Television movies for the week of Sept. 2 Sep 2, 2007
TV Movies: Sept. 2-8. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Bee casts spell on competitors May 31, 2007
And there was more: Myla Goldberg's 2000 novel "Bee Season" was made into a 2005 movie with Richard Gere. In his 2006 book "American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds," author James Maguire followed five students including one, Samir Patel, who is competing this year for the fifth straight time from their local contests to the nation's capital. (Los Angeles Times)
‹ The secret pop-cult life of bees Jan 9, 2007
"Bee Season" -- Myla Goldberg's first novel, published in 2000, has her young protagonist discovering she has a mystical gift for spelling, while her father immerses himself in her journey toward national finals to avoid his collapsing marriage. The 2005 movie version stars Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche and Flora Cross. (Anchorage Daily News)
In Pictures: Home Movies Aug 31, 2006
resident had turned over his home to the cast and crew of a film-- Bee Season, starring Richard Gere and --for three days ... Of the nearly 100 locations being considered for Bee Season, Pettler's home meshed best with the director's detailed vision ... "We had done substantial renovations to the whole house, but the one thing we hadn't done yet was the interior--the painting, floors and all that," explains Pettler, whose home was featured in Bee Season. (Forbes)
How to make your home a movie star Aug 16, 2006
resident had turned over his home to the cast and crew of a film"Bee Season," starring Richard Gere and Juliette Binochefor three days ... Of the nearly 100 locations being considered for "Bee Season," Pettler's home meshed best with the director's detailed vision ... "We had done substantial renovations to the whole house, but the one thing we hadn't done yet was the interiorthe painting, floors and all that," explains Pettler, whose home was featured in Bee Season. (MSNBC -- Business)
Spelling-Bee Mania: How Did A Nerdy Pastime Become Buzz-Worthy? Jun 9, 2006
Based on a best-selling novel, 2005's "Bee Season," featuring Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche, used a young girl's quest to become a spelling champ as a way to examine a fragile family's dynamic. And most recently, Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett starred in "Akeelah and the Bee." The movie focuses on a 12-year-old African-American girl from the ghetto who discovers she has a knack for spelling. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Prime-Time Champ Is a Spelling Bee First Jun 2, 2006
Richard Gere played the father of a spelling bee contestant in the 2005 film adaptation of Myla Goldberg's novel "Bee Season," and this year's "Akeelah and the Bee" features a young teenager from South Central Los Angeles who rallies her entire community to support her quest for the spelling bee championship. Last year, the Broadway musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" won two Tony awards. (Q13.com, WA)
To bee or not to bee May 27, 2006
"Bee Season" (book, 2001; film, 2005): The novel by Myla Goldberg was adapted in 2005 into a film starring Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche. It centers around the Naumann family and the challenges and changes facing them when 9-year-old Eliza wins her school spelling bee and starts preparing for the next round of contests. (Vero Beach Press Journal)
Film clips: 'Just My Luck,' 'Art School Confidential,' 'Midnight Movies' May 12, 2006
Max Minghella ("Syriana," "Bee Season") plays another stereotype: the virginal visual-arts freshman with dreams of artistic grandeur. His elegant classical portraits are mocked by students and teachers, and his slow assimilation into the cutthroat world of a New York City art school parallels his naive obsession with a beautiful nude model from the school's promotional brochure. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Filmmakers lose focus in 'Art School' May 7, 2006
Max Minghella (Syriana, Bee Season) plays Jerome, a shy, talented young painter who thinks artistic fame will rescue him from social anxiety and middle-class mediocrity. With help from a stellar cast - including Jim Broadbent, John Malkovich (who co-produced) and Angelica Huston - the filmmakers poke fun at the pseudo-intellectualism of academia and the materialistic art world. (Vancouver Westender)
What I'm watching May 6, 2006
"Capote" and "Bee Season" are among the more recent ... But "often I'll stumble on one I didn't expect to like, a sleeper." These include "Bee Season" with Richard Gere as the father of a girl preparing for a spelling bee ... "Bee Season" is more about "a father-daughter relationship. He's pushing her. The need to win becomes the conflict," she says. (The Standard-Times, MA)
Times spelling champ busy as a bee May 2, 2006
In 2003, "Spellbound," a documentary about the 1999 National Spelling Bee was released, followed in 2005 by "Bee Season" starring Juliette Binoche and Richard Gere. Even Broadway is capitalizing on the competition with the 2005 Tony Award-winning musical, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.". (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Art School Confidential is wearily trite May 2, 2006
Max Minghella, who co-starred in Bee Season and is the son of director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient), plays Jerome Platz, a misfit artist thrilled to put high school behind him and get serious as an art-school freshman at Strathmore Institute. A Picasso fanatic, Jerome has more embryonic talent than most of his pretentious new college classmates, yet what he wants most is not so much to develop his craft and become the best artist he can be as to be famous and score with... (MSNBC -- Movies)
Keep these fine performances in mind Jan 20, 2006
" Juliette Binoche as the mystified wife who, along with her husband, is being terrorized in the French film Cache, and as the troubled wife and mother searching for beauty and spirituality in Bee Season. "The usually thankless role of the beleaguered wife was reinvented with invigorating psychological complexity by Juliette Binoche not once but twice in 2005 and in two different languages," says Wade Major, film critic for BoxofficeMagazine. "Binoche does what few other living actresses can do:... (USA Today -- Movies)
Family on the brink due to doting dad Jan 7, 2006
It's bee season for the Naumann family, and they're going to get stung ... Flora Cross and Richard Gere in "Bee Season" ... Thus goes "Bee Season," adapted from the much-acclaimed novel by Myla Goldberg, which among other things highlighted the mysticism of spelling and the power of letters. (Japan Times Online, Japan)
A Wintry Mix Jan 2, 2006
- "What's Love Got To Do With It" not-so-lovebirds Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne reunite in Doug Atchison's very own "Bee Season," about a little girl and a spelling bee. PG.. (CTNow.com)
