little miss sunshine

Theatrical poster Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Produced by Marc Turtletaub

Peter Saraf

Albert Berger

Ron Yerxa

David T. Friendly Written by Michael Arndt Starring Abigail Breslin

Greg Kinnear

Steve Carell

Toni Collette

Paul Dano

Alan Arkin Cinematography Tim Suhrstedt Editing by Spot Welders Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures Release date(s) Sundance:

January 20, 2006

U.S.:

July 26, 2006

UK:

September 8, 2006

Australia:

October 6, 2006 Running time 103 min. Country United States Language English Budget US$8 million Gross revenue $100,364,926 (worldwide)

Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama film, and the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. It stars Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin, and was produced by Big Beach Films on a budget of US$8 million.[1][2] The film is a road movie about a family's trip to a children's beauty pageant, with a large portion focusing on events related to the family vehicle, a Volkswagen T2 Microbus. 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.[3] The film had its limited release in the United States on July 26, 2006 and later expanded to a wider release starting on August 18, 2006.[1]

Little Miss Sunshine received generally positive reviews and had an international box office gross of $100.3 million. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two: Best Original Screenplay for Michael Arndt and Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin. It also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature, and received multiple other awards and nominations. Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Casting 3.2 Script and development 3.3 Filming 3.3.1 Volkswagen T2 Microbus 3.3.2 Pageant 4 Release 4.1 Sundance Film Festival 4.2 Box office 4.3 Critical reception 4.4 DVD 5 Awards and nominations 5.1 Academy Awards producers controversy 6 Score and soundtrack 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links //

Plot

Sheryl Hoover (Toni Collette) is an overworked mother of two children, who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her brother, Frank (Steve Carell), is a scholar of French author Proust and a homosexual, temporarily living at home with the family after having attempted suicide. Sheryl's husband Richard (Greg Kinnear) is a Type A personality striving to build a career as a motivational speaker and life coach. Dwayne (Paul Dano), Sheryl's son from a previous marriage, is a Nietzsche-reading teenager who has