00:23:04,885 --> 00:23:08,221 R-H-E-S-U-S. "Rhesus." 434 00:23:09,723 --> 00:23:11,475 - That's correct. - [applause] 435 00:23:12,934 --> 00:23:15,896 - [making monkey sounds] - [laughter] 436 00:23:24,488 --> 00:23:25,822 Number 54? 437 00:23:35,916 --> 00:23:38,001 [female judge] "Eminent." 438 00:23:41,129 --> 00:23:43,173 [male judge] Did you hear the word? 439 00:23:43,256 --> 00:23:48,303 I'm not sure if you're saying "imminent" or "eminent". 440 00:23:48,386 --> 00:23:50,222 Would you like a definition? 441 00:23:50,305 --> 00:23:52,849 - That'd be cool. - [audience laughs] 442 00:23:55,477 --> 00:23:56,770 [female judge] "Eminent." 443 00:23:56,853 --> 00:23:59,564 Rising above other things or places. 444 00:23:59,648 --> 00:24:01,775 High, lofty. 445 00:24:01,858 --> 00:24:03,401 "Eminent." 446 00:24:04,653 --> 00:24:07,072 E-M-I- 447 00:24:07,155 --> 00:24:09,825 N-E-N-T. 448 00:24:09,908 --> 00:24:11,785 "Eminent"? 449 00:24:11,868 --> 00:24:13,495 That's correct. 450 00:24:13,578 --> 00:24:14,955 [applause] 451 00:24:21,837 --> 00:24:24,631 ♪♪ 452 00:24:24,714 --> 00:24:26,383 [male judge] That's correct. 453 00:24:32,681 --> 00:24:34,224 "Hypertrophic." 454 00:24:34,307 --> 00:24:37,644 H-Y-P-E-R-T-R-O-P-H-I-C. 455 00:24:37,727 --> 00:24:38,979 "Hypertrophic." 456 00:24:39,062 --> 00:24:40,355 [male judge] That's correct. 457 00:24:49,030 --> 00:24:50,490 That's correct. 458 00:24:56,496 --> 00:24:58,039 [female judge] "Concierge." 459 00:24:58,123 --> 00:25:00,500 Is that like a guy who stands around in a hotel? 460 00:25:00,584 --> 00:25:02,294 [male judge] Speak into the mic, please. 461 00:25:02,377 --> 00:25:06,590 [female judge] And yes, it's a head porter or doorkeeper. 462 00:25:06,673 --> 00:25:10,051 C-O-N-C- 463 00:25:10,135 --> 00:25:14,514 - I-E-R-G-E. - [male judge] That's correct. 464 00:25:19,144 --> 00:25:20,395 You're doing great. 465 00:25:20,478 --> 00:25:24,316 I'm gettin' lucky. I could be gettin' words like... 466 00:25:24,399 --> 00:25:26,568 - [contestant] "Polydactyly." - [bell rings] 467 00:25:30,322 --> 00:25:32,908 [male judge] We're down to 11 spellers. 468 00:25:32,991 --> 00:25:37,454 The top 10 qualify for the Southern California regional finals. 469 00:25:37,537 --> 00:25:39,998 - In the next round... - [baby cries] 470 00:25:43,043 --> 00:25:46,421 If you miss a word, do not leave the stage... 471 00:25:46,504 --> 00:25:48,965 [crying continues] 472 00:25:49,049 --> 00:25:53,970 As you may have an opportunity to compete for any remaining places. 473 00:25:54,054 --> 00:25:56,223 Kiana! Get that baby out of here! 474 00:25:59,768 --> 00:26:01,019 [male judge] So... 475 00:26:02,395 --> 00:26:04,189 [door slams] 476 00:26:04,272 --> 00:26:06,274 Let's begin. 477 00:26:06,358 --> 00:26:09,945 L-L-O G-I-Z-E. 478 00:26:10,028 --> 00:26:12,405 - "Syllogize"? - That's correct. 479 00:26:12,489 --> 00:26:13,782 [cheers] 480 00:26:24,167 --> 00:26:25,502 "Synecdoche." 481 00:26:25,585 --> 00:26:28,129 ♪♪ 482 00:26:30,173 --> 00:26:31,716 Synecdo-key? 483 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,427 "Synecdoche." 484 00:26:36,721 --> 00:26:38,515 You wanna tell me what that means? 485 00:26:38,598 --> 00:26:42,602 "A figure of speech, in which a part is used for a whole." 486 00:26:42,686 --> 00:26:45,146 An individual for a class, 487 00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:47,232 a material for a thing, 488 00:26:47,315 --> 00:26:49,693 "or the reverse of any of these." 489 00:26:53,488 --> 00:26:54,739 [microphone feedback] 490 00:26:57,659 --> 00:27:00,120 [male judge] We need you to spell the word. 491 00:27:00,203 --> 00:27:02,914 [shakily] S... 492 00:27:06,001 --> 00:27:07,460 I... 493 00:27:10,297 --> 00:27:12,299 N- 494 00:27:12,382 --> 00:27:14,509 E- 495 00:27:14,592 --> 00:27:17,846 C- 496 00:27:17,929 --> 00:27:19,806 D-O- 497 00:27:25,645 --> 00:27:28,106 K-E-Y? 498 00:27:28,189 --> 00:27:31,318 "Synecdoche"? 499 00:27:31,401 --> 00:27:33,611 - [bell rings] - [crowd moans] 500 00:27:33,695 --> 00:27:35,822 [female judge] The correct spelling is. 501 00:27:35,905 --> 00:27:41,411 S-Y-N-E-C-D-O-C-H-E. 502 00:27:48,543 --> 00:27:51,129 [male judge] If you spell this correctly, 503 00:27:51,212 --> 00:27:54,215 you'll be our 10th and last finalist. 504 00:27:54,299 --> 00:27:55,967 [female judge] "Carmagnole." 505 00:28:00,305 --> 00:28:02,640 Could I get a definition, please? 506 00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:05,143 [female judge] "A lively song and street dance." 507 00:28:06,728 --> 00:28:09,606 Um... C- 508 00:28:10,607 --> 00:28:12,150 A- 509 00:28:12,233 --> 00:28:13,777 R- 510 00:28:13,860 --> 00:28:17,364 M-A... 511 00:28:28,666 --> 00:28:31,503 G-N-O-L-E. 512 00:28:31,586 --> 00:28:33,797 - "Carmagnole." - [male judge] That's correct. 513 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:38,176 And that means you are our 10th and last finalist for the district bee. 514 00:28:38,259 --> 00:28:39,719 [applause] 515 00:28:42,972 --> 00:28:44,224 [Kiana] They cheated! 516 00:28:44,307 --> 00:28:46,976 They cheated! I saw them! 517 00:28:47,060 --> 00:28:48,645 That boy's mama helped him out! 518 00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:50,730 [male judge] But... Excuse me. 519 00:28:50,814 --> 00:28:52,857 [laughs] Who are you? 520 00:28:52,941 --> 00:28:54,317 I'm Keelie's sister. 521 00:28:54,401 --> 00:28:55,693 I was standin' right back there, 522 00:28:55,777 --> 00:28:58,196 and I saw that boy's mama give him the letter "G". 523 00:28:58,279 --> 00:29:00,323 She was sayin' "geeeee." 524 00:29:00,407 --> 00:29:03,243 I... he knew the word! I... I mean, it's one we studied. 525 00:29:03,326 --> 00:29:05,370 - You... he knew it... - Ma'am. 526 00:29:05,453 --> 00:29:07,622 Did you help your child spell the word? 527 00:29:07,705 --> 00:29:09,165 [people murmuring] 528 00:29:09,249 --> 00:29:11,626 Ma'am, this is serious business. 529 00:29:16,005 --> 00:29:17,757 Oh! You're damn right it's serious! 530 00:29:17,841 --> 00:29:19,884 You know, you are gonna give these kids ulcers! 531 00:29:19,968 --> 00:29:22,679 Do you know how long he has studied for this? 532 00:29:22,762 --> 00:29:25,265 - He knew that word! - [contestant] No. 533 00:29:25,348 --> 00:29:28,184 - I didn't. - [audience gasps] 534 00:29:30,979 --> 00:29:36,276 I'm sorry. Number 62, you are disqualified from competition. 535 00:29:36,359 --> 00:29:39,070 Which means, number 54, 536 00:29:39,154 --> 00:29:42,198 if you can spell one more word correctly, 537 00:29:42,282 --> 00:29:46,202 you'll be our 10th and last finalist. 538 00:29:46,286 --> 00:29:48,288 ♪♪ 539 00:29:55,170 --> 00:29:56,254 "Pastiche." 540 00:30:01,217 --> 00:30:05,889 P-A-S-T-I-C-H-E. 541 00:30:05,972 --> 00:30:07,765 "Pastiche." 542 00:30:07,849 --> 00:30:09,476 - That's correct. - [cheers] 543 00:30:09,559 --> 00:30:10,935 That means you've qualified 544 00:30:11,019 --> 00:30:13,897 for the Southern California regional finals. 545 00:30:17,817 --> 00:30:20,778 Here's my number. We have a spelling club in my school. 546 00:30:20,862 --> 00:30:22,780 Maybe you should come practice with us sometime. 547 00:30:22,864 --> 00:30:25,116 - That sounds fun. - Yeah, it's cool. 548 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,618 Hey, there's my folks. 549 00:30:26,701 --> 00:30:28,369 - I'll catch you later. - Okay. 550 00:30:28,453 --> 00:30:29,871 - Bye. - Bye. 551 00:30:29,954 --> 00:30:31,372 Hey, check it out. Look at this. 552 00:30:31,456 --> 00:30:33,833 I'll be at USC this year. 553 00:30:33,917 --> 00:30:35,043 Just think, Akeelah. 554 00:30:35,126 --> 00:30:38,671 All you've got to do is place in the top three of the state regionals, 555 00:30:38,755 --> 00:30:41,341 you're going to Washington D.C. 556 00:30:41,424 --> 00:30:44,052 Not if I can't spell "synecdoche." 557 00:30:44,135 --> 00:30:46,179 Uh-oh, y'all. Look. 558 00:30:46,262 --> 00:30:47,472 [police siren] 559 00:30:47,555 --> 00:30:50,183 As long as you live in my house, you will do what I say. 560 00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:51,267 - Mom... - And what I say? 561 00:30:51,351 --> 00:30:53,061 No drugs. No gang-bangers. 562 00:30:53,144 --> 00:30:55,230 And no $300 watches. Take it off. 563 00:30:55,313 --> 00:30:56,665 [Terrence] Derrick-T gave me this, mom. 564 00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:58,250 He did? Then I'm gonna give it right back... 565 00:30:58,274 --> 00:31:00,568 - Mom. - What? You two get inside. 566 00:31:00,652 --> 00:31:01,903 Take it off. 567 00:31:01,986 --> 00:31:05,365 - But, mama, I made it. - Made what? 568 00:31:05,448 --> 00:31:08,660 Made the cut. I'm going to the regional bee. 569 00:31:08,743 --> 00:31:09,994 Yeah. While you doin' that, 570 00:31:10,078 --> 00:31:12,914 I'm gonna be identifyin' your brother here in the morgue. 571 00:31:12,997 --> 00:31:14,558 - No, you're not. - Yes, I am. Get inside, 572 00:31:14,582 --> 00:31:17,252 before I really embarrass your behind. 573 00:31:17,335 --> 00:31:19,003 Akeelah? 574 00:31:19,087 --> 00:31:20,964 Akeelah, get in here! 575 00:31:22,298 --> 00:31:26,594 It's okay, Mr. Welch. I'll see you later. 576 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,961 [Tanya] What is the problem? Why do you have the police... 577 00:31:31,015 --> 00:31:33,560 - [Terrence] Mom... - at 9:00 at night? 578 00:31:33,643 --> 00:31:34,811 Guess what? 579 00:31:34,894 --> 00:31:37,272 [bickering continues indistinct] 580 00:31:37,355 --> 00:31:40,858 I'm goin' to the regional bee. 581 00:31:40,942 --> 00:31:44,362 [Tanya] Do you know how much I worry about you? 582 00:31:44,445 --> 00:31:46,447 Why do you insist on hangin' out... 583 00:31:46,531 --> 00:31:48,825 [helicopter approaching] 584 00:31:50,743 --> 00:31:52,161 [barking] 585 00:32:06,759 --> 00:32:08,803 ♪♪ 586 00:32:28,531 --> 00:32:31,242 [rap music playing] 587 00:32:46,924 --> 00:32:49,344 [school bell rings] 588 00:33:07,278 --> 00:33:08,821 [Akeelah] Dylan? 589 00:33:09,822 --> 00:33:12,450 Um... 590 00:33:12,533 --> 00:33:13,785 I'm Akeelah. 591 00:33:18,414 --> 00:33:20,875 Javier said I could come and join the study group today. 592 00:33:20,958 --> 00:33:23,086 All those rejects do that. 593 00:33:23,169 --> 00:33:27,799 My father coaches me privately. Who's your coach? 594 00:33:27,882 --> 00:33:30,259 I don't got one. 595 00:33:30,343 --> 00:33:33,304 How many spelling bees have you won? 596 00:33:33,388 --> 00:33:34,764 Just the one at my school. 597 00:33:37,350 --> 00:33:39,560 Spell "xanthosis." 598 00:33:39,644 --> 00:33:43,731 - Um... Z-A- - It starts with an "X". 599 00:33:43,815 --> 00:33:48,986 If that idiot hadn't been caught cheating, you wouldn't have made the cut. 600 00:33:52,657 --> 00:33:54,492 Euphoric. 601 00:33:54,575 --> 00:33:57,787 Euphoric is an adjective. Origin: Greek. 602 00:33:57,870 --> 00:34:00,832 It means, like, feeling great and everything. 603 00:34:00,915 --> 00:34:03,209 Either spell the word, or take a shot. 604 00:34:03,292 --> 00:34:05,336 If you miss either one, you get a strike. 605 00:34:05,420 --> 00:34:06,879 Three strikes, you're out. 606 00:34:08,715 --> 00:34:10,049 "Euphoric." 607 00:34:10,133 --> 00:34:13,553 E-U-P-H- 608 00:34:13,636 --> 00:34:16,848 O-R-I-C. 609 00:34:16,931 --> 00:34:18,683 "Euphoric." 610 00:34:18,766 --> 00:34:20,059 "Psoriasis." 611 00:34:20,143 --> 00:34:21,978 Are you takin' Latin at your school? 612 00:34:22,061 --> 00:34:25,064 Psoriasis is a noun. Origin: Greek. 613 00:34:25,148 --> 00:34:28,985 Are you kidding? My school barely has enough money for kick balls. 614 00:34:29,068 --> 00:34:30,319 There's no Latin classes. 615 00:34:30,403 --> 00:34:32,697 Latin really helps you understand words. 616 00:34:32,780 --> 00:34:34,699 Psoriasis is, like, itchy skin. 617 00:34:34,782 --> 00:34:37,261 Maybe your mom could drive you up here, so you could take it with us. 618 00:34:37,285 --> 00:34:40,663 I don't know. This is all startin' to sound real heavy. 619 00:34:40,747 --> 00:34:43,750 It is heavy. Spelling bees are serious shit. 620 00:34:43,833 --> 00:34:46,878 I think I'll take a shot. 621 00:34:53,926 --> 00:34:56,846 On second thought, could I spell the word? 622 00:34:56,929 --> 00:34:59,015 At Crenshaw, they think I'm a freak. 623 00:34:59,098 --> 00:35:02,059 Don't worry. They think we're freaks here, too. 624 00:35:02,143 --> 00:35:03,978 Hey, there's my mom. Need a ride? 625 00:35:04,061 --> 00:35:08,316 Oh... Nah. My mom's gonna pick me up. 626 00:35:08,399 --> 00:35:10,067 - She should be here soon. - [car honking] 627 00:35:11,444 --> 00:35:13,613 Hey, I'm having a birthday party in a few weeks. 628 00:35:13,696 --> 00:35:16,115 You... you wanna come? 629 00:35:16,199 --> 00:35:19,285 Maybe. If I can. 630 00:35:19,368 --> 00:35:20,912 It was cool seeing you again, Akeelah. 631 00:35:20,995 --> 00:35:22,830 - Bye. - Bye. 632 00:35:24,373 --> 00:35:26,876 ♪♪ 633 00:35:32,089 --> 00:35:33,966 [P.A. indistinct] 634 00:35:55,279 --> 00:35:57,865 Where the hell have you been? 635 00:35:57,949 --> 00:35:59,826 Studyin'. 636 00:35:59,909 --> 00:36:02,954 Studyin' where? 637 00:36:03,037 --> 00:36:04,622 Woodland Hills. 638 00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:07,708 Woodland Hills? What you doin' there? 639 00:36:07,792 --> 00:36:10,127 They got a spelling club. 640 00:36:10,211 --> 00:36:13,297 Did Mr. Welch take you? 'Cause ain't nobody called me. 641 00:36:17,927 --> 00:36:21,264 I went by myself. I didn't think the bus ride would take so long. 642 00:36:21,347 --> 00:36:22,598 I'm sorry. 643 00:36:22,682 --> 00:36:26,269 Akeelah Anderson! You done lost your mind? 644 00:36:26,352 --> 00:36:27,645 You 11 years old! 645 00:36:27,728 --> 00:36:30,523 You don't be takin' a bus to Woodland Hills by yourself! 646 00:36:30,606 --> 00:36:33,985 - There's nobody around to take me. - That's 'cause I work. 647 00:36:34,068 --> 00:36:35,862 That's what you said on the weekend. 648 00:36:35,945 --> 00:36:38,865 All the other kids have their parents at the district bee. 649 00:36:38,948 --> 00:36:42,410 Well, maybe the other kids have parents who got more time on their hands. 650 00:36:42,493 --> 00:36:46,038 Look, I'm not havin' another child of mine disappearin' at all hours. 651 00:36:46,122 --> 00:36:49,166 So if this spellin' thing means sneaking off to the suburbs by yourself, 652 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:51,502 - I'm callin' it all off. - We can't call it off! 653 00:36:51,586 --> 00:36:52,837 I'm goin' to the regional bee! 654 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,089 Not if you flunk outta school, you're not. 655 00:36:55,172 --> 00:36:57,466 I just got a letter sayin' you gotta take summer school 656 00:36:57,550 --> 00:36:59,969 to make up for all these classes you done skipped. 657 00:37:00,052 --> 00:37:02,805 Mom, I hate Crenshaw! It is so boring there! 658 00:37:02,889 --> 00:37:04,348 And nobody cares! 659 00:37:04,432 --> 00:37:07,435 What, you think they care about you in Woodland Hills? 660 00:37:07,518 --> 00:37:08,811 At least they got Latin classes. 661 00:37:08,895 --> 00:37:11,314 And the kids don't have to study in their stairwell. 662 00:37:11,397 --> 00:37:12,648 Well, good for them. 663 00:37:12,732 --> 00:37:15,359 But until you finish summer school, at Crenshaw, 664 00:37:15,443 --> 00:37:16,944 ain't gonna be no more spellin' bees. 665 00:37:17,028 --> 00:37:20,573 But, Mama, I gotta get ready for the state bee during the summer. 666 00:37:20,656 --> 00:37:23,367 Well, you just gonna have to do that next year, aren't ya? 667 00:37:23,451 --> 00:37:27,580 - But that's not fair! - Not only is it fair, it's final. 668 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,002 ♪♪ 669 00:37:39,008 --> 00:37:41,385 You'd let me do it. 670 00:37:43,888 --> 00:37:45,348 [sighs] 671 00:38:09,288 --> 00:38:11,499 1979. "Maculature." 672 00:38:11,582 --> 00:38:14,543 M-A-C-U-L-A-T-U-R-E. Origin is Latin. 673 00:38:14,627 --> 00:38:15,878 1990. "Fibranne." 674 00:38:15,962 --> 00:38:18,297 F-I-B-R-A-N-N-E. French. 675 00:38:18,381 --> 00:38:20,341 1996. "Vivisepulture." 676 00:38:20,424 --> 00:38:24,428 V-I-V-I-S-E-P-U-L-T-U-R-E. 677 00:38:24,512 --> 00:38:25,763 Latin. 678 00:38:25,846 --> 00:38:29,058 I learned all the winning words since 1925, 679 00:38:29,141 --> 00:38:31,143 just like you said I should. 680 00:38:32,311 --> 00:38:34,814 Sorry for bein' so insolent last time. 681 00:38:34,897 --> 00:38:38,526 That's not gonna happen no more... anymore. 682 00:38:38,609 --> 00:38:40,820 I promise. 683 00:38:40,903 --> 00:38:43,489 So I was wonderin' if you might reconsider 684 00:38:43,572 --> 00:38:45,408 coaching me for the state bee. 685 00:38:48,077 --> 00:38:49,620 'Cause I need a coach. 686 00:38:51,747 --> 00:38:53,040 Bad. 687 00:38:54,250 --> 00:38:57,211 "Badly." You need a coach badly. 688 00:38:58,462 --> 00:38:59,714 Come in. 689 00:39:04,427 --> 00:39:06,387 Come in. Come in. 690 00:39:13,352 --> 00:39:16,480 That's a very pretty lady. She your wife? 691 00:39:16,564 --> 00:39:19,984 Listen, you got very lucky at the district bee. 692 00:39:20,067 --> 00:39:22,903 The competition at state level is much stronger, 693 00:39:22,987 --> 00:39:26,949 so if you and I were to prepare for that, 694 00:39:27,033 --> 00:39:29,201 we'd have to do it on my schedule. 695 00:39:29,285 --> 00:39:31,454 So we'd have to work three hours each morning, 696 00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:33,664 starting at 9:00. Can you handle that? 697 00:39:33,748 --> 00:39:35,374 Well, I do have summer school, 698 00:39:35,458 --> 00:39:39,879 but Mr. Welch say workin' with you could take the place of it. 699 00:39:39,962 --> 00:39:44,258 Isn't that for students who don't perform satisfactorily during the year? 700 00:39:44,341 --> 00:39:49,930 Well... sometimes with kids who want to get ahead for next year. 701 00:39:50,014 --> 00:39:51,390 Yes. Please, put that down. 702 00:39:52,683 --> 00:39:54,018 Just... Yeah. 703 00:39:54,101 --> 00:39:57,605 [sighs] 704 00:39:57,688 --> 00:40:01,984 Have you, uh... Have you got any goals? 705 00:40:02,068 --> 00:40:03,319 - Hmm? - Goals. 706 00:40:03,402 --> 00:40:05,196 What would you like to be when you grow up? 707 00:40:05,279 --> 00:40:08,240 A doctor. A lawyer. A stand-up comic. 708 00:40:09,617 --> 00:40:12,745 I don't know. Only thing I'm good at is spelling. 709 00:40:17,291 --> 00:40:21,796 Go over there and read the quotation that's on the wall. 710 00:40:25,424 --> 00:40:27,134 Read it aloud, please. 711 00:40:28,803 --> 00:40:33,349 "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate." 712 00:40:33,432 --> 00:40:38,437 Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. 713 00:40:38,521 --> 00:40:42,191 We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, 714 00:40:42,274 --> 00:40:45,778 gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?' 715 00:40:45,861 --> 00:40:50,533 Actually, who are you not to be? 716 00:40:52,034 --> 00:40:56,288 We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. 717 00:40:56,372 --> 00:40:58,666 And as we let our own light shine, 718 00:40:58,749 --> 00:41:04,505 "we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same." 719 00:41:05,756 --> 00:41:08,008 Does that mean anything to you? 720 00:41:09,135 --> 00:41:10,386 I don't know. 721 00:41:10,469 --> 00:41:15,474 It's written in plain English. What does it mean? 722 00:41:17,268 --> 00:41:19,186 That I'm not supposed to be afraid? 723 00:41:19,270 --> 00:41:21,564 Afraid of what? 724 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:24,692 Afraid of... 725 00:41:27,736 --> 00:41:29,280 Me? 726 00:41:37,580 --> 00:41:40,249 This National Spelling Bee is a tough nut. 727 00:41:40,332 --> 00:41:42,418 I've seen it chew kids up and spit them out. 728 00:41:42,501 --> 00:41:45,421 So if you want to get there, you can't be a shrinking violet. 729 00:41:45,504 --> 00:41:49,008 You have to stand up and show them what you can do. 730 00:41:49,091 --> 00:41:50,509 All right? 731 00:41:52,469 --> 00:41:53,888 Then I'll brook no nonsense. 732 00:41:53,971 --> 00:41:58,475 You show up on time, with no attitude, or it's over. 733 00:41:59,476 --> 00:42:00,728 Agreed? 734 00:42:02,938 --> 00:42:04,190 Agreed. 735 00:42:09,904 --> 00:42:11,655 ♪ And maybe you should know ♪ 736 00:42:11,739 --> 00:42:13,532 ♪ That you ain't got no control... ♪ 737 00:42:15,367 --> 00:42:16,660 Stop, stop, stop, stop! 738 00:42:16,744 --> 00:42:19,997 Boy, Mom would trip if she knew we borrowed the car for this. 739 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,625 That's why mama ain't gonna know. 740 00:42:23,876 --> 00:42:25,127 Come on, Georgia. 741 00:42:27,463 --> 00:42:29,340 Um... 742 00:42:31,050 --> 00:42:33,177 I'm gonna go to the mall with Kiana. 743 00:42:33,260 --> 00:42:35,554 But I thought you wanted to go to this party. 744 00:42:37,681 --> 00:42:38,933 [Javier] Hey, Akeelah. 745 00:42:43,771 --> 00:42:46,398 - Are you sure? - Yeah. 746 00:42:47,399 --> 00:42:48,734 Come on, let's go. 747 00:42:51,153 --> 00:42:52,821 - How are you? Thank you. - Okay. 748 00:42:54,114 --> 00:42:57,743 - [car starts] - [music resumes on radio] 749 00:42:57,826 --> 00:42:59,453 [party chatter] 750 00:43:01,205 --> 00:43:02,498 [Akeelah] Why'd you invite him? 751 00:43:02,581 --> 00:43:06,043 My Dad's friends with his dad. I'm surprised he showed up. 752 00:43:06,126 --> 00:43:07,670 Hey, you want to see my house? 753 00:43:07,753 --> 00:43:09,338 - Yeah. - Let's go. 754 00:43:10,381 --> 00:43:12,508 This is my father's office. 755 00:43:12,591 --> 00:43:16,011 He's a journalist, and he's written, like, a bunch of books. 756 00:43:18,097 --> 00:43:20,516 What's your father do? 757 00:43:20,599 --> 00:43:23,018 My daddy? 758 00:43:23,102 --> 00:43:25,271 He used to work for the city parks. 759 00:43:27,398 --> 00:43:29,733 Man, you got a lot of friends. 760 00:43:29,817 --> 00:43:32,194 I never had a birthday party this big. 761 00:43:32,278 --> 00:43:34,071 I'd think you'd have lots of friends. 762 00:43:40,327 --> 00:43:41,704 Why'd you do that? 763 00:43:41,787 --> 00:43:44,707 I had an impulse. 764 00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:47,167 Are you gonna sue me for sexual harassment? 765 00:43:49,420 --> 00:43:51,839 [laughing] 766 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:53,841 That was nuts. 767 00:43:55,342 --> 00:43:57,052 What are they doin' down there? 768 00:43:57,136 --> 00:43:59,930 Oh, no. Dylan brought his Scrabble games. 769 00:44:00,014 --> 00:44:01,640 Scrabble? 770 00:44:01,724 --> 00:44:04,727 [Dylan] I get 30 seconds for each board. 771 00:44:04,810 --> 00:44:07,604 We need one more. Who wants to play? 772 00:44:07,688 --> 00:44:08,939 I will. 773 00:44:09,023 --> 00:44:11,525 ♪♪ 774 00:44:14,778 --> 00:44:16,030 And right out of the gate, 775 00:44:16,113 --> 00:44:20,075 Roman scores 32 points with "birch" on the double word score. 776 00:44:20,159 --> 00:44:24,371 Dylan counters with the immediate use of "Z" for 39 big ones. 777 00:44:24,455 --> 00:44:27,666 Polly tests the water with "acorn". 778 00:44:29,001 --> 00:44:32,504 And Dylan answers with a body-blow "beacon" for 20. 779 00:44:32,588 --> 00:44:33,797 [slaps the clock] 780 00:44:33,881 --> 00:44:35,716 Holy cannoli! 781 00:44:38,260 --> 00:44:41,555 Right off the bat, Akeelah uses all her letters, 782 00:44:41,638 --> 00:44:46,727 getting 50 extra points for a whopping 82. 783 00:44:48,228 --> 00:44:49,646 What will Dylan do? 784 00:44:49,730 --> 00:44:51,357 He's fighting the clock. 785 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,485 You could cut the tension with a butter knife. 786 00:44:54,568 --> 00:44:56,653 Shut up! 787 00:45:04,787 --> 00:45:09,708 Shazam! Dylan gets his own bingo for 76 points. 788 00:45:17,591 --> 00:45:18,871 [Javier] It's come down to this. 789 00:45:18,926 --> 00:45:23,055 After having crushed all five opponents, Dylan has only Akeelah to beat. 790 00:45:23,138 --> 00:45:26,642 But she's ahead by 21, and has only a few letters left. 791 00:45:26,725 --> 00:45:28,852 Is this an upset in the making? 792 00:45:28,936 --> 00:45:30,896 What kind of birthday party is this? 793 00:45:32,231 --> 00:45:33,732 [laughing] 794 00:45:39,196 --> 00:45:40,197 [punches clock] 795 00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:44,618 Yowza! Using the triple-word score, Dylan charges ahead by six. 796 00:45:52,084 --> 00:45:53,335 Just go. 797 00:46:01,343 --> 00:46:03,303 [crowd] Whoa... 798 00:46:03,387 --> 00:46:07,266 Yeah! Akeelah's in the lead by 12 points, and has only one letter left. 799 00:46:07,349 --> 00:46:09,726 But this could be Dylan's final play. 800 00:46:15,357 --> 00:46:18,360 [snorts] Arrividerci, sweetheart. 801 00:46:22,156 --> 00:46:24,324 12 points decides the game. 802 00:46:24,408 --> 00:46:26,493 But Dylan gets Akeelah's last two points. 803 00:46:26,577 --> 00:46:29,788 He wins. A heartbreaker. 804 00:46:32,166 --> 00:46:33,417 Wow, Akeelah. 805 00:46:33,500 --> 00:46:35,878 No one ever gets that close to beating Dylan. 806 00:46:35,961 --> 00:46:37,212 But I didn't beat him. 807 00:46:38,755 --> 00:46:41,842 Girl, you passed up the mall to play Scrabble? 808 00:46:44,928 --> 00:46:47,473 [Dylan] She just got lucky. 809 00:46:47,556 --> 00:46:51,560 [Mr. Chiu] If you can barely beat a little black girl at a silly board game, 810 00:46:51,643 --> 00:46:53,729 how do you expect to win the National Bee? 811 00:46:56,106 --> 00:47:00,736 Listen! We're not coming in second again this year. 812 00:47:00,819 --> 00:47:03,614 We're gonna win. 813 00:47:04,615 --> 00:47:05,866 Let's go. 814 00:47:09,912 --> 00:47:11,580 [Akeelah] "He began to have a dim feeling 815 00:47:11,663 --> 00:47:13,999 that to attain his place in the world, 816 00:47:14,082 --> 00:47:16,877 "he must be himself and not another." 817 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,880 [sighs] Dr. Larabee, this book is too heavy. 818 00:47:19,963 --> 00:47:22,382 Good. It'll develop your arm muscles. 819 00:47:22,466 --> 00:47:24,551 I thought we were developing my vocabulary. 820 00:47:24,635 --> 00:47:26,386 We are. Please continue reading. 821 00:47:26,470 --> 00:47:28,722 But I already know most of the words in this speech. 822 00:47:28,805 --> 00:47:33,018 It's not a speech, it's an essay by W.E.B. Dubois, 823 00:47:33,101 --> 00:47:36,104 the first black man to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University. 824 00:47:36,188 --> 00:47:38,315 Maybe we should be studying more big words. 825 00:47:38,398 --> 00:47:40,150 Spell "cabalistic." 826 00:47:40,234 --> 00:47:44,780 C-A-B-A-L-I-S-T-I-C. "Cabalistic." 827 00:47:44,863 --> 00:47:46,573 And when did you learn that one? 828 00:47:46,657 --> 00:47:48,784 About two minutes ago on this book. 829 00:47:48,867 --> 00:47:51,787 But in the time it took to learn that one word, 830 00:47:51,870 --> 00:47:53,497 Dylan probably learned 20. 831 00:47:53,580 --> 00:47:56,416 And those 20 words won't mean anything to him. 832 00:47:56,500 --> 00:48:00,379 He's just a little robot, memorizing lists of words. 833 00:48:00,462 --> 00:48:03,632 The people we're studying... Dubois, Dr. King, JFK... 834 00:48:03,715 --> 00:48:07,427 These people used words to change the world. 835 00:48:07,511 --> 00:48:13,141 And they didn't acquire their vocabulary by rote memorization. 836 00:48:13,225 --> 00:48:15,435 Okay. 837 00:48:15,519 --> 00:48:16,812 But when I'm at the bee, 838 00:48:16,895 --> 00:48:20,649 and they tell me to spell some little fish from Australia 839 00:48:20,732 --> 00:48:22,568 or some weird bacteria on the Moon, 840 00:48:22,651 --> 00:48:26,071 we're gonna wish we'd done a little bit more rote memorizing 841 00:48:26,154 --> 00:48:28,031 and not so much essay reading... 842 00:48:29,616 --> 00:48:31,577 if you don't mind me saying. 843 00:48:34,329 --> 00:48:36,623 Bacteria don't exist on the Moon. 844 00:48:36,707 --> 00:48:39,126 Let me ask you something. 845 00:48:39,209 --> 00:48:41,545 Where do you think big words come from? 846 00:48:41,628 --> 00:48:43,755 People with big brains? 847 00:48:43,839 --> 00:48:44,881 [chuckles] 848 00:48:46,508 --> 00:48:47,759 All right. 849 00:48:49,094 --> 00:48:50,137 What do you see? 850 00:48:50,220 --> 00:48:52,097 A bunch of big words I don't know. 851 00:48:52,180 --> 00:48:53,890 Ah. Look again. 852 00:48:56,268 --> 00:48:58,228 What kind of power do we get from the sun? 853 00:48:58,312 --> 00:49:01,607 - Solar. - So, what does "sol" mean? 854 00:49:01,690 --> 00:49:04,860 - Sun. - What does "terraneous" sound like? 855 00:49:04,943 --> 00:49:06,903 - Terrain. - Meaning the earth. 856 00:49:06,987 --> 00:49:08,405 "Soliterraneous" means... 857 00:49:08,488 --> 00:49:12,284 The sun and the earth working together. 858 00:49:12,367 --> 00:49:14,286 So where do big words come from? 859 00:49:14,369 --> 00:49:15,621 Little words. 860 00:49:15,704 --> 00:49:17,414 And how many little words do you know? 861 00:49:17,497 --> 00:49:19,124 - Tons. - Yes! 862 00:49:19,207 --> 00:49:21,460 And there are tons more for you to learn. 863 00:49:21,543 --> 00:49:23,712 There are Greek ones. 864 00:49:23,795 --> 00:49:26,173 There are Latin ones. 865 00:49:26,256 --> 00:49:27,883 French ones. 866 00:49:27,966 --> 00:49:30,927 And if you learn them all, 867 00:49:31,011 --> 00:49:34,014 you can spell any word, no matter how big. 868 00:49:37,351 --> 00:49:39,895 Maybe we should get back to the essay reading. 869 00:49:39,978 --> 00:49:41,355 What's the matter? 870 00:49:41,438 --> 00:49:44,691 I thought you wanted to win the National Spelling Bee. 871 00:49:46,485 --> 00:49:48,445 Maybe just getting there this time is good enough. 872 00:49:48,487 --> 00:49:51,323 Don't give me that. 873 00:49:51,406 --> 00:49:55,994 You want to win it so badly, it keeps you up at night. 874 00:49:56,078 --> 00:49:58,163 Ever since you found out there was such a thing 875 00:49:58,246 --> 00:49:59,706 as the National Spelling Bee, 876 00:49:59,790 --> 00:50:02,000 you've seen yourself holding up that trophy. 877 00:50:02,084 --> 00:50:05,337 But if you can't say it, you can't win it, so say it. 878 00:50:05,420 --> 00:50:07,381 - I wanna win. - Say it louder, please. 879 00:50:07,464 --> 00:50:09,424 - I wanna win. - You wanna win what? 880 00:50:09,508 --> 00:50:12,219 I wanna win the National Spelling Bee! 881 00:50:12,302 --> 00:50:15,722 Good. Good. 882 00:50:15,806 --> 00:50:18,350 You'll win using my methods, 883 00:50:18,433 --> 00:50:21,395 by first understanding the power of language, 884 00:50:21,478 --> 00:50:23,355 then by deconstructing it, 885 00:50:23,438 --> 00:50:26,650 breaking it down to its origins, to its roots. 886 00:50:26,733 --> 00:50:30,112 You'll consume it. You will own it. 887 00:50:30,195 --> 00:50:31,738 And then you know what you'll be? 888 00:50:31,822 --> 00:50:33,990 Mm-hmm. Tired. 889 00:50:34,074 --> 00:50:36,243 You'll be a champion. 890 00:50:38,286 --> 00:50:40,288 - Are you ready? - I'm ready. 891 00:50:40,372 --> 00:50:42,165 All right. Let's go. 892 00:50:42,249 --> 00:50:44,334 ♪ Hand me down my walking cane ♪ 893 00:50:44,418 --> 00:50:46,878 ♪ Hand me down my hat ♪ 894 00:50:46,962 --> 00:50:49,005 ♪ Hurry now, and don't be late ♪ 895 00:50:49,089 --> 00:50:52,008 ♪ 'Cause we ain't got time to chat ♪ 896 00:50:52,092 --> 00:50:54,428 ♪ You and me, we're going out ♪ 897 00:50:54,511 --> 00:50:56,972 ♪ To catch the latest sounds ♪ 898 00:50:57,055 --> 00:50:59,015 ♪ Guaranteed to blow your mind ♪ 899 00:50:59,099 --> 00:51:01,184 ♪ So high you won't come down ♪ 900 00:51:01,268 --> 00:51:02,269 Yes! 901 00:51:02,352 --> 00:51:03,895 ♪ Hey, y'all, prepare yourself ♪ 902 00:51:03,979 --> 00:51:06,690 ♪ For the rubberband man ♪ 903 00:51:06,773 --> 00:51:12,028 ♪ You've never heard a sound like the rubberband man ♪ 904 00:51:12,112 --> 00:51:13,697 ♪ You're bound to lose control ♪ 905 00:51:13,780 --> 00:51:16,950 ♪ When the rubberband starts to jam ♪ 906 00:51:18,744 --> 00:51:21,747 ♪ Oh, Lord, this dude is outta sight ♪ 907 00:51:21,830 --> 00:51:26,543 ♪ Everything he does seems to come out right ♪ 908 00:51:26,626 --> 00:51:28,754 ♪ Once I went to hear them play ♪ 909 00:51:28,837 --> 00:51:30,964 ♪ At a club outside of town ♪ 910 00:51:31,047 --> 00:51:33,800 ♪ I was so surprised, I was hypnotized... ♪ 911 00:51:33,884 --> 00:51:36,386 [speaking foreign phrases and root words] 912 00:51:39,514 --> 00:51:40,974 [coughs] 913 00:51:42,976 --> 00:51:45,270 Um... why are you home so early? 914 00:51:45,353 --> 00:51:47,606 I just wasn't feeling well. 915 00:51:49,816 --> 00:51:51,067 What you got there? 916 00:51:51,151 --> 00:51:53,153 Homework. 917 00:51:56,782 --> 00:51:59,743 You know, the regional bee's coming up soon, 918 00:51:59,826 --> 00:52:01,179 and I was wondering if you might... 919 00:52:01,203 --> 00:52:03,246 Is that gonna happen in Beverly Hills, too? 920 00:52:03,330 --> 00:52:04,956 I don't know. 921 00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:07,292 I told you, you pass summer school, 922 00:52:07,375 --> 00:52:09,215 then you can start worrying about spelling bee. 923 00:52:09,252 --> 00:52:12,130 - But if you would just... - Akeelah. 924 00:52:12,214 --> 00:52:14,758 Baby, I'm just not in the mood, all right? 925 00:52:27,103 --> 00:52:29,981 So how come you don't teach anymore? 926 00:52:30,065 --> 00:52:34,861 I told you, I do teach. I administer classes online. 927 00:52:35,946 --> 00:52:37,614 Let's keep going. 928 00:52:37,697 --> 00:52:39,491 "Effervescent." 929 00:52:39,574 --> 00:52:41,868 E-F-F... 930 00:52:41,952 --> 00:52:44,246 E-R-V-E... 931 00:52:44,329 --> 00:52:47,415 [dog barking] 932 00:52:47,499 --> 00:52:49,668 S-E-N-T. "Effervescent." 933 00:52:49,751 --> 00:52:51,378 Come on, come on. You know this word. 934 00:52:51,461 --> 00:52:53,004 That dog's distracting me! 935 00:52:53,088 --> 00:52:55,006 You're gonna have much bigger distractions 936 00:52:55,090 --> 00:52:57,050 when you get to the National Bee in D.C. 937 00:52:57,133 --> 00:52:59,636 Now, what is that you're doing with your hand, huh? 938 00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:01,513 What? 939 00:53:01,596 --> 00:53:03,974 With your hand, your hand. 940 00:53:04,057 --> 00:53:06,101 You... you... you tap, like that. 941 00:53:06,184 --> 00:53:07,978 - What is that? - I don't know. 942 00:53:16,611 --> 00:53:18,363 [coughs] 943 00:53:18,446 --> 00:53:21,533 So, why do you got all these toys for? 944 00:53:21,616 --> 00:53:24,160 They belonged to my niece. 945 00:53:24,244 --> 00:53:26,663 Oh. So you got any kids of your own? 946 00:53:26,746 --> 00:53:29,499 You ask a lot of questions, don't you? 947 00:53:29,583 --> 00:53:30,876 I'm naturally inquisitive. 948 00:53:30,959 --> 00:53:35,797 Yes, which is also sometimes confused with being naturally obnoxious. 949 00:53:35,881 --> 00:53:38,758 Here. Let me see you jump rope. 950 00:53:38,842 --> 00:53:40,176 Just jump? 951 00:53:40,260 --> 00:53:41,678 Yes, just jump. 952 00:53:50,478 --> 00:53:51,897 Is there a point to this? 953 00:53:51,980 --> 00:53:54,524 ♪♪ 954 00:53:56,943 --> 00:53:58,612 Yes, there is. Keep going. 955 00:54:04,326 --> 00:54:07,078 I said keep going. 956 00:54:07,162 --> 00:54:09,623 Concentrate, stay focused. Spell "effervescent." 957 00:54:09,706 --> 00:54:11,541 Don't think about anything else. Come on. 958 00:54:11,625 --> 00:54:13,293 Go. 959 00:54:13,376 --> 00:54:17,297 E-F-F-E-R- 960 00:54:17,380 --> 00:54:21,718 - Good! - V-E-S-C-E-N-T. 961 00:54:21,801 --> 00:54:23,386 "Effervescent." 962 00:54:23,470 --> 00:54:27,098 You see that? That's your trick, that's your mnemonic device. 963 00:54:27,182 --> 00:54:28,433 Jumping rope? 964 00:54:28,516 --> 00:54:29,768 Keeping time, keeping time. 965 00:54:29,851 --> 00:54:32,687 You see, kids at the bee, they do all kinds of things. 966 00:54:32,771 --> 00:54:34,856 They sway back and forth, 967 00:54:34,940 --> 00:54:37,442 they turn around in circles, 968 00:54:37,525 --> 00:54:40,362 anything they have to do to stay focused. 969 00:54:40,445 --> 00:54:41,988 You keep time. 970 00:54:42,072 --> 00:54:46,409 And I bet you if you learned the words while you kept time, 971 00:54:46,493 --> 00:54:49,454 you would remember them even better. 972 00:54:49,537 --> 00:54:50,830 ♪ Hallelujah ♪ 973 00:54:50,914 --> 00:54:52,666 [spelling words] 974 00:54:52,749 --> 00:54:54,000 ♪ Come on ♪ 975 00:54:54,084 --> 00:54:55,585 ♪♪ 976 00:55:02,926 --> 00:55:06,304 B-O-G-N-I-A... 977 00:55:07,931 --> 00:55:08,932 Correct. It's a game. 978 00:55:09,015 --> 00:55:11,559 [spelling words, indistinct] 979 00:55:24,906 --> 00:55:26,759 It's too bad your mother had to work today, Akeelah. 980 00:55:26,783 --> 00:55:28,743 But did she get to see the new dress? 981 00:55:28,827 --> 00:55:31,067 Uh, yeah, she thought it was cool. Oh, there goes Javier. 982 00:55:32,330 --> 00:55:34,916 [female judge] This is a very exciting day for us here 983 00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:38,920 because our top three spellers will be representing Southern California 984 00:55:39,004 --> 00:55:44,384 at the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. Yes! 985 00:55:46,636 --> 00:55:49,139 So what do you say? Let's spell! 986 00:55:49,222 --> 00:55:52,559 Well, Josh? You think she's got a shot at it? 987 00:55:52,642 --> 00:55:55,020 We'll see. 988 00:55:55,103 --> 00:55:56,479 [male judge] "Alfresco." 989 00:55:56,563 --> 00:56:00,150 A-L-F-R-E-S-C-O. "Alfresco." 990 00:56:00,233 --> 00:56:01,484 [female judge] That's correct. 991 00:56:01,568 --> 00:56:02,652 [applause] 992 00:56:03,987 --> 00:56:06,197 - "Loquacious." - [bell rings] 993 00:56:06,281 --> 00:56:07,782 - "Espadrille." - [bell rings] 994 00:56:07,866 --> 00:56:08,950 "Jambalaya." 995 00:56:09,034 --> 00:56:11,828 - [bell rings] - [sighs] 996 00:56:11,911 --> 00:56:13,747 [girl] Would you repeat the word, please? 997 00:56:13,830 --> 00:56:15,707 "Malloseismic." 998 00:56:17,292 --> 00:56:22,297 M-A-L-O... 999 00:56:23,298 --> 00:56:25,550 S-E... 1000 00:56:25,633 --> 00:56:27,761 I-S-M-I-C. 1001 00:56:27,844 --> 00:56:29,721 [bell rings] 1002 00:56:29,804 --> 00:56:32,057 "Malloseismic" is. 1003 00:56:32,140 --> 00:56:37,812 M-A-L-L-O-S-E-I-S-M-I-C. 1004 00:56:39,147 --> 00:56:41,149 [crying] It's okay. 1005 00:56:43,902 --> 00:56:48,323 [boy] D-O-U-B-L-U-R-E. 1006 00:56:48,406 --> 00:56:50,450 - That's correct. - [applause] 1007 00:56:55,622 --> 00:56:59,876 - "Psalmody." - Definition, please? 1008 00:56:59,959 --> 00:57:03,546 - Psalmody means... - Mrs. Anderson! 1009 00:57:03,630 --> 00:57:04,923 "Of singing in psalms." 1010 00:57:05,006 --> 00:57:07,592 I want my daughter off this stage right now. 1011 00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:10,720 P-S-A... 1012 00:57:10,804 --> 00:57:13,932 [Tanya] I don't care what she is. I want her off that stage. 1013 00:57:14,015 --> 00:57:16,160 I didn't know she was here, and I didn't give permission... 1014 00:57:16,184 --> 00:57:18,937 - L-M-O... - Mrs. Anderson... 1015 00:57:19,020 --> 00:57:22,232 No. I told here she was not to be here. 1016 00:57:22,315 --> 00:57:24,943 And you don't take my child anywhere without my permission! 1017 00:57:25,026 --> 00:57:29,531 Um... D-Y. "Psalmody." 1018 00:57:29,614 --> 00:57:31,699 - That's correct. - [applause] 1019 00:57:32,992 --> 00:57:35,120 [female judge] Next, please. 1020 00:57:35,203 --> 00:57:36,454 Excuse me, I'm sorry. 1021 00:57:36,538 --> 00:57:41,376 The mother of one of the spellers needs to speak with her. It's rather urgent. 1022 00:57:41,459 --> 00:57:43,086 Uh... Okay. 1023 00:57:43,169 --> 00:57:46,089 But she must be back on the stage before her next turn 1024 00:57:46,172 --> 00:57:47,966 or she'll be disqualified. 1025 00:57:48,049 --> 00:57:49,759 She'll be back. 1026 00:58:05,483 --> 00:58:08,486 I swear we thought you were on board with this, Mrs. Anderson. 1027 00:58:08,570 --> 00:58:10,822 You want to tell me what the heck is going on here? 1028 00:58:10,905 --> 00:58:13,158 Because I never signed a consent form. 1029 00:58:14,617 --> 00:58:17,328 - I signed Daddy's name. - You did what?! 1030 00:58:20,748 --> 00:58:24,252 How do you think I felt when Javier's mother calls me 1031 00:58:24,335 --> 00:58:26,546 to see if I need a ride to USC?! 1032 00:58:26,629 --> 00:58:28,798 I don't know who she is or what she's talking about. 1033 00:58:28,882 --> 00:58:31,968 I'm sorry, Mama. I just wanted to do the bee. 1034 00:58:32,051 --> 00:58:33,303 By lying? 1035 00:58:33,386 --> 00:58:35,680 By going behind my back for the last six months? 1036 00:58:35,763 --> 00:58:38,391 You might as well say good-bye to your little friends, Akeelah, 1037 00:58:38,474 --> 00:58:40,059 because this is your last spelling bee. 1038 00:58:40,143 --> 00:58:42,937 I beg you, Mrs. Anderson, to reconsider this. 1039 00:58:43,021 --> 00:58:45,732 - She deserves this... - Bob. 1040 00:58:45,815 --> 00:58:47,358 Mrs. Anderson's right. 1041 00:58:47,442 --> 00:58:50,528 Akeelah does not deserve to go to the bee this year. 1042 00:58:50,612 --> 00:58:51,863 - What? - [bell rings] 1043 00:58:52,947 --> 00:58:55,158 Next speller, please. 1044 00:58:56,868 --> 00:58:59,120 Come on up to the mic, please. 1045 00:59:03,917 --> 00:59:07,170 A little faster. Come on. 1046 00:59:10,673 --> 00:59:12,008 I apologize, Mrs. Anderson, 1047 00:59:12,091 --> 00:59:16,054 if we've contributed to any anguish you may be feeling. 1048 00:59:16,137 --> 00:59:17,472 And who are you, exactly? 1049 00:59:17,555 --> 00:59:21,476 My name is Joshua Larabee, ma'am, and I've been... 1050 00:59:21,559 --> 00:59:24,562 Well, I've been helping Akeelah prepare herself for the spelling bee. 1051 00:59:24,646 --> 00:59:29,025 Akeelah's been getting extra school credit for working with Dr. Larabee. 1052 00:59:29,108 --> 00:59:33,279 We designed an entire program specifically for her. 1053 00:59:33,363 --> 00:59:35,240 Why didn't you tell me about this? 1054 00:59:35,323 --> 00:59:37,367 Mama, I hated going behind your back. 1055 00:59:37,450 --> 00:59:42,830 But every time I brought up the bee, you didn't want to hear it. 1056 00:59:42,914 --> 00:59:45,124 I didn't know what to do. 1057 00:59:46,584 --> 00:59:48,544 Can I get the pronunciation again? 1058 00:59:48,628 --> 00:59:53,633 He's given it to you five times. You need to spell the word. 1059 00:59:53,716 --> 00:59:55,635 Could you use it in a sentence? 1060 00:59:55,718 --> 00:59:58,346 He's already used it in a sentence. 1061 00:59:58,429 --> 01:00:01,224 I mean, a different sentence than he used before? 1062 01:00:01,307 --> 01:00:03,518 You only get one sentence. 1063 01:00:03,601 --> 01:00:05,186 [whispering] What's up with this kid? 1064 01:00:09,357 --> 01:00:10,997 Well, you must want this thing pretty bad, 1065 01:00:11,067 --> 01:00:14,237 because you ain't never lied to me before in your life. 1066 01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:15,571 So maybe you can tell me 1067 01:00:15,655 --> 01:00:18,157 what you think a good punishment would be for what you did. 1068 01:00:22,996 --> 01:00:24,998 I guess I gotta miss the bee. 1069 01:00:25,081 --> 01:00:26,541 But that don't just punish you. 1070 01:00:26,624 --> 01:00:29,836 Mr. Welch and Dr. Larabee done put a lot of time into this, too. 1071 01:00:29,919 --> 01:00:31,587 So you think of something else. 1072 01:00:37,093 --> 01:00:38,594 Maybe double chores for the month. 1073 01:00:38,678 --> 01:00:41,431 For the next three months. 1074 01:00:43,099 --> 01:00:45,727 She still got time to get back up on that stage? 1075 01:00:47,228 --> 01:00:50,315 Uh, if we move very quickly, yes. 1076 01:00:50,398 --> 01:00:53,276 Well, I guess you better get a move on, hmm? 1077 01:00:56,404 --> 01:00:59,032 We haven't much time. 1078 01:00:59,115 --> 01:01:00,616 Come on, come on. 1079 01:01:03,911 --> 01:01:05,288 Thank you, Mama. 1080 01:01:06,873 --> 01:01:08,333 All right. 1081 01:01:11,627 --> 01:01:14,922 - Dr. Larabee, is it? - Yes. 1082 01:01:15,006 --> 01:01:19,552 So you actually think Akeelah has a chance to win the National Spelling Bee? 1083 01:01:21,012 --> 01:01:24,432 Yes. Yes, I think she does. 1084 01:01:26,684 --> 01:01:30,063 Well... could you use it in a song? 1085 01:01:30,146 --> 01:01:31,856 - [audience laughs] - What? 1086 01:01:34,609 --> 01:01:35,985 Never mind. "Ratatouille." 1087 01:01:36,069 --> 01:01:39,614 R-A-T-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E. "Ratatouille." 1088 01:01:39,697 --> 01:01:41,699 Uh... That's correct. 1089 01:01:41,783 --> 01:01:43,159 Where's number 73, please? 1090 01:01:43,242 --> 01:01:46,162 She's here! She's here! 1091 01:01:51,084 --> 01:01:53,419 - Thank you. - I was about to start tap dancing. 1092 01:01:55,380 --> 01:01:58,508 [male judge] Okay. "Pluviosity." 1093 01:01:58,591 --> 01:02:00,551 Can I get a definition, please? 1094 01:02:00,635 --> 01:02:05,223 Pluviosity means "a state characterized by much rain." 1095 01:02:05,306 --> 01:02:06,974 Okay. 1096 01:02:07,058 --> 01:02:09,602 ♪♪ 1097 01:02:13,272 --> 01:02:15,108 "Pluviosity." 1098 01:02:15,191 --> 01:02:20,488 P-L-U-V-I-O-S-I-T-Y. 1099 01:02:20,571 --> 01:02:22,657 - "Pluviosity." - That's correct. 1100 01:02:22,740 --> 01:02:24,575 [applause] 1101 01:02:31,624 --> 01:02:32,959 ♪ R-e-s-p-e-c-t ♪ 1102 01:02:33,042 --> 01:02:35,545 ♪ Find out what it means to me ♪ 1103 01:02:35,628 --> 01:02:37,588 ♪ R-e-s-p-e-c-t ♪ 1104 01:02:37,672 --> 01:02:41,467 ♪ Take care of T-C-B, hey! ♪ 1105 01:02:41,551 --> 01:02:45,054 I'd like to thank you all for coming out today 1106 01:02:45,138 --> 01:02:49,350 to honor our own Akeelah Anderson! 1107 01:02:49,434 --> 01:02:50,768 [cheering] 1108 01:02:56,774 --> 01:02:59,569 Um... thanks... 1109 01:03:01,696 --> 01:03:02,989 A lot. 1110 01:03:03,072 --> 01:03:04,490 [cheers and applause] 1111 01:03:06,868 --> 01:03:08,470 [girl] Akeelah, can I get your autograph? 1112 01:03:08,494 --> 01:03:10,580 Oh, girl! You're like a movie star now! 1113 01:03:10,663 --> 01:03:12,707 I know. It's pretty crazy. 1114 01:03:12,790 --> 01:03:15,418 Hey, my mama says she wants to take us out to celebrate tonight. 1115 01:03:17,128 --> 01:03:20,006 Javier's parents are taking me out. But you know, maybe we can... 1116 01:03:20,089 --> 01:03:21,340 Akeelah? Excuse me. I'm sorry. 1117 01:03:21,424 --> 01:03:23,843 There's a reporter here, and she wants to talk to you. 1118 01:03:23,926 --> 01:03:26,554 - I don't want to talk to no reporter. - Are you kidding? 1119 01:03:26,637 --> 01:03:30,433 This is exactly the kind of good publicity Crenshaw needs. 1120 01:03:30,516 --> 01:03:32,185 Excuse us. Sorry. 1121 01:03:33,686 --> 01:03:36,522 Hi. This is Lauren Sanchez reporting from South Los Angeles. 1122 01:03:36,606 --> 01:03:39,400 I'm here with 11-year-old Akeelah Anderson. 1123 01:03:39,484 --> 01:03:41,444 She's a seventh grader from Crenshaw Middle School 1124 01:03:41,527 --> 01:03:43,488 who's heading to the National Spelling Bee. 1125 01:03:43,571 --> 01:03:46,091 How does it feel now that you're going to be going to Washington D.C.? 1126 01:03:46,115 --> 01:03:48,576 - [Akeelah] It's pretty cool. - You excited? 1127 01:03:48,659 --> 01:03:50,345 All right, well, let's check out the word that Akeelah spelled here 1128 01:03:50,369 --> 01:03:53,748 at the Southern California finals that got her to the National Bee. 1129 01:03:53,831 --> 01:03:58,753 - [Akeelah] "Erythrocite." E-R-Y... - [turns off TV] 1130 01:03:58,836 --> 01:04:01,339 ♪♪ 1131 01:04:08,638 --> 01:04:10,097 Spell "Affenpinscher." 1132 01:04:10,181 --> 01:04:11,641 Affen what? 1133 01:04:11,724 --> 01:04:13,184 "Grallatorial." 1134 01:04:13,267 --> 01:04:16,312 G-R-A-L-A... 1135 01:04:16,395 --> 01:04:18,272 Wrong. "Jacquard." 1136 01:04:18,356 --> 01:04:21,275 - Dr. Larabee... - Spell the word. "Jacquard." 1137 01:04:23,069 --> 01:04:26,489 - J-A-Q-U... - What about the "C"? 1138 01:04:26,572 --> 01:04:30,660 These are all words that were missed in last year's National Spelling Bee, 1139 01:04:30,743 --> 01:04:32,161 and you can't spell one of them. 1140 01:04:32,245 --> 01:04:34,121 Maybe because we haven't studied them yet. 1141 01:04:34,205 --> 01:04:36,457 Why did you cancel yesterday, hmm? 1142 01:04:36,541 --> 01:04:37,851 Were you doing another interview, 1143 01:04:37,875 --> 01:04:39,995 flaunting yourself in front of the television cameras? 1144 01:04:40,044 --> 01:04:41,629 No, I was at the mall. 1145 01:04:42,838 --> 01:04:46,259 Look, I wasn't dissing you. I was Christmas shopping. 1146 01:04:46,342 --> 01:04:48,386 "Dissing"? I thought we didn't use words like that. 1147 01:04:48,469 --> 01:04:52,098 I thought we only used words from the dictionary in here. 1148 01:05:00,940 --> 01:05:02,608 "Dis, dissed, dissing. 1149 01:05:02,692 --> 01:05:05,820 To treat with disrespect or contempt, to find fault with." 1150 01:05:05,903 --> 01:05:09,240 New words get added to the dictionary every year. 1151 01:05:16,163 --> 01:05:21,335 Look, I didn't get to the National Bee until I was 14 years old. 1152 01:05:21,419 --> 01:05:25,214 I had no help, I had no training, I had nothing. 1153 01:05:25,298 --> 01:05:29,135 By the time I got to the third round, I was out. 1154 01:05:29,218 --> 01:05:33,848 You have an opportunity to win this thing. 1155 01:05:36,183 --> 01:05:41,230 But all we've done for eight months is study words. 1156 01:05:41,314 --> 01:05:43,024 Why can't we take a break? 1157 01:05:43,107 --> 01:05:46,861 Go to a movie, to a basketball game? Why can't we have fun? 1158 01:05:46,944 --> 01:05:49,572 I told you, Denise, you can have fun after the bee. 1159 01:05:52,366 --> 01:05:54,201 Who... who's Denise? 1160 01:05:54,285 --> 01:05:56,495 What? 1161 01:05:56,579 --> 01:05:58,414 Denise. You called me Denise. Who's that? 1162 01:05:59,457 --> 01:06:01,375 ♪♪ 1163 01:06:02,710 --> 01:06:04,462 Dr. Larabee, are you okay? 1164 01:06:07,048 --> 01:06:08,591 Yes. 1165 01:06:10,509 --> 01:06:11,969 Yes, I'm fine. 1166 01:06:15,348 --> 01:06:20,853 Listen, I spent all last week making these for you. 1167 01:06:20,936 --> 01:06:22,480 - What are they? - They're flash cards. 1168 01:06:22,563 --> 01:06:26,525 5,000 new words, the types that you will run into at the finals. 1169 01:06:26,609 --> 01:06:29,654 5,000? But we've only got a few months left. 1170 01:06:29,737 --> 01:06:31,447 What, you gonna coach me 24/7? 1171 01:06:31,530 --> 01:06:35,409 Uh, no. You're going to... um, learn these on your own. 1172 01:06:36,452 --> 01:06:38,913 There's nothing left for me to teach you. 1173 01:06:41,832 --> 01:06:43,084 What? 1174 01:06:45,378 --> 01:06:46,629 You've got it all, Akeelah. 1175 01:06:46,712 --> 01:06:51,592 You've got word construction down, etymology, memorization techniques. 1176 01:06:51,676 --> 01:06:57,014 What you need to do now is just focus on the words. 1177 01:06:57,098 --> 01:07:00,976 [voice breaking] I can't learn 5,000 new words all by myself. 1178 01:07:01,060 --> 01:07:03,521 Yes, you can. You've got a brain like a sponge. 1179 01:07:03,604 --> 01:07:05,648 You just sit down and you study them. 1180 01:07:05,731 --> 01:07:07,692 Dr. Larabee, I swear, I promise. 1181 01:07:07,775 --> 01:07:11,529 I won't miss any more sessions, and I'll do whatever you say. 1182 01:07:11,612 --> 01:07:13,656 You can't stop coaching me now. 1183 01:07:13,739 --> 01:07:17,535 I told Mr. Welch I'd get you through the regionals and I've done that. 1184 01:07:17,618 --> 01:07:19,912 Now, I don't have anything else I can teach you. 1185 01:07:19,995 --> 01:07:24,458 You need to just take those words and study them and you'll be all right. 1186 01:07:36,178 --> 01:07:38,681 This is why I was at the mall. 1187 01:07:42,059 --> 01:07:44,019 Merry Christmas. 1188 01:07:53,988 --> 01:07:55,281 [door closes] 1189 01:07:57,241 --> 01:07:58,868 ♪♪ 1190 01:08:01,954 --> 01:08:04,123 - [line ringing] - [Georgia] Hello? 1191 01:08:04,206 --> 01:08:07,793 Hey, girl. What you doing? 1192 01:08:07,877 --> 01:08:10,045 Watching TV. 1193 01:08:10,129 --> 01:08:12,548 You wanna go skating this weekend? 1194 01:08:12,631 --> 01:08:16,302 Why don't you go with your friends from Woodland Hills? 1195 01:08:16,385 --> 01:08:19,388 [laughing] What? Girl, what's wrong with you? 1196 01:08:19,472 --> 01:08:21,599 Nothing. 1197 01:08:21,682 --> 01:08:24,143 I got homework to do. I'll see you later. 1198 01:08:24,226 --> 01:08:25,478 [call disconnects] 1199 01:08:30,065 --> 01:08:32,651 [Kiana] Keelie! 1200 01:08:32,735 --> 01:08:36,739 Keelie! Come on out here! Girl, you on TV. 1201 01:08:36,822 --> 01:08:38,908 Hurry! Hurry! Come on, look! 1202 01:08:38,991 --> 01:08:40,868 Has captivated her community. 1203 01:08:40,951 --> 01:08:43,078 All of Los Angeles is talking about her. 1204 01:08:43,162 --> 01:08:44,622 Well, if she wins the spelling bee, 1205 01:08:44,705 --> 01:08:47,124 it's gonna be like everybody in the neighborhood wins. 1206 01:08:47,208 --> 01:08:52,254 I think it'd be real positive. You know, good for the community. 1207 01:08:52,338 --> 01:08:54,423 I might study for next year's bee. 1208 01:08:54,507 --> 01:08:56,550 [both laugh] 1209 01:08:58,803 --> 01:09:00,163 I wonder what's the matter with... 1210 01:09:00,221 --> 01:09:02,848 Akeelah, what's wrong? 1211 01:09:02,932 --> 01:09:04,391 I don't want to do the bee no more. 1212 01:09:04,475 --> 01:09:07,269 You don't wanna do the bee? Why not? 1213 01:09:07,353 --> 01:09:10,314 Dr. Larabee don't want to coach me no more. 1214 01:09:10,397 --> 01:09:12,274 Georgia don't want to hang out with me. 1215 01:09:12,358 --> 01:09:15,986 And all these people are expecting me to win. 1216 01:09:16,070 --> 01:09:20,449 And it's just too hard, mama. I want it all to stop. 1217 01:09:20,533 --> 01:09:22,243 - Baby, you were so... - Please. 1218 01:09:22,326 --> 01:09:23,744 Please. 1219 01:09:23,828 --> 01:09:25,663 All right. All right. 1220 01:09:29,291 --> 01:09:31,252 [clock ticking] 1221 01:09:35,005 --> 01:09:37,675 I certainly didn't mean to upset her. I... 1222 01:09:40,177 --> 01:09:44,974 Well, I honestly thought I was... doing the best thing for her. 1223 01:09:55,401 --> 01:09:58,153 You know, Dr. Larabee, 1224 01:09:58,237 --> 01:10:01,323 my child is only 11 years old, 1225 01:10:01,407 --> 01:10:04,660 and she has been through so much already. 1226 01:10:04,743 --> 01:10:06,662 Her father was killed when she was six. 1227 01:10:06,745 --> 01:10:10,124 Somebody shot him on his way home from work. 1228 01:10:10,207 --> 01:10:13,711 Do you have any idea what it's like for a girl to lose her father that way? 1229 01:10:18,424 --> 01:10:20,426 I can imagine. 1230 01:10:20,509 --> 01:10:24,054 Then why do you wanna cause this child any more grief? 1231 01:10:24,138 --> 01:10:25,514 That's an unfair accusation. 1232 01:10:25,598 --> 01:10:27,725 Mrs. Anderson, as I've told you, 1233 01:10:27,808 --> 01:10:32,229 I'm... I'm just not in a place where I can... 1234 01:10:32,313 --> 01:10:34,481 be of any more help to Akeelah right now. 1235 01:10:34,565 --> 01:10:37,818 But she needs you. She does. 1236 01:10:37,902 --> 01:10:41,280 I beg to differ, Mrs. Anderson. It's not me that Akeelah needs. 1237 01:10:44,950 --> 01:10:48,078 I remember when he used to take us out to the ball games, 1238 01:10:48,162 --> 01:10:50,122 take us to the movies. 1239 01:10:50,205 --> 01:10:52,207 We'd have popcorn fights. 1240 01:10:57,588 --> 01:10:59,131 I wanna tell you something. 1241 01:11:03,093 --> 01:11:05,554 You know why I didn't want you to do the bee at first? 1242 01:11:07,556 --> 01:11:09,391 'Cause I saw that video of yours, 1243 01:11:09,475 --> 01:11:12,728 and I saw one winner and 200 losers. 1244 01:11:12,811 --> 01:11:15,773 And I didn't want you to be one of those losers. 1245 01:11:18,025 --> 01:11:22,529 Did you know your mama... went to college right after high school? 1246 01:11:23,781 --> 01:11:25,199 No. 1247 01:11:25,282 --> 01:11:29,203 I had a scholarship. I was gonna be a doctor. 1248 01:11:30,913 --> 01:11:32,706 What happened? 1249 01:11:35,876 --> 01:11:40,214 I just felt so out of place at that school, 1250 01:11:40,297 --> 01:11:44,885 I convinced myself that I was gonna fail. 1251 01:11:46,428 --> 01:11:49,056 So before that could happen, I dropped out. 1252 01:11:51,183 --> 01:11:54,186 I don't want you to do the same thing with this bee. 1253 01:12:07,199 --> 01:12:08,867 "Gabbro. 1254 01:12:08,951 --> 01:12:12,830 A group of dark, heavy rocks." 1255 01:12:14,957 --> 01:12:16,583 Can you spell it for me? 1256 01:12:18,544 --> 01:12:24,425 G-A-B-R-O. "Gabbro"? 1257 01:12:24,508 --> 01:12:26,927 Actually, it's got two "Bs". 1258 01:12:27,011 --> 01:12:28,262 [both laugh] 1259 01:12:30,973 --> 01:12:35,310 You know, Akeelah, you ain't short on people who wanna help you. 1260 01:12:35,394 --> 01:12:40,482 I'll bet you if you just look around, you've got 50,000 coaches... 1261 01:12:40,566 --> 01:12:42,609 starting with me. 1262 01:12:45,904 --> 01:12:47,448 - Mama... - Mm? 1263 01:12:47,531 --> 01:12:52,244 Do you think that maybe you might go back to college? 1264 01:12:55,873 --> 01:12:57,916 I just might. 1265 01:13:00,753 --> 01:13:02,337 I love you. 1266 01:13:02,421 --> 01:13:04,882 I love you, too. I love you, too. 1267 01:13:04,965 --> 01:13:08,677 "Craquelure." C-R-A-Q-U-E-L... 1268 01:13:08,761 --> 01:13:12,222 Hey, yo. So why are you punkin' out on this spelling bee, huh? 1269 01:13:12,306 --> 01:13:14,475 What, you afraid of all the suburbia kids now? 1270 01:13:14,558 --> 01:13:15,851 No. 1271 01:13:17,436 --> 01:13:19,104 Hey! 1272 01:13:19,188 --> 01:13:21,231 So how do you spell all these words anyway? 1273 01:13:21,315 --> 01:13:22,649 I study 'em. 1274 01:13:22,733 --> 01:13:24,693 Whatever. 1275 01:13:24,777 --> 01:13:26,320 Well, there go my ride. 1276 01:13:27,488 --> 01:13:29,406 - Hey, what up, Derrick-T? - What up, Terrence? 1277 01:13:29,490 --> 01:13:31,283 Who that? 1278 01:13:31,366 --> 01:13:34,328 That ain't nobody. Just my little sister. 1279 01:13:34,411 --> 01:13:37,956 What up, little thing? Been seein' you on TV. 1280 01:13:38,040 --> 01:13:40,375 Trying to win some big contest, huh? 1281 01:13:40,459 --> 01:13:42,169 Answer the man. 1282 01:13:43,378 --> 01:13:45,380 You know, I won something once. 1283 01:13:45,464 --> 01:13:47,549 Fifth grade. 1284 01:13:47,633 --> 01:13:49,134 Wrote a poem. 1285 01:13:49,218 --> 01:13:50,886 Even got myself a blue ribbon, too. 1286 01:13:50,969 --> 01:13:53,055 [laughs] Yeah, that's good. 1287 01:13:53,138 --> 01:13:55,599 - You wrote yourself a poem. - Shut up, dawg. 1288 01:13:55,682 --> 01:13:58,477 What you think rap is? 1289 01:13:58,560 --> 01:14:00,062 What's that in your hand? 1290 01:14:00,145 --> 01:14:03,690 - Ain't nothin'. Just some stupid word. - Oh, you helping her? 1291 01:14:03,774 --> 01:14:06,110 Naw, man. I'm chillin' with you, right? 1292 01:14:06,193 --> 01:14:08,695 ♪♪ 1293 01:14:11,865 --> 01:14:13,450 Nah, man. 1294 01:14:15,869 --> 01:14:17,329 Stay here and help your sis. 1295 01:14:17,412 --> 01:14:19,790 - Why? - 'Cause I say so. 1296 01:14:19,873 --> 01:14:22,042 Let's break out, man. 1297 01:14:25,295 --> 01:14:27,256 Derrick-T! 1298 01:14:27,339 --> 01:14:30,551 - What's up? - I wanna read your poem. 1299 01:14:32,052 --> 01:14:34,429 After you win the contest. 1300 01:14:35,472 --> 01:14:36,890 Let's go, man. 1301 01:14:41,145 --> 01:14:43,313 You ain't gotta help me if you don't wanna. 1302 01:14:47,442 --> 01:14:49,153 En... franchisement? 1303 01:14:49,236 --> 01:14:51,822 You mean "enfranchisement"? 1304 01:14:51,905 --> 01:14:54,324 Hey, whatever. Can you spell it? 1305 01:14:59,163 --> 01:15:01,373 50,000 coaches. 1306 01:15:01,456 --> 01:15:03,083 ♪♪ 1307 01:15:04,751 --> 01:15:07,004 E-N-F-R... 1308 01:15:07,087 --> 01:15:08,839 ♪ Wake up, everybody ♪ 1309 01:15:08,922 --> 01:15:12,176 ♪ No more sleeping in bed ♪ 1310 01:15:12,259 --> 01:15:14,094 ♪ No more backward thinking ♪ 1311 01:15:14,178 --> 01:15:16,972 ♪ Time for thinking ahead ♪ 1312 01:15:17,055 --> 01:15:19,600 ♪ The world has changed so very much ♪ 1313 01:15:19,683 --> 01:15:21,852 ♪ From what it used to be ♪ 1314 01:15:21,935 --> 01:15:24,438 - Aptery-go-tye. - What? 1315 01:15:24,521 --> 01:15:27,316 - That right there. - "Apterygote." 1316 01:15:27,399 --> 01:15:28,879 Maybe you shouldn't show me the cards. 1317 01:15:28,942 --> 01:15:31,904 - Oh, yeah. Sorry. - ♪ Oh ♪ 1318 01:15:35,782 --> 01:15:37,326 ♪ Wake up, all the teachers ♪ 1319 01:15:37,409 --> 01:15:40,412 ♪ Time to teach a new way ♪ 1320 01:15:40,495 --> 01:15:42,623 ♪ Maybe then they'll listen ♪ 1321 01:15:42,706 --> 01:15:45,125 ♪ To what you have to say ♪ 1322 01:15:45,209 --> 01:15:47,753 ♪ 'Cause they're the ones who's coming up ♪ 1323 01:15:47,836 --> 01:15:50,714 ♪ And the world is in their hands ♪ 1324 01:15:50,797 --> 01:15:52,424 ♪ When you teach the children ♪ 1325 01:15:52,507 --> 01:15:56,053 ♪ Teach 'em the very best you can ♪ 1326 01:15:57,721 --> 01:15:59,014 [woman] Whoo! 1327 01:15:59,097 --> 01:16:01,808 You go, Akeelah, baby! Make us proud! 1328 01:16:06,146 --> 01:16:08,649 ♪♪ 1329 01:16:27,584 --> 01:16:30,212 5,000. I learned them all. 1330 01:16:30,295 --> 01:16:32,547 But I had some help. 1331 01:16:33,840 --> 01:16:35,884 You should be very well-prepared, then. 1332 01:16:38,679 --> 01:16:40,597 You know, Dr. Larabee? 1333 01:16:40,681 --> 01:16:42,683 When I was a little girl... 1334 01:16:44,726 --> 01:16:46,603 my daddy died. 1335 01:16:50,857 --> 01:16:53,485 I used to cry all the time. 1336 01:16:56,238 --> 01:16:58,907 But then... 1337 01:16:58,991 --> 01:17:01,201 I found something that helped. 1338 01:17:02,452 --> 01:17:04,037 What was that? 1339 01:17:04,121 --> 01:17:05,747 I spelled. 1340 01:17:05,831 --> 01:17:09,001 Over and over again... and I'd feel better. 1341 01:17:13,297 --> 01:17:15,382 Maybe when you're thinking of her... 1342 01:17:16,967 --> 01:17:18,427 you can try spelling. 1343 01:17:19,428 --> 01:17:21,263 It might help. 1344 01:17:36,903 --> 01:17:38,447 Akeelah. 1345 01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:45,078 - Who told you? - You did. 1346 01:17:46,079 --> 01:17:48,415 You called me by her name. Denise. 1347 01:17:55,422 --> 01:17:58,175 That's her jump rope, isn't it? 1348 01:17:58,258 --> 01:18:00,177 Yes. 1349 01:18:03,847 --> 01:18:05,390 Was she your little girl? 1350 01:18:10,228 --> 01:18:11,730 Yes. 1351 01:18:14,608 --> 01:18:16,360 What happened to her? 1352 01:18:26,119 --> 01:18:27,913 She got very sick. 1353 01:18:29,623 --> 01:18:34,169 She was only a couple years younger than you when she passed. 1354 01:18:40,967 --> 01:18:42,969 Where's her mama? 1355 01:18:43,053 --> 01:18:46,640 She moved to another city, and, uh... 1356 01:18:48,725 --> 01:18:52,687 After it happened, my wife... 1357 01:18:54,064 --> 01:18:57,984 Patricia, and I found it... 1358 01:19:00,987 --> 01:19:07,119 Slowly it became very difficult to be... 1359 01:19:17,129 --> 01:19:21,800 Anyway, this is... this is Patricia's garden. 1360 01:19:24,177 --> 01:19:26,430 You see, I need... 1361 01:19:26,513 --> 01:19:29,349 I need a lot of order in my life. 1362 01:19:29,433 --> 01:19:33,437 That's why I don't teach in the classrooms anymore. 1363 01:19:33,520 --> 01:19:36,022 It's just too unpredictable. 1364 01:19:36,106 --> 01:19:38,942 Like you. 1365 01:19:39,025 --> 01:19:40,461 This whole spelling bee business now 1366 01:19:40,485 --> 01:19:45,240 has become a little too unpredictable as well. 1367 01:19:51,079 --> 01:19:53,415 Dr. Larabee... 1368 01:19:54,416 --> 01:19:57,210 I... I can't go to D.C. without you. 1369 01:19:57,294 --> 01:20:00,797 Yes, you can, Akeelah. You can do anything you want. 1370 01:20:00,881 --> 01:20:01,882 I can't beat Dylan. 1371 01:20:01,965 --> 01:20:04,926 - Don't say that. - It's true. 1372 01:20:05,010 --> 01:20:08,722 It doesn't matter how many words I learn, he'll always know more. 1373 01:20:08,805 --> 01:20:12,601 Let me tell you about Dylan. 1374 01:20:12,684 --> 01:20:14,728 There's only one person 1375 01:20:14,811 --> 01:20:19,608 who can push him to spell as well as he possibly can. 1376 01:20:19,691 --> 01:20:21,109 It's not his Dad. 1377 01:20:21,193 --> 01:20:23,445 It's not the spelling bee people. 1378 01:20:23,528 --> 01:20:25,655 It's not even himself. 1379 01:20:25,739 --> 01:20:29,409 That person is you. 1380 01:20:29,493 --> 01:20:35,999 So, when you and I get to D.C... 1381 01:20:37,250 --> 01:20:41,046 Let's make sure we give him a run for his money. 1382 01:20:41,129 --> 01:20:42,380 Okay? 1383 01:20:42,464 --> 01:20:44,966 ♪♪ 1384 01:20:52,265 --> 01:20:53,850 [exhales] 1385 01:21:02,400 --> 01:21:03,860 Hey. 1386 01:21:05,654 --> 01:21:06,905 Hi. 1387 01:21:06,988 --> 01:21:09,616 I'm off to D.C. tomorrow. 1388 01:21:09,699 --> 01:21:12,118 Yeah? Well, have fun. 1389 01:21:12,202 --> 01:21:13,537 I'm sorry I've been so busy. 1390 01:21:13,620 --> 01:21:17,582 It's just, this whole spelling thing's been real intense. 1391 01:21:17,666 --> 01:21:19,668 But you know what? 1392 01:21:21,545 --> 01:21:24,631 I'd give it all up if it meant you and me could hang again. 1393 01:21:24,714 --> 01:21:27,175 - That's stupid. - Why is it stupid? 1394 01:21:27,259 --> 01:21:31,555 'Cause people want to see you do good. 1395 01:21:31,638 --> 01:21:33,807 I want to see you do good. 1396 01:21:36,351 --> 01:21:39,479 You know what? Georgia, you're my best friend, 1397 01:21:39,563 --> 01:21:43,608 and you always tell me I can do things, even when I think I can't. 1398 01:21:44,693 --> 01:21:47,153 But I gotta tell you something. 1399 01:21:47,237 --> 01:21:51,408 If you want to be a flight attendant, you first gotta ride on a plane. 1400 01:21:51,491 --> 01:21:53,076 I will, someday. 1401 01:21:53,159 --> 01:21:55,745 How about tomorrow? 1402 01:21:58,123 --> 01:21:59,457 [squeals] 1403 01:21:59,541 --> 01:22:00,917 ♪♪ 1404 01:22:01,001 --> 01:22:03,837 Girl, I got... I got to talk to the captain! 1405 01:22:03,920 --> 01:22:07,632 Ooh! Forget flight attendant. I'm gonna be the pilot. 1406 01:22:07,716 --> 01:22:08,967 [groans] 1407 01:22:09,050 --> 01:22:10,302 What's wrong with him? 1408 01:22:10,385 --> 01:22:12,262 He has an aversion to heights. 1409 01:22:12,345 --> 01:22:16,182 It's an aversion to plummeting. I may puke. 1410 01:22:16,266 --> 01:22:20,937 My brother's in the Air Force, and he says that fear is all in your head. 1411 01:22:21,021 --> 01:22:23,815 Here. He gave me this for good luck. 1412 01:22:23,898 --> 01:22:26,860 Don't worry. I won't impale you. 1413 01:22:26,943 --> 01:22:31,072 You know, I never really thanked you for helping me at the state bee. 1414 01:22:31,156 --> 01:22:35,577 - No biggie. - Actually, it was very chivalrous. 1415 01:22:39,414 --> 01:22:43,627 Wow. I'm not thinking about the plane at all now. 1416 01:22:43,710 --> 01:22:45,253 Well, in that case... 1417 01:22:47,047 --> 01:22:48,298 [laughs] 1418 01:22:48,381 --> 01:22:51,801 ♪ Dry all of your tears ♪ 1419 01:22:51,885 --> 01:22:56,556 ♪ There's a smile, there's a smile ♪ 1420 01:22:58,350 --> 01:23:03,104 ♪ Behind all of the rain ♪ 1421 01:23:03,188 --> 01:23:07,901 ♪ There's sunshine for miles and miles ♪ 1422 01:23:07,984 --> 01:23:12,155 ♪ Oh, everything, everything ♪ 1423 01:23:12,238 --> 01:23:15,241 ♪ You mean everything ♪ 1424 01:23:15,325 --> 01:23:20,830 ♪ You mean everything, everything to me ♪ 1425 01:23:20,914 --> 01:23:23,375 ♪ Everything to me ♪ 1426 01:23:23,458 --> 01:23:26,586 ♪ Everything to me ♪ 1427 01:23:26,670 --> 01:23:29,130 [screams and laughter] 1428 01:23:29,214 --> 01:23:31,758 - I told you not to shake it! - I'm sorry. 1429 01:23:31,841 --> 01:23:33,944 Akeelah, I thought you guys were supposed to be studying? 1430 01:23:33,968 --> 01:23:35,220 - We are. - Uh-uh. 1431 01:23:35,303 --> 01:23:36,805 It sound like a party in here. 1432 01:23:36,888 --> 01:23:38,407 Come on, now. You got a big day tomorrow. 1433 01:23:38,431 --> 01:23:40,451 - Y'all better call it a night. - Half an hour more. 1434 01:23:40,475 --> 01:23:42,644 - 15 minutes. - [door closes] 1435 01:23:42,727 --> 01:23:44,938 What do you think Dylan's doing now? 1436 01:23:45,021 --> 01:23:46,940 Trying to learn ancient Greek. 1437 01:23:47,023 --> 01:23:48,733 Maybe we should invite him over. 1438 01:23:48,817 --> 01:23:50,402 That turd juggler? Forget it. 1439 01:23:50,485 --> 01:23:52,696 I'll be back. 1440 01:23:55,198 --> 01:23:58,201 - Yes? - Is Dylan here? 1441 01:24:00,704 --> 01:24:02,163 He's busy. 1442 01:24:02,247 --> 01:24:07,585 Well, me and some of the other kids are hanging out in my room, 1443 01:24:07,669 --> 01:24:09,713 drinking soda pop and watching movies. 1444 01:24:09,796 --> 01:24:12,257 We thought maybe he'd like to come over. 1445 01:24:12,340 --> 01:24:15,051 I'm sorry, but tomorrow is the spelling bee. 1446 01:24:15,135 --> 01:24:18,513 Well, you know, sometimes it's okay to take a little rest 1447 01:24:18,596 --> 01:24:20,432 right before the big event, you know? 1448 01:24:20,515 --> 01:24:25,061 Well, perhaps that is your strategy, but not ours. 1449 01:24:25,145 --> 01:24:26,438 Wait, wait! 1450 01:24:28,022 --> 01:24:29,858 This is for Dylan. 1451 01:24:35,822 --> 01:24:37,073 Okay. 1452 01:24:39,284 --> 01:24:41,119 [Dr. Larabee] "Our deepest fear 1453 01:24:41,202 --> 01:24:43,705 is not that we are inadequate. 1454 01:24:43,788 --> 01:24:45,665 Our deepest fear 1455 01:24:45,749 --> 01:24:50,211 is that we are powerful beyond measure. 1456 01:24:50,295 --> 01:24:51,880 We ask ourselves, 1457 01:24:51,963 --> 01:24:55,675 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, 1458 01:24:55,759 --> 01:24:59,220 talented, and fabulous?' 1459 01:24:59,304 --> 01:25:04,642 "Actually, who are you not to be?" 1460 01:25:12,025 --> 01:25:13,902 [indistinct chatter] 1461 01:25:20,158 --> 01:25:23,328 [man] Check. Check, 1, 2. 1462 01:25:40,345 --> 01:25:43,556 It's okay. There. 1463 01:25:57,987 --> 01:26:00,323 I'm Ted Saunders here with Katie Kerwin McCrimmon, 1464 01:26:00,406 --> 01:26:02,700 broadcasting live from the main ballroom 1465 01:26:02,784 --> 01:26:05,078 of the Grand Hyatt Washington. 1466 01:26:05,161 --> 01:26:07,201 Now, Katie, as a former spelling bee champ yourself, 1467 01:26:07,247 --> 01:26:11,000 who do you think we should be looking for to do well in this year's competition? 1468 01:26:11,084 --> 01:26:13,920 [Katie] Several of the kids placed very high in last year's bee, 1469 01:26:14,003 --> 01:26:15,672 especially Dylan Chiu. 1470 01:26:15,755 --> 01:26:18,383 He's come in second two years in a row. 1471 01:26:18,466 --> 01:26:21,761 Kick his butt, Akeelah. B-u-t-t, butt! 1472 01:26:21,845 --> 01:26:23,805 [Katie] But the speller I've really got my eye on 1473 01:26:23,888 --> 01:26:26,724 is little Akeelah Anderson from Los Angeles. 1474 01:26:26,808 --> 01:26:28,601 She's become a bit of a media sensation. 1475 01:26:28,685 --> 01:26:30,520 Yeah! That's my sister! 1476 01:26:30,603 --> 01:26:34,190 [Katie] It's her first try at the spelling bee circuit. 1477 01:26:34,274 --> 01:26:36,734 ♪♪ 1478 01:27:40,298 --> 01:27:42,675 Could you repeat the word, please? 1479 01:27:42,759 --> 01:27:45,762 "Ratiocinate." Ratiocinate. 1480 01:27:45,845 --> 01:27:48,139 What in the hell kind of word is that? 1481 01:27:48,222 --> 01:27:49,766 R-A- 1482 01:27:49,849 --> 01:27:52,101 T-I-O- 1483 01:27:52,185 --> 01:27:56,898 C-I-N-A-T-E. 1484 01:27:56,981 --> 01:27:58,316 "Ratiocinate." 1485 01:27:58,399 --> 01:27:59,400 That's correct. 1486 01:27:59,484 --> 01:28:01,486 - [applause] - Yes. 1487 01:28:03,071 --> 01:28:04,072 [cheering] 1488 01:28:05,198 --> 01:28:07,325 [Ted] For an 11-year-old kid, that's just amazing! 1489 01:28:07,408 --> 01:28:11,287 [Katie] But watch out. One wrong letter, and that's it. 1490 01:28:12,872 --> 01:28:14,707 [male judge] "Oersted." 1491 01:28:14,791 --> 01:28:16,042 What's the language of origin? 1492 01:28:16,125 --> 01:28:17,877 It's from a Danish name. 1493 01:28:17,961 --> 01:28:19,420 I can't stand this Korean kid. 1494 01:28:19,504 --> 01:28:21,214 - He's Chinese. - He's uppity. 1495 01:28:21,297 --> 01:28:23,591 O-E-R-S-T-E-D. 1496 01:28:23,675 --> 01:28:25,343 [female judge] That's correct. 1497 01:28:32,684 --> 01:28:33,935 What's the definition? 1498 01:28:34,018 --> 01:28:35,728 [male judge] Xylem is a complex tissue 1499 01:28:35,812 --> 01:28:38,690 in the vascular system of higher plants. 1500 01:28:38,773 --> 01:28:42,568 Xylem. X-Y-L-E-M. "Xylem"? 1501 01:28:42,652 --> 01:28:43,987 That's correct. 1502 01:28:47,573 --> 01:28:50,618 They thought they had me, but I was too much for them. 1503 01:28:50,702 --> 01:28:52,078 [giggles] 1504 01:28:52,161 --> 01:28:55,331 T-H-O-E-P-Y. 1505 01:28:55,415 --> 01:28:57,184 - "Orthoepy." - [female judge] That's correct. 1506 01:28:57,208 --> 01:28:58,209 [bell dings] 1507 01:28:58,292 --> 01:28:59,692 "Flocculation" is originally Latin. 1508 01:28:59,752 --> 01:29:01,337 Could you use it in a sentence, please? 1509 01:29:01,421 --> 01:29:02,422 "Flocculation." 1510 01:29:02,505 --> 01:29:05,133 - Can I have a definition, please? - That's correct. 1511 01:29:05,216 --> 01:29:06,652 - [male judge] Lobscouse. - The language of origin, please. 1512 01:29:06,676 --> 01:29:07,677 [bell rings] 1513 01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:09,095 Any alternate pronunciations? 1514 01:29:09,178 --> 01:29:10,346 "Gastromithia." 1515 01:29:10,430 --> 01:29:11,670 Can I get a definition, please? 1516 01:29:12,849 --> 01:29:13,891 [bell dings] 1517 01:29:13,975 --> 01:29:16,185 - Latin. - "Sclerotic." 1518 01:29:16,269 --> 01:29:17,979 - "Madrigal." - That's correct. 1519 01:29:18,062 --> 01:29:20,648 - Can I have the definition, please? - From earliest known time. 1520 01:29:20,732 --> 01:29:22,442 - "Aboriginally?" - Correct. 1521 01:29:22,525 --> 01:29:23,818 - Language of origin? - Yes! 1522 01:29:24,819 --> 01:29:26,362 "Empleomania." 1523 01:29:26,446 --> 01:29:29,782 in any ratio without separation of two phases. 1524 01:29:29,866 --> 01:29:32,118 M-I-S-C-I-B-L-E. "Miscible." 1525 01:29:32,201 --> 01:29:33,286 Yeah! 1526 01:29:33,369 --> 01:29:36,414 [Katie] We're here in the eighth round of the National Spelling Bee, 1527 01:29:36,497 --> 01:29:39,125 with only 30 spellers remaining. 1528 01:29:39,208 --> 01:29:44,839 U-R-S-U-S. "Excursus"? 1529 01:29:45,840 --> 01:29:47,008 [crowd] Oh! 1530 01:29:48,384 --> 01:29:49,719 "Argillaceous." 1531 01:29:49,802 --> 01:29:51,846 Excuse me? 1532 01:29:51,929 --> 01:29:53,014 "Argillaceous." 1533 01:29:53,097 --> 01:29:55,892 Can I have the definition, please? 1534 01:29:55,975 --> 01:29:58,519 Argillaceous means of, relating to, 1535 01:29:58,603 --> 01:30:01,147 or containing clay or clay minerals. 1536 01:30:01,230 --> 01:30:02,624 May I have the language of origin, please? 1537 01:30:02,648 --> 01:30:03,649 Latin. 1538 01:30:03,733 --> 01:30:05,568 Man, that's a white word if I ever heard one! 1539 01:30:05,651 --> 01:30:06,986 It's a trick! Stop playing! 1540 01:30:07,070 --> 01:30:09,822 [Katie] It's a suffix that would trip up most people. 1541 01:30:09,906 --> 01:30:13,326 They would tend to spell it T-I-O-U-S or C-I-O-U-S. 1542 01:30:13,409 --> 01:30:17,038 Is it derived from the Latin word argilla, meaning clay? 1543 01:30:17,121 --> 01:30:18,289 [male judge] That's correct. 1544 01:30:22,293 --> 01:30:27,590 A-R-G- 1545 01:30:27,673 --> 01:30:32,053 I-L-L- 1546 01:30:32,136 --> 01:30:34,138 A... 1547 01:30:36,891 --> 01:30:37,934 Come on. 1548 01:30:51,572 --> 01:30:53,074 Can I start over? 1549 01:30:53,157 --> 01:30:57,078 You may, but you cannot change the letters you've already spelled. 1550 01:31:14,220 --> 01:31:17,140 A-R-G- 1551 01:31:17,223 --> 01:31:19,684 I-L-L- 1552 01:31:19,767 --> 01:31:22,812 A-C-E- 1553 01:31:22,895 --> 01:31:25,189 O-U-S. 1554 01:31:25,273 --> 01:31:26,649 "Argillaceous." 1555 01:31:26,732 --> 01:31:27,984 That's correct. 1556 01:31:28,067 --> 01:31:30,611 [cheering] 1557 01:31:35,199 --> 01:31:36,659 She got it! That's my little sister! 1558 01:31:44,792 --> 01:31:47,295 ♪♪ 1559 01:31:53,759 --> 01:31:55,386 Well, it's the 12th round, folks, 1560 01:31:55,469 --> 01:31:57,889 and the five remaining spellers are. 1561 01:31:57,972 --> 01:31:59,849 Mary Calvaretti, age 12, 1562 01:31:59,932 --> 01:32:02,059 13-year-old Rajeev Supramonian, 1563 01:32:02,143 --> 01:32:04,145 12-year-old Javier Mendez, 1564 01:32:04,228 --> 01:32:05,668 Dylan Chiu, also of Woodland Hills... 1565 01:32:05,730 --> 01:32:07,749 Wow, they really crank 'em out down there, don't they? 1566 01:32:07,773 --> 01:32:09,233 Of course, Akeelah Anderson. 1567 01:32:09,317 --> 01:32:12,570 [cheering] 1568 01:32:12,653 --> 01:32:15,156 Could you use the word in a sentence, please? 1569 01:32:15,239 --> 01:32:16,532 "The Merovingian kings 1570 01:32:16,616 --> 01:32:19,493 were known for having long, red hair." 1571 01:32:19,577 --> 01:32:21,787 Okay. Uh... 1572 01:32:22,788 --> 01:32:26,250 M-A- 1573 01:32:26,334 --> 01:32:29,837 R-O-V- 1574 01:32:29,921 --> 01:32:32,006 I-N-G- 1575 01:32:32,089 --> 01:32:33,591 I-A-N? 1576 01:32:33,674 --> 01:32:35,718 "Merovingian"? 1577 01:32:35,801 --> 01:32:37,220 [bell dings] 1578 01:32:37,303 --> 01:32:39,639 [crowd] Oh! 1579 01:32:39,722 --> 01:32:45,728 [male judge] "Merovingian" is spelled M-E-R-O-V-I-N-G-I-A-N. 1580 01:32:53,027 --> 01:32:54,904 [laughter] 1581 01:32:54,987 --> 01:32:56,447 Forgot to spell it how it sounds. 1582 01:32:56,530 --> 01:32:58,699 13th last year, 5th this year. 1583 01:32:58,783 --> 01:33:01,953 Next year, I'll take it all. Now it's your turn. 1584 01:33:10,086 --> 01:33:13,047 I-S-M. "Mithraditism." 1585 01:33:13,130 --> 01:33:14,715 [bell dings] 1586 01:33:14,799 --> 01:33:16,884 P-I-S-C-E-N-C-E. 1587 01:33:16,968 --> 01:33:18,928 - "Resipiscence." - [female judge] That's correct. 1588 01:33:18,970 --> 01:33:22,181 F-I-R-E? "Vitrophyre"? 1589 01:33:22,265 --> 01:33:24,350 - [bell dings] - Oh! Darn it! 1590 01:33:24,433 --> 01:33:28,062 I-N-O-U-S. "Serpiginous". 1591 01:33:28,145 --> 01:33:30,356 - [female judge] That's correct. - Yes! 1592 01:33:33,109 --> 01:33:34,777 That's my baby. 1593 01:33:42,493 --> 01:33:44,137 [female judge] We're going to take a small break 1594 01:33:44,161 --> 01:33:47,665 before Akeelah and Dylan commence with the championship level words. 1595 01:33:47,748 --> 01:33:49,000 [applause] 1596 01:33:49,083 --> 01:33:50,334 ♪♪ 1597 01:33:58,634 --> 01:33:59,885 [chuckles] 1598 01:34:05,266 --> 01:34:07,268 Pretty good, huh? 1599 01:34:11,188 --> 01:34:13,816 [Mr. Chiu] You know what happened last year. 1600 01:34:13,899 --> 01:34:17,570 Make sure you stay focused, right? 1601 01:34:17,653 --> 01:34:20,823 This is your last National Spelling Bee. 1602 01:34:20,906 --> 01:34:24,869 If you lose to that girl, you're second place your whole life! 1603 01:34:24,952 --> 01:34:29,290 No way! You hear me? No way! 1604 01:34:29,373 --> 01:34:31,834 Peeking on someone? 1605 01:34:31,917 --> 01:34:33,961 Just wishing Dylan good luck. 1606 01:34:34,045 --> 01:34:37,048 You've done a superb job. I'm so proud of you. 1607 01:34:37,131 --> 01:34:41,218 Now, listen, they're going to hit you with every trick word they've got. 1608 01:34:41,302 --> 01:34:43,512 Now, you just remember the things that we've studied. 1609 01:34:43,596 --> 01:34:47,433 You can take these words apart even if you've never seen them, right? 1610 01:34:47,516 --> 01:34:51,312 But if I don't beat Dylan, I've still got next year, right? 1611 01:34:51,395 --> 01:34:52,563 Well, of course you do. 1612 01:34:52,646 --> 01:34:55,816 Although I don't know how much time we'll have to train together. 1613 01:34:55,900 --> 01:35:00,404 I've been asked to come back and teach at UCLA, and I've said yes. 1614 01:35:00,488 --> 01:35:02,448 Really? 1615 01:35:02,531 --> 01:35:05,868 Well, far be it from me to deny the next W.E.B. Dubois 1616 01:35:05,951 --> 01:35:10,164 the benefits of my acerbic wit and sour disposition. 1617 01:35:10,247 --> 01:35:11,665 [chuckles] 1618 01:35:11,749 --> 01:35:12,750 [door opens] 1619 01:35:14,126 --> 01:35:15,544 [clears throat] 1620 01:35:19,423 --> 01:35:20,674 What's the matter? 1621 01:35:20,758 --> 01:35:23,594 Nothing, Dr. Larabee. 1622 01:35:23,677 --> 01:35:25,513 I should get back. 1623 01:35:25,596 --> 01:35:27,807 No matter what happens... 1624 01:35:29,767 --> 01:35:33,687 I want you to know that I couldn't have gotten this far without you. 1625 01:35:35,356 --> 01:35:37,733 Akeelah, baby, there you are. Come on. 1626 01:35:37,817 --> 01:35:39,151 I gotta go. 1627 01:35:40,486 --> 01:35:42,405 They're about to start up again. 1628 01:35:44,990 --> 01:35:47,493 [indistinct chatter] 1629 01:35:52,706 --> 01:35:54,667 [laughs] 1630 01:35:54,750 --> 01:35:58,379 Don't look so nervous. I hear she had a pretty good coach. 1631 01:35:58,462 --> 01:36:00,089 [both chuckle] 1632 01:36:00,172 --> 01:36:02,007 You know, I just found out 1633 01:36:02,091 --> 01:36:05,219 that the bee only gives each kid two plane tickets. 1634 01:36:05,302 --> 01:36:08,472 I was wondering how we ended up with six. 1635 01:36:08,556 --> 01:36:10,516 Oh. 1636 01:36:10,599 --> 01:36:15,604 Perhaps it was some unexpected largesse on the part of the bee. 1637 01:36:16,939 --> 01:36:21,986 Or perhaps Akeelah's coach is also pretty generous. 1638 01:36:22,069 --> 01:36:24,155 [chuckles] 1639 01:36:25,948 --> 01:36:28,033 Thanks... 1640 01:36:28,117 --> 01:36:29,952 for everything. 1641 01:36:30,035 --> 01:36:32,288 You're welcome. 1642 01:36:32,371 --> 01:36:33,998 [female judge] Ladies and gentlemen, 1643 01:36:34,081 --> 01:36:36,959 let's welcome Akeelah and Dylan back to the stage. 1644 01:36:38,586 --> 01:36:40,963 [Ted] Now remember, if either speller misses a word, 1645 01:36:41,046 --> 01:36:44,842 the other has to spell that missed word plus another to win, right? 1646 01:36:44,925 --> 01:36:46,177 [Katie] That's right, 1647 01:36:46,260 --> 01:36:49,722 and we could exhaust all 25 championship words, 1648 01:36:49,805 --> 01:36:51,348 but it's never happened. 1649 01:36:51,432 --> 01:36:54,018 The championship words are just too difficult. 1650 01:36:54,101 --> 01:36:55,644 "Filiopietistic." 1651 01:36:55,728 --> 01:36:57,271 Can I have the definition, please? 1652 01:36:57,354 --> 01:37:00,024 [male judge] "Of or relating to an often excessive veneration" 1653 01:37:00,107 --> 01:37:02,526 of ancestors or tradition." 1654 01:37:02,610 --> 01:37:05,029 "Filiopietistic." 1655 01:37:05,112 --> 01:37:08,491 F-I-L- 1656 01:37:08,574 --> 01:37:12,786 I-O-P-I-E-T-I... 1657 01:37:12,870 --> 01:37:15,372 [music builds over audio] 1658 01:37:29,094 --> 01:37:31,222 Akeelah, you're up. 1659 01:37:38,479 --> 01:37:39,897 "Xanthosis." 1660 01:37:39,980 --> 01:37:41,982 "Xanthosis"? 1661 01:37:42,066 --> 01:37:43,859 It starts with an "X." 1662 01:38:03,254 --> 01:38:04,755 Miss Anderson. 1663 01:38:13,347 --> 01:38:16,433 "Xanthosis." 1664 01:38:16,517 --> 01:38:18,602 Z-A-N- 1665 01:38:18,686 --> 01:38:21,480 T-H-O- 1666 01:38:21,564 --> 01:38:23,816 S-I-S. 1667 01:38:23,899 --> 01:38:26,610 "Xanthosis." 1668 01:38:26,694 --> 01:38:29,405 - [bell dings] - [all groaning] 1669 01:38:30,739 --> 01:38:33,242 [indistinct chatter] 1670 01:38:41,917 --> 01:38:44,044 [female judge] Dylan, it's your turn. 1671 01:38:50,843 --> 01:38:51,927 "Xanthosis." 1672 01:39:06,442 --> 01:39:08,068 "Xanthosis." 1673 01:39:08,152 --> 01:39:10,946 X-A-N- 1674 01:39:11,030 --> 01:39:13,115 T-H- 1675 01:39:13,198 --> 01:39:14,658 O-S... 1676 01:39:17,620 --> 01:39:18,871 E-S. 1677 01:39:18,954 --> 01:39:21,790 "Xanthosis." 1678 01:39:21,874 --> 01:39:22,916 [bell dings] 1679 01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:24,585 [crowd murmurs] 1680 01:39:24,668 --> 01:39:30,466 [male judge] Xanthosis is spelled X-A-N-T-H-O-S-IS. 1681 01:39:33,844 --> 01:39:35,763 Can I get some water, please? 1682 01:39:35,846 --> 01:39:38,140 Can we please get both spellers some water? 1683 01:39:44,355 --> 01:39:46,899 - What are you doing? - What are you doing? 1684 01:39:46,982 --> 01:39:49,526 - You just threw that word. - So did you. 1685 01:39:49,610 --> 01:39:51,046 You're just gonna give this all away? 1686 01:39:51,070 --> 01:39:53,322 Your dad will be happy. 1687 01:39:54,698 --> 01:39:58,702 Who cares? He's never won anything in his life. 1688 01:39:58,786 --> 01:40:00,954 I won the regionals three times in a row, 1689 01:40:01,038 --> 01:40:03,457 and I finished second in the nationals twice. 1690 01:40:03,540 --> 01:40:07,628 And now you can finish first. I can do it next year. 1691 01:40:07,711 --> 01:40:08,962 You do your best this year. 1692 01:40:10,005 --> 01:40:12,466 - Dylan. - You do your best... 1693 01:40:12,549 --> 01:40:14,009 or I don't want it. 1694 01:40:15,636 --> 01:40:17,012 [man] Here's your water. 1695 01:40:24,645 --> 01:40:27,485 That's kind of amazing, isn't it, that both of these incredible spellers 1696 01:40:27,564 --> 01:40:30,109 - would stumble on that word? - [Katie] I think we've got 1697 01:40:30,192 --> 01:40:32,069 some pretty nervous kids up there. 1698 01:40:32,152 --> 01:40:36,031 "Effleurage" or "effleurage." 1699 01:40:40,744 --> 01:40:42,579 E-F-F- 1700 01:40:42,663 --> 01:40:43,914 L-E-U- 1701 01:40:43,997 --> 01:40:46,250 R-A-G-E. 1702 01:40:46,333 --> 01:40:47,584 "Effleurage." 1703 01:40:47,668 --> 01:40:48,919 That's correct. 1704 01:40:49,002 --> 01:40:50,587 [cheers] 1705 01:40:52,131 --> 01:40:53,775 [Ted] I tell you, this is just like watching 1706 01:40:53,799 --> 01:40:56,844 two star tennis players at the net, returning volleys. 1707 01:40:56,927 --> 01:40:58,595 I mean, these kids are incredible. 1708 01:40:58,679 --> 01:41:01,765 "Lagniappe." L-A-G-N-I-A-P-P-E. 1709 01:41:01,849 --> 01:41:03,142 - "Lagniappe." - "Summiteer." 1710 01:41:03,225 --> 01:41:04,494 Could you use it in a sentence, please? 1711 01:41:04,518 --> 01:41:06,019 - Is it a verb? - "Optimality." 1712 01:41:06,103 --> 01:41:07,730 - "Tralaticious." - That's correct. 1713 01:41:07,813 --> 01:41:09,523 - "Reciprocity." - "Parrhesia." 1714 01:41:09,606 --> 01:41:10,886 - Is that Greek? - Is that Latin? 1715 01:41:10,941 --> 01:41:12,460 - What's the language... - of origin, please? 1716 01:41:12,484 --> 01:41:13,777 - "Liophilize." - "Zarzuela." 1717 01:41:13,861 --> 01:41:15,362 - "Vibrissae." - "Craquelure." 1718 01:41:15,446 --> 01:41:16,572 That's correct. 1719 01:41:16,655 --> 01:41:20,117 [Ted] These kids are chewing through these super-tough words 1720 01:41:20,200 --> 01:41:21,660 like they were breakfast cereal. 1721 01:41:21,744 --> 01:41:24,288 [Katie] You know, they could actually go the distance 1722 01:41:24,371 --> 01:41:27,207 and most people consider that unthinkable. 1723 01:41:27,291 --> 01:41:30,627 [female judge] We're now 13 words into the championship level. 1724 01:41:30,711 --> 01:41:34,548 If you make it through the remaining 12 words, you'll be co-champions. 1725 01:41:34,631 --> 01:41:37,509 That's never happened before. 1726 01:41:37,593 --> 01:41:39,052 - "Vinegarroon." - "Ecdysis." 1727 01:41:39,136 --> 01:41:40,679 - "Concitato." - "Puerperal." 1728 01:41:40,763 --> 01:41:42,222 That's correct. 1729 01:41:42,306 --> 01:41:44,850 [Ted] Dylan and Akeelah are trying to stage a miracle here. 1730 01:41:44,933 --> 01:41:46,536 [Katie] And to make it to the finish line, 1731 01:41:46,560 --> 01:41:48,312 they need each other to succeed. 1732 01:41:48,395 --> 01:41:51,106 E-R-A-Z... 1733 01:41:57,988 --> 01:42:00,240 A-D-I-A-N. 1734 01:42:00,324 --> 01:42:01,617 "Scheherazadian"? 1735 01:42:01,700 --> 01:42:04,453 - That's correct. - [applause] 1736 01:42:06,413 --> 01:42:11,210 L-O-G-I- 1737 01:42:11,293 --> 01:42:13,921 C-A-L. 1738 01:42:14,004 --> 01:42:16,465 - "Palynological." - That's correct. 1739 01:42:16,548 --> 01:42:17,883 [cheering] 1740 01:42:22,596 --> 01:42:24,056 [female judge] Ladies and gentlemen, 1741 01:42:24,139 --> 01:42:27,226 we are down to the final two championship words. 1742 01:42:27,309 --> 01:42:32,731 One or both of our spellers will walk away with the first-place trophy. 1743 01:42:32,815 --> 01:42:34,316 Dylan, you're up. 1744 01:42:41,406 --> 01:42:42,741 "Logorrhea." 1745 01:42:42,825 --> 01:42:45,410 May I have the definition, please? 1746 01:42:45,494 --> 01:42:50,123 Logorrhea is excessive and often incoherent talkativeness. 1747 01:42:53,585 --> 01:42:55,003 [exhales] 1748 01:42:56,713 --> 01:42:58,340 "Logorrhea." 1749 01:43:01,051 --> 01:43:03,762 L- 1750 01:43:03,846 --> 01:43:07,474 O-G- 1751 01:43:07,558 --> 01:43:13,146 O-R-R- 1752 01:43:13,230 --> 01:43:17,192 H-E-A. 1753 01:43:17,276 --> 01:43:19,111 "Logorrhea"? 1754 01:43:19,194 --> 01:43:20,674 [female judge] Congratulations, Dylan. 1755 01:43:20,737 --> 01:43:23,574 You've won the Scripps National Spelling Bee. 1756 01:43:23,657 --> 01:43:27,286 Yes! Yes! 1757 01:43:27,369 --> 01:43:28,745 [cheering] 1758 01:43:31,623 --> 01:43:32,875 Go get 'em. 1759 01:43:38,171 --> 01:43:39,923 [female judge] Ladies and gentlemen, 1760 01:43:40,007 --> 01:43:42,217 please be seated for Akeelah's turn. 1761 01:43:43,552 --> 01:43:46,513 ♪♪ 1762 01:43:48,557 --> 01:43:50,225 "Pulchritude." 1763 01:43:51,393 --> 01:43:53,437 "Pulchritude." 1764 01:43:59,026 --> 01:44:02,321 It's derived from the Latin word pulcher, 1765 01:44:02,404 --> 01:44:05,240 meaning "beautiful", 1766 01:44:05,324 --> 01:44:07,701 - isn't it? - That's correct. 1767 01:44:07,784 --> 01:44:10,162 - P- - U- 1768 01:44:10,245 --> 01:44:11,663 - L- - C- 1769 01:44:11,747 --> 01:44:13,165 - H- - R- 1770 01:44:13,248 --> 01:44:14,583 - I- - T- 1771 01:44:14,666 --> 01:44:16,084 - U- - D- 1772 01:44:16,168 --> 01:44:17,252 E. 1773 01:44:17,336 --> 01:44:18,879 "Pulchritude." 1774 01:44:21,924 --> 01:44:23,175 Congratulations, Akeelah. 1775 01:44:23,258 --> 01:44:25,010 [cheering] 1776 01:44:28,597 --> 01:44:29,932 That's what I'm talking about! 1777 01:44:33,644 --> 01:44:35,145 [Akeelah] You know that feeling 1778 01:44:35,228 --> 01:44:36,521 where everything feels right, 1779 01:44:36,605 --> 01:44:40,817 where you don't have to worry about tomorrow or yesterday, 1780 01:44:40,901 --> 01:44:43,445 but you feel safe 1781 01:44:43,528 --> 01:44:45,948 and know you're doing the best you can? 1782 01:44:46,031 --> 01:44:48,075 There's a word for that feeling. 1783 01:44:48,158 --> 01:44:50,327 It's called love. 1784 01:44:50,410 --> 01:44:53,830 L-O-V-E. 1785 01:44:53,914 --> 01:44:56,583 And it's what I feel for all my family 1786 01:44:56,667 --> 01:45:00,170 and all my coaches in my neighborhood 1787 01:45:00,253 --> 01:45:01,880 where I come from, 1788 01:45:01,964 --> 01:45:05,467 where I learned how to spell. 1789 01:45:05,550 --> 01:45:08,804 ♪♪ 1790 01:45:08,887 --> 01:45:11,723 [cheering and applause] 1791 01:45:19,523 --> 01:45:21,316 [indistinct talking and laughter] 1792 01:45:24,695 --> 01:45:26,363 We did it. 1793 01:45:45,716 --> 01:45:49,261 ♪ Write it down a thousand times ♪ 1794 01:45:49,344 --> 01:45:55,142 ♪ For a little word that makes me cry ♪ 1795 01:45:55,225 --> 01:45:58,854 ♪ How I feel about it, I can't decide ♪ 1796 01:45:58,937 --> 01:46:05,152 ♪ No, I don't know, so I'll improvise ♪ 1797 01:46:05,235 --> 01:46:08,822 ♪ Is it living in our heart ♪ 1798 01:46:08,905 --> 01:46:11,199 ♪ Or in our mind? ♪ 1799 01:46:11,283 --> 01:46:13,452 ♪ I don't know ♪ 1800 01:46:13,535 --> 01:46:18,373 ♪ So, world, ready or not ♪ 1801 01:46:18,457 --> 01:46:23,754 ♪ Here I go, searching for the answer ♪ 1802 01:46:23,837 --> 01:46:28,133 ♪ And I'm not gonna stop ♪ 1803 01:46:28,216 --> 01:46:30,635 ♪ Till I find ♪ 1804 01:46:30,719 --> 01:46:33,722 ♪ Where it lives inside me ♪ 1805 01:46:33,805 --> 01:46:38,810 ♪ How does it come to be? ♪ 1806 01:46:38,894 --> 01:46:43,523 ♪ What should it mean to me? ♪ 1807 01:46:43,607 --> 01:46:47,319 ♪ Teach me the definition ♪ 1808 01:46:47,402 --> 01:46:50,989 ♪ Of true love ♪ 1809 01:46:53,241 --> 01:46:55,202 ♪ Ooh, ooh, oh ♪ 1810 01:46:59,247 --> 01:47:03,085 ♪ I was so afraid I'd never succeed ♪ 1811 01:47:03,168 --> 01:47:07,631 ♪ But you made me feel I could do anything ♪ 1812 01:47:09,382 --> 01:47:13,178 ♪ Memorize the things you would say and do ♪ 1813 01:47:13,261 --> 01:47:15,222 ♪ Must be loving the strength ♪ 1814 01:47:15,305 --> 01:47:19,184 ♪ That I found in you ♪ 1815 01:47:19,267 --> 01:47:22,813 ♪ Is it living in our heart ♪ 1816 01:47:22,896 --> 01:47:25,190 ♪ Or in our mind? ♪ 1817 01:47:25,273 --> 01:47:29,694 ♪ I don't know ♪ 1818 01:47:29,778 --> 01:47:33,573 ♪ So, world, ready or not ♪ 1819 01:47:33,657 --> 01:47:34,950 ♪ Ooh ♪ 1820 01:47:35,033 --> 01:47:40,122 ♪ Here I go, searching for the answer ♪ 1821 01:47:40,205 --> 01:47:44,459 ♪ And I'm not gonna stop ♪ 1822 01:47:44,543 --> 01:47:46,962 ♪ Till I find ♪ 1823 01:47:47,045 --> 01:47:50,298 ♪ Where it lives inside me ♪ 1824 01:47:50,382 --> 01:47:54,761 ♪ How does it come to be? ♪ 1825 01:47:54,845 --> 01:47:59,683 ♪ What should it mean to me? ♪ 1826 01:47:59,766 --> 01:48:03,687 ♪ Teach me the definition ♪ 1827 01:48:03,770 --> 01:48:07,899 ♪ Of true love ♪ 1828 01:48:07,983 --> 01:48:11,903 ♪ Love's not wrong, it feels good ♪ 1829 01:48:11,987 --> 01:48:14,489 ♪ True love always believes ♪ 1830 01:48:14,573 --> 01:48:18,827 ♪ And it begins without major risk ♪ 1831 01:48:18,910 --> 01:48:21,746 ♪ Gonna sacrifice ♪ 1832 01:48:21,830 --> 01:48:24,207 ♪ Unconditionally ♪ 1833 01:48:24,291 --> 01:48:27,836 ♪ So, world, ready or not ♪ 1834 01:48:27,919 --> 01:48:31,131 ♪ Oh, here I go ♪ 1835 01:48:31,214 --> 01:48:34,050 ♪ Searching for the answer ♪ 1836 01:48:34,134 --> 01:48:38,555 ♪ And I'm not gonna stop ♪ 1837 01:48:38,638 --> 01:48:41,308 ♪ Till I find ♪ 1838 01:48:41,391 --> 01:48:44,436 ♪ Where it lives inside of me ♪ 1839 01:48:44,519 --> 01:48:47,439 ♪ How does it come to be? ♪ 1840 01:48:47,522 --> 01:48:49,399 ♪ Oh ♪ 1841 01:48:49,482 --> 01:48:52,694 ♪ What should it mean to me? ♪ 1842 01:48:52,777 --> 01:48:54,404 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1843 01:48:54,487 --> 01:48:58,825 ♪ Teach me the definition of... ♪ 1844 01:48:58,909 --> 01:49:02,329 ♪ So, world, ready or not ♪ 1845 01:49:02,412 --> 01:49:03,747 ♪ Here I go ♪ 1846 01:49:03,830 --> 01:49:08,501 ♪ Here I go, searching for the answer ♪ 1847 01:49:08,585 --> 01:49:12,714 ♪ And I'm not gonna stop ♪ 1848 01:49:12,797 --> 01:49:15,800 ♪ Till I find ♪ 1849 01:49:15,884 --> 01:49:19,012 ♪ Where it lives inside me ♪ 1850 01:49:19,095 --> 01:49:22,599 ♪ How does it come to be? ♪ 1851 01:49:22,682 --> 01:49:24,184 ♪ How does it come to be? ♪ 1852 01:49:24,267 --> 01:49:26,394 ♪ What should it mean to me? ♪ 1853 01:49:26,478 --> 01:49:29,064 ♪ Tell me what should it mean? ♪ 1854 01:49:29,147 --> 01:49:33,610 ♪ Teach me the definition ♪ 1855 01:49:33,693 --> 01:49:40,116 ♪ Of true love. ♪ 1856 01:49:43,203 --> 01:49:44,829 [whispers] Thank you. 1857 01:49:47,707 --> 01:49:49,167 [new song begins] 1858 01:49:49,251 --> 01:49:53,088 ♪ I ain't too young to know ♪ 1859 01:49:53,171 --> 01:49:57,175 ♪ That life has its highs and lows ♪ 1860 01:49:57,259 --> 01:50:00,512 ♪ And things won't always turn out ♪ 1861 01:50:00,595 --> 01:50:03,723 ♪ Quite like I think ♪ 1862 01:50:05,600 --> 01:50:09,896 ♪ And though I have much to learn ♪ 1863 01:50:09,980 --> 01:50:13,858 ♪ To weather the twists and turns ♪ 1864 01:50:13,942 --> 01:50:16,569 ♪ I know that I'm capable ♪ 1865 01:50:16,653 --> 01:50:20,865 ♪ To deal with what life brings me ♪ 1866 01:50:20,949 --> 01:50:27,122 ♪ I'll show I'm ready to be ♪ 1867 01:50:27,205 --> 01:50:29,958 ♪ On my own ♪ 1868 01:50:31,710 --> 01:50:36,172 ♪ Let me spread my wings ♪ 1869 01:50:36,256 --> 01:50:40,260 ♪ Let me go ♪ 1870 01:50:40,343 --> 01:50:44,556 ♪ Don't hold so tight ♪ 1871 01:50:44,639 --> 01:50:48,435 ♪ 'Cause I can fly alone ♪ 1872 01:50:48,518 --> 01:50:51,062 ♪ I need you to trust me ♪ 1873 01:50:51,146 --> 01:50:57,277 ♪ Have faith and let me make it on my own ♪ 1874 01:50:57,360 --> 01:51:03,950 ♪ Please let me, your baby, go. ♪ 1875 01:51:11,374 --> 01:51:13,877 [new song begins] 1876 01:51:25,221 --> 01:51:29,768 ♪ Still so many answers I don't know ♪ 1877 01:51:31,519 --> 01:51:34,939 ♪ There are so many answers ♪ 1878 01:51:35,023 --> 01:51:37,359 ♪ Realize that to question ♪ 1879 01:51:37,442 --> 01:51:41,404 ♪ Is how we grow ♪ 1880 01:51:41,488 --> 01:51:43,656 ♪ To question is to grow ♪ 1881 01:51:43,740 --> 01:51:48,828 ♪ So I step out of the ordinary ♪ 1882 01:51:48,912 --> 01:51:52,791 ♪ I can feel my soul ascending ♪ 1883 01:51:52,874 --> 01:51:55,085 ♪ I'm on my way ♪ 1884 01:51:55,168 --> 01:51:58,088 ♪ Can't stop me now ♪ 1885 01:51:58,171 --> 01:52:02,634 ♪ You can do the same, yeah ♪ 1886 01:52:02,717 --> 01:52:05,970 ♪ What have you done today to make you feel proud? ♪ 1887 01:52:06,054 --> 01:52:08,223 ♪ To make you feel proud, yeah ♪ 1888 01:52:08,306 --> 01:52:10,350 ♪ Let me hear you, let me hear you ♪ 1889 01:52:10,433 --> 01:52:11,935 ♪ Let me hear you ♪ 1890 01:52:12,018 --> 01:52:14,145 ♪ So, what have you done today ♪ 1891 01:52:14,229 --> 01:52:17,941 ♪ To make you feel proud? ♪ 1892 01:52:18,024 --> 01:52:20,985 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 1893 01:52:21,069 --> 01:52:25,990 ♪ 'Cause you could be so many people ♪ 1894 01:52:26,074 --> 01:52:30,286 ♪ If you make that grab for freedom ♪ 1895 01:52:30,370 --> 01:52:35,625 ♪ So, what have you done today to make you feel proud? ♪ 1896 01:52:35,708 --> 01:52:38,128 ♪ What have you done today? ♪ 1897 01:52:38,211 --> 01:52:40,130 ♪ Yeah, let me hear you ♪ 1898 01:52:40,213 --> 01:52:42,340 ♪ What have you done today? ♪ 1899 01:52:42,424 --> 01:52:44,926 ♪ What have you done today? ♪ 1900 01:52:45,009 --> 01:52:46,803 ♪ What have you done today ♪ 1901 01:52:46,886 --> 01:52:49,889 ♪ To make you feel proud ♪ 1902 01:52:49,973 --> 01:52:52,809 ♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... ♪ 140225

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