Little Miss Sunshine
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| Directed by | Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris |
| Written by | Michael Arndt |
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| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Edited by | Pamela Martin |
| Music by | Mychael Danna |
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| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| 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. Abigail Breslin’s breakout performance in the film earned her an Academy Award nomination. The film tackles themes of family, depression, self-acceptance, and finding meaning in absurd conditions. 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. It garnered critical praise for its performances, as well as for its directing, screenplay and humor. It earned 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 the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and received numerous other accolades.
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- Moriarty, Aoife (August 15, 2019). "Little Miss Sunshine: A Road Musical at the Olympia Theatre". Dublin Live. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
Little Miss Sunshine is a musical that successfully retains the warmth and likeability of the original movie. It's a musical about family, as well as personal success and failure, and all the tragicomedy that comes with it.
- Dey, Swati (April 20, 2020). "Few Reasons Why 'Little Miss Sunshine' is an Incredible Piece of Tragicomedy". High On Films. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ Hornaday, Ann (July 30, 2006). "From Shadows to "Sunshine"". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012.
- ^ Duong, Senh (January 21, 2006). "Sundance: Searchlight Spends Big For "Little Miss Sunshine"". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on November 22, 2007.