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Little Miss Sunshine

For the stage musical, see Little Miss Sunshine (musical). For other uses, see Little Miss Sunshine (disambiguation).

Little Miss Sunshine
The movie poster shows the family featured in the film chasing a Volkswagen Microbus. The title of the film is located above the vehicle. From left to right: the mother (wearing sunglasses, a white long-sleeve shirt, and pink pants) is in a running stance behind the vehicle, the son (wearing a yellow short-sleeve shirt and black pants) is pushing the vehicle, the uncle (wearing a pink short-sleeve shirt, a white long-sleeve shirt, white pants, and has a black beard) is in a running stance, the daughter (wearing a red headband, red shirt, blue shorts, and glasses) is near the open door of the vehicle, the grandfather (wearing a white t-shirt, a black vest, and gray pants) is seated in the vehicle reaching for the daughter, and the father (wearing a red t-shirt and sunglasses) is driving the vehicle and looking back at his family. The poster has an all-yellow background and, at the top, features the cast's names and reviews by critics. The bottom of the poster includes the film's credits, rating, and release date.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJonathan Dayton
Valerie Faris
Written byMichael Arndt
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTim Suhrstedt
Edited byPamela Martin
Music byMychael Danna
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates
  • January 20, 2006 (2006-01-20) (Sundance)
  • July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million[1]
Box office$101.1 million[1]

Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American tragicomedy[2] road film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (in their directorial debut) from a screenplay written by Michael Arndt. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin, all of whom play members of a dysfunctional family taking the youngest (Breslin) to compete in a child beauty pageant. It was produced by Big Beach Films on a budget of US$8 million.[1][3] Filming began on June 6, 2005, and took place over 30 days in Arizona and Southern California.

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2006, and its distribution rights were bought by Fox Searchlight Pictures for one of the biggest deals made in the history of the festival.[4] The film had a limited release in the United States on July 26, 2006, and expanded to a wider release starting on August 18.[1]

Little Miss Sunshine was a box office success, earning $101 million, and was praised mainly for the performances (particularly towards Breslin and Arkin), direction, screenplay and humor. The film garnered four nominations at the 79th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Arndt and Arkin won Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, and Breslin was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. It also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature and received numerous other accolades. The film also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

  1. ^ a b c d "Little Miss Sunshine". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
  2. ^ Multiple sources:
  3. ^ Hornaday, Ann (July 30, 2006). "From Shadows to "Sunshine"". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012.
  4. ^ Duong, Senh (January 21, 2006). "Sundance: Searchlight Spends Big For "Little Miss Sunshine"". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on November 22, 2007.

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