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Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

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Movie propaganda

A family on the verge of a breakdown.

Little Miss Sunshine tells the story of the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families ever seen on motion picture screens. Together, the motley six-member family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfil the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive (Abigail Breslin), an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreak and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarrely funny landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.

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Film black comedy beauty pageant child girl family road trip VW van disfunction Volkswagon suicide

Persons of interest

Steve Carell .... Frank
Toni Collette .... Sheryl
Greg Kinnear .... Richard
Alissa Anderegg .... Sally Kirkwood
Alan Arkin .... Grandpa
Cassandra Ashe .... Princess/Butterfly
Abigail Breslin .... Olive
Paul Dano .... Dwayne
Beth Grant .... Nancy Jenkins
Grant Hayes .... Davey
Lindsey Jordan .... Jaime LaGrange
Justin Shilton .... Josh
Lauren Shiohama .... Miss California
Matt Winston .... The MC
Michael Arndt .... Screenwriter
Jonathan Dayton .... Director
Valerie Faris .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Little Miss Sunshine official movie site
Little Miss Sunshine film production notes
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Awards and film festivals:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2007: Won: Performance by an actor in a supporting role (Alan Arkin), Original screenplay (Michael Arndt); Nominated: Performance by an actress in a supporting role (Abigail Breslin), Best picture
Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards 2007: Nominated: International Award For Best Actress (Toni Collette)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2007: Won: Original Screenplay (Michael Arndt), Actor In A Supporting Role (Alan Arkin); Nominated: Film, The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction (Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris), Actress In A Supporting Role (Abigail Breslin, Toni Colette)
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2006: Gala, Reel life
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 2006: Nominated: Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical, Best Actress In A Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical (Toni Collette)
Los Angeles Film Festival 2006: Screening
MTV Movie Awards 2007: Nominated: Best Movie, Breakthrough Performance (Abigail Breslin)
National Board of Review, USA 2006: Won: Top Ten Film
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2006: Zabaltegi Perlas/Zabaltegi Pearls
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007: Won: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture; Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Alan Arkin), Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Abigail Breslin)
Sydney Film Festival 2006: Won: Best Feature - World Cinema

See also Drop dead gorgeous, Happy, Texas
Studios and distributors:

20th Century Fox

Intelligence analyst

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Theatrical report

Welcome to hell.

The question with this extended family is not why one of them would attempt suicide but why the rest of them didn't. How do people like this keep their will to live? That conundrum, of course, is what makes Little Miss Sunshine a comedy worth watching. You don't have to be a sadist (or masochist) eo enjoy this film but it helps.

The black comedy movie Little Miss Sunshine is directed by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris and stars Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell.