Director: Jason Bateman

Writer: Andrew Dodge

Keywords: Comedy

A middle-aged man bitter over his childhood spelling bee loss exploits a loophole to return to competition as an adult.

ABSTRACT
Jason Bateman's directorial debut finds him starring in this offbeat subversive comedy as Guy Trilby, a middle-aged man full of lingering resentment towards The Golden Quill's national spelling bee for a childhood loss who exploits a loophole in the present day to return to competition. Steamrolling hapless young children and fuming judges with his superior spelling skills, Guy forms an odd friendship with ten-year old Chaitanya, a hard-nosed introvert unmoved by the ruthless competitive drive reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to decode.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jason Bateman	Actor	14-Jan-1969		Arrested Development
Ben Falcone	Actor	25-Aug-1973		Howard on Joey
Beth Grant	Actor	18-Sep-1949		Sissy Hickey on Sordid Lives
Kathryn Hahn	Actor	23-Jul-1974		Lily Lebowski on Crossing Jordan
Philip Baker Hall	Actor	10-Sep-1931		Magnolia
Rachael Harris	Actor	12-Jan-1968		Notes from the Underbelly
Allison Janney	Actor	19-Nov-1959		C. J. Cregg on The West Wing

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