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Bee Season

Summary: Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling-bee champion.

Release Date: November 23, 2005

Genres: Drama, Family

Directors: Scott McGehee

Writers: Myla Goldberg

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Bee Season Productions Inc., Searchlight Pictures, Bona Fide Productions, i5 Films, Epsilon Motion Pictures, Fox Searchlab, Major Studio Partners, Merkel Verwaltungsgesellschaft Filmproduktions, New Regency Productions

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 14,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,180,560

International: $ 5,676,429

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