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Year of U.S. Release: 2006
Starring: Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin,
Cassandra Ashe, Abigail Breslin,
Paul Dano, Erik David.
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Screenwriter(s): Michael Arndt Producer(s): Jeb Brody, Michael Beugg, David Friendly Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Prod. Company: Deep River Productions,
Bona Fide Productions
Genre(s): Comedy Runtime: 1 hr. 41 min. Shooting Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA U.S. Release Date: July 26, 2006 (Limited)
U.S. DVD Release Date: December 19, 2006
U.S. Box Office Total:
Rated for language, some sex and drug content.
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Logline: | | |
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
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The Hoover family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarre landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.
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