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Young Olive is given a shot at the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant in California and manages to coerce her family into driving west in their worn-down VW van. Olive's father Richard heads up the trip, while mother Sheryl, brother Dwayne, uncle Frank, and grandfather all tag along for the ride.

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ProducerDavid T. Friendly, Marc Turtletaub, Ron Yerxa, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger

EAN5039036029667

eBay Product ID (ePID)59548063

Product Key Features

ActorAbigail Breslin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin

Film/TV TitleLittle Miss Sunshine

DirectorJonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

LanguageEnglish

Run Time98 Mins

Aspect Ratio2.40 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatDVD

Release Year2007

FeaturesAudio commentary with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, and writer Michael Arndt \Four alternate endings with optional commentary from Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Widescreen, Closed Caption

GenreComedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerMychael Danna

Costume DesignerNancy Steiner

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Director of PhotographyTim Suhrstedt

Consumer AdviceContains strong language and drug use

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Production DesignerKalina Ivanov

ReviewsDaily Mail - The funniest comedy of the year by many a mile, Sunday Times - Once in a while, a film turns up that has something really special. Little Miss Sunshine is exactly that, The Sun - Hilarious, straight from the heart and totally unmissable

Additional InformationPicked up after a well-received showing at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is a low-budget comedy about a family road trip from Albuquerque to California. The story begins when young Olive (Abigail Breslin) is given a shot at the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, and manages to coerce her family into driving west in their worn-down VW van. Olive's father Richard (Greg Kinnear) heads up the trip, while mother Sheryl (Toni Collette), brother Dwayne (Paul Dano), uncle Frank (Steve Carell), and grandfather (Alan Arkin) all come along for the ride. What follows resembles a modestly-budgeted version of PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES: seemingly endless--and hilarious--mishaps befall the family as they wind their way across the country. Couple this with the witty interplay between a well-drawn set of dysfunctional characters, and that's the LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE formula in a nutshell; all the audience needs to do is sit back and enjoy the ride. The grainy texture of co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris's film may initially startle viewers unaccustomed to the indie film world but it's a testament to the cast and crew's efforts that the limitations imposed on the filmmakers are long forgotten by the end of the film. Any concerns about visual murkiness give way to belly laughs and bemusement as the road trip ends and the beauty pageant begins. Likely to have a broad appeal, Dayton and Faris' film resembles a version of NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION directed with the pithy eye of Todd Solondz (WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE), and it's to the movie's credit that it manages to successfully marry these two seemingly disparate worlds.

AwardsBest Actor In A Supporting Role 2007 - Alan Arkin, Best Direction 2007 - Valerie Faris, Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 2007 - Michael Arndt, Best Supporting Actor 2007 - Alan Arkin, Best Supporting Actress 2007 - Toni Collette, Best Screenplay (Original) 2007 - Michael Arndt

ScreenwriterMichael Arndt

MusicSusan Jacobs

Movie/TV TitleLittle Miss Sunshine

EditorPamela Martin