Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006)

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DESCRIPTION:

    Take a hilarious ride with the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families in comedy history.
    Father Richard (Greg Kinnear) is desperately trying to sell his motivational success program... with no success. Meanwhile, "pro-honesty" mom Sheryl (Toni Collette) lends support to her eccentric family, including her depressed brother (Steve Carell), fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his lover. Then there are the younger Hoovers - the seven-year-old Would-be beauty queen Olive (Abigail Breslin) and Dwayne (Paul Dano) a Nietzsche-reading teen who has taken a vow of silence. Topping off the family is the foul-mouthed grandfather (Alan Arkin), whose outrageous behavior recently got him evicted from his retirement home.
    When Olive is invited to compete in the "Little Miss Sunshine" pageant in far-off California, the family piles into their rusted-out VW bus to rally behind her - with riotously funny results.

RATING: R

STARRING:

Greg Kinnear: Richard Hoover
Toni Collette: Sheryl Hoover
Steve Carell: Frank Ginsberg
Paul Dano: Dwayne
Abigail Breslin: Olive Hoover
Alan Arkin: Grandpa Edwin Hoover

YEAR OF RELEASE: 2006

SCREENWRITER: Michael Arndt

DIRECTOR: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes

STUDIO: 20th Century Fox

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Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B +

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(4 nominations and 2 wins)

Best Picture
(nominated)

Best Supporting Actor - Alan Arkin
(winner)

Best Supporting Actress - Abigail Breslin
(nominated)

Best Original Screenplay - Michael Arndt
(winner)

GOLDEN GIGGLES
(4 nominations and 2 wins)

Best Picture (Comedy/Animation)
(winner)

Best Supporting Actor - Steve Carell
(winner)

Best Supporting Actress - Toni Collette
(nominated)

Best Screenplay - Michael Arndt
(nominated)

GOLDEN GLOBES
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
(nominated)

Best Actress (Musical/Comedy) - Toni Collette
(nominated)

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This film has been in some form of production for five years due to budget constraints. Originally this film was backed by Focus Features but they dropped off the project in 2004. Producer Mark Turtletaub and the other producers of the film pooled their money and bought the rights to the script back from Focus Features in 2005. Then sold the rights to Fox Searchlight at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival for 10.5 million dollars.
Before Steve Carell landed the role of Frank, the studio was pushing for the role to go to Bill Murray or Robin Williams.
Abigail Breslyn, who plays the role of Olive in this film, was forced to where a fat suit for her role in this film.

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