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Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.
Language
Budget$9,500,000
Revenue $7,800,000
English
Budget$9,500,000
Revenue $7,800,000
Keywords
competition
satire
spelling bee
unlikely friendship
anger issues
Casts

Jason Bateman
Guy Trilby

Kathryn Hahn
Jenny Widgeon

Rohan Chand
Chaitanya Chopra

Philip Baker Hall
Dr. Bowman

Allison Janney
Dr. Bernice Deagan

Ben Falcone
Pete Fowler

Steve Witting
Proctor at Spelling Bee

Beth Grant
Bedazzled Judge
Gwen Parden
Brace Faced Girl

Anjul Nigam
Sriram Chopra

Allan Miller
Bald Glasses Judge

Bob Stephenson
Bill Murhoff

Patricia Belcher
Ingrid

Matthew Zhang
Braden Aftergood

Madison Hu
Ling Quan

Michael Patrick McGill
Beet Red Father

Judith Hoag
Petal Dubois

Rachael Harris
Eric Tai's Mother
Mychael Bates
Lobster Man

Greg Cromer
Jeremy 'FBI Agent'

Kimleigh Smith
Marzipan

Ethan Dizon
Ricky Irvine
Emily Sarah Carlson
Joyce Sacks

Jacquie Barnbrook
Joyce Sacks' Mom
Mak Kriksciun
Mickey Carlson
Sonia Nam
Jayleen Song

Lucky Davis
Leonard Feldman
Terry Shusta
Cop #1

Connor Kalopsis
Eric Tai

Amanda Anka
National Public Television Narrator
Tanner Goad
Kid #1 on Bike
William Maltz
Chip
Gregory Sutton
Irate Driver
Crews

Jason Bateman
Director
Andrew Dodge
Screenplay
Karen Zanki
Hairstylist
Jose Zamora
Key Hair Stylist
Steve Cantamessa
Sound Mixer
Ryan Collins
Sound Effects Editor
Laurel Kelly
Hair Department Head
Chris David
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bonni Flowers
Key Makeup Artist

Mark DeSimone
ADR Mixer
Chris W. Tucker
Visual Effects Coordinator

Kimberly Greene
Makeup Department Head
Wade Barnett
ADR Recordist
Justin Herman
Sound Engineer
Ellen Heuer
Foley Artist
Gabriel J. Serrano
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Thomas
Utility Sound
Callie Thurman
Assistant Sound Editor
Bradford Ralston
Utility Sound
A. Josh Reinhardt
Foley Mixer
Joshua D. Comen
Visual Effects Producer
Tim Carras
Visual Effects Supervisor
Brian Dunlop
Foley Editor
Thomas Tannenberger
Visual Effects Supervisor
David Esparza
Supervising Sound Editor
Scott La Rue
Boom Operator
Travis MacKay
ADR Mixer
Prasanna Siddharthan
Compositing Lead
Sang Jun Kim
Assistant Sound Editor

Corey Michael Eubanks
Stunt Double

Donna Evans
Stunt Double
Daniel Boccoli
First Assistant Editor
April Napier
Costume Design
Elizabeth Keenan
Set Decoration

Jason Bateman
Producer
Jeff Culotta
Producer

Ken Seng
Director of Photography
Nicole Abellera Hallman
Casting Director
Calla Klessig
Art Direction
Rolfe Kent
Original Music Composer

Mason Novick
Producer

Sean McKittrick
Producer
Darren M. Demetre
Executive Producer
Edward H. Hamm Jr.
Executive Producer
James Garavente
Executive Producer

Shepherd Frankel
Production Design
Jeanne McCarthy
Casting Director

Tatiana S. Riegel
Editor
Backdrops & Posters

