Release date: September 3, 2005 More »

Country	Date
USA	September 3, 2005
France	September 7, 2005
Canada	September 11, 2005
Australia	November 17, 2005
Portugal	November 17, 2005
Mexico	November 18, 2005
Brazil	December 23, 2005
Italy	December 23, 2005
Switzerland	December 23, 2005
Argentina	January 5, 2006
Netherlands	January 5, 2006
UK	January 27, 2006
South Korea	February 9, 2006
Belgium	March 8, 2006
Israel	March 8, 2006
Greece	March 16, 2006
Sweden	March 17, 2006
Turkey	March 31, 2006
Spain	April 28, 2006
Finland	July 5, 2006
Iceland	July 12, 2006
Germany	September 22, 2006
Russia	March 6, 2007
Estonia	January 28, 2008
Hungary	February 15, 2008

Cast:

• Richard Gere as Saul
• Juliette Binoche as Miriam
• Flora Cross as Eliza
• Max Minghella as Aaron
• Kate Bosworth as Chali
• Corey Fischer as National Spelling Bee Pronouncer
• Sam Zuckerman as National Spelling Bee Judge
• Joan Mankin as Ms. Bergermeyer
• Piers Mackenzie as Dr. Morris
• Lorri Holt as Ms. Rai
• Brian Leonard as Mr. Julien
• Jamal Thornes as Wiseacre Boy's Mate
• Kathy McGraw as Regional Bee Pronouncer
• John Evans as Regional Bee Judge
• Alisha Mullally as Young Miriam
• John R. Searle as Himself
• Seamus Genovese as Priest
• Andrew Murray as Young Aaron
• Dick Martin as State Bee Pronouncer
• Olivia Charles as State Bee Judge
• Sujata Balu as Indian Woman
• Steven Anthony Jones as Sergeant
• David Ryan Smith as Nurse
• Velina Brown as Hotel Housekeeper
• Robyn Blair as Melanie
• Justin Alioto as Kevin
• Alex Keel as Sinna Bhagudori
• Justin Ping Yuan as Li Chan
• Anthony Ybarra as 'Sequel' Speller
• Ben Johnson as 'Orangutan' Speller
• Taylor Kane as 'Coyote' Speller
• Derek Wong as 'Oasis' Speller
• Sophie Oda as 'Usurper' Speller (as Sophie Tamiko Oda)
• Anand Zala as 'Staccato' Speller
• Samuel Richman as 'Hoodlum' Speller
• Shawn Smith as 'Macrame' Speller
• Mickey Boxell as 'Lorgnette' Speller
• Maya Ramchandran as 'Daguerreotype' Speller
• Neil Chalaka as 'Glissando' Speller
• Gaayatri Kaundinya as 'Selenic' Speller
• Charlotte Musengwa as 'Duvetyn' Speller
• Nikil Balakrishnan as 'Peripatetic' Speller
• Isaiah Aglibot Bryant as 'Thoracic' Speller
• Alison Doyle as National Spelling Bee Winner
• Emily Trumble as 'Iridian' Speller
• Nathan Calixto as 'Ecchymosis' Speller
• Simon M. Ehrlich as 'Succotash' Speller
• Nick Taber as 'Abiogenist' Speller
• Gautam Krishnamurthi as 'Strongylid' Speller
• Corey Rateau as 'Noctivagant' Speller
• Patricia R. Floyd as Voice Actor (voice)
• Timothy Gulan as Voice Actor (voice)
• Betsy Hogg as Voice Actor (voice)
• Jennifer Perito as Voice Actor (voice)
• Kristin Reeves as Voice Actor (voice)
• Rose Stockton as Voice Actor (voice)
• Marlon Suson as Voice Actor (voice)
• Michael Tommer as Voice Actor (voice)
• Arden Winant as Voice Actor (voice)
• Bruce Winant as Voice Actor (voice)
• Vanessa Lemonides as Special Voicing (voice)
• Dann Fink as Special Voicing (voice)
• Anna Maria Perez de Tagle as Bee Season #1
• Joseph Amey as Audience Member (uncredited)
• Alissa Anderegg as Spelling Bee Student (uncredited)
• Heather Barberie as Lab Assistant (uncredited)
• Christa Bella as Audience Member (uncredited)
• Aida Bernardino as Parent / Audience Member (uncredited)
• Mia Bernardino as Eliza's Classmate (uncredited)
• Chandler Bolt as Student (uncredited)
• Mike Borg as Bee Contestant's Father (uncredited)
• Domenic Bove as Spelling Bee Contestant (uncredited)
• Cynthia Lea Clark as Photographer (uncredited)
• Jared Dorrance as Spelling Bee Student (uncredited)
• Cathy Fithian as Elevator Mom (uncredited)
• Terri J. Freedman as Comfort Counselor (uncredited)
• Juan M. Guerra as Audience Member (uncredited)
• Brandon Haas as Spelling Bee Student (uncredited)
• David Hern as Bell Judge (uncredited)
• David Hodges as Audience Member (uncredited)
• Mason Hsieh as Nervous Spelling Bee contestant (uncredited)
• Rick Kain as Yuppy Dad (uncredited)
• Branden Weslee Kong as Audience Member (uncredited)
• Shaun Landry as Patient (uncredited)
• Thomas Loher as Audience Member (uncredited)
• Florentine Mocanu as Nurse (uncredited)
• Tam Nguyen as Classroom Student (uncredited)
• Marcus Niehaus as Student (uncredited)
• Scott Palmer as Congressman (uncredited)
• Pat Ridley as Audience Member (uncredited)
• Alexandra Rieger as Spelling Bee Student #73 (uncredited)
• Jennifer Robertson as Family Member (uncredited)
• Angie Ruiz as Kabbalah Student (uncredited)
• Michael Sandow as (uncredited)
• Peggy Sandow as Mother (uncredited)
• Bobby Sharpe as Himself (uncredited)
• Jaime Soria as Spelling Bee Spectator (uncredited)
• James D. Weston II as Parent (uncredited)
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About:

Eliza Naumann (Flora Cross) has no reason to believe she is anything but ordinary. Her father Saul (Richard Gere), a beloved university professor, dotes on her talented elder brother Aaron (Max Minghella). Her scientist mother, Miriam (Juliette Binoche), seems consumed by her career. When a spelling bee threatens to reaffirm her mediocrity, Eliza amazes everyone: she wins. Her newfound gift garners an invitation not only to the national competition, but an entree into the world of words and Jewish mysticism that have so long captivated her father's imagination. But Eliza's unexpected success hurls the Naumann family dynamic into a tailspin, long-held secrets emerge and she is forced to depend upon her own divination to hold the family together.