Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman), enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.
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| Directing | Jason Bateman | Director |
| Writing | Andrew Dodge | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bonni Flowers | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kimberly Greene | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laurel Kelly | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jose Zamora | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Zanki | Hairstylist |
| Visual Effects | Chris W. Tucker | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Wade Barnett | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Steve Cantamessa | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Ryan Collins | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Chris David | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Brian Dunlop | Foley Editor |
| Sound | David Esparza | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Justin Herman | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Ellen Heuer | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Sang Jun Kim | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Scott La Rue | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Travis MacKay | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Bradford Ralston | Utility Sound |
| Sound | A. Josh Reinhardt | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Gabriel J. Serrano | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gary Thomas | Utility Sound |
| Sound | Callie Thurman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Tannenberger | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Prasanna Siddharthan | Compositing Lead |
| Visual Effects | Joshua D. Comen | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Tim Carras | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Corey Michael Eubanks | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Donna Evans | Stunt Double |
| Editing | Daniel Boccoli | First Assistant Editor |
| Production | Jason Bateman | Producer |
| Production | Mason Novick | Producer |
| Production | Sean McKittrick | Producer |
| Production | Jeff Culotta | Producer |
| Production | Edward H. Hamm Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Production | James Garavente | Executive Producer |
| Production | Darren M. Demetre | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Rolfe Kent | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ken Seng | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tatiana S. Riegel | Editor |
| Production | Nicole Abellera Hallman | Casting Director |
| Production | Jeanne McCarthy | Casting Director |
| Art | Shepherd Frankel | Production Design |
| Art | Calla Klessig | Art Direction |
| Art | Elizabeth Keenan | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | April Napier | Costume Design |
