Little Miss Sunshine

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Awards

Academy Awards 2007 - Nominated - Best Picture

Academy Awards 2007 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actress

Academy Awards 2007 - Won - Best Original Screenplay

Academy Awards 2007 - Won - Best Supporting Actor

Academy Awards 2007 - Nominated - Best Picture

Academy Awards 2007 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actress

Academy Awards 2007 - Won - Best Original Screenplay

Academy Awards 2007 - Won - Best Supporting Actor

BAFTA Awards 2007 - Won - Best Original Screenplay

BAFTA Awards 2007 - Won - Best Supporting Actor

Chlotrudis Awards 2007 - Won - Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast

Independent Spirit Awards 2007 - Won - Best Director

Independent Spirit Awards 2007 - Won - Best Feature

Independent Spirit Awards 2007 - Won - Best First Screenplay

Independent Spirit Awards 2007 - Won - Best Supporting Male

LAFCA Awards 2006 - Won - New Generation Award

PGA Golden Laurel Awards 2007 - Won - Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007 - Won - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Tokyo International Film Festival 2006 - Won - Audience Award

Tokyo International Film Festival 2006 - Won - Best Actress

Tokyo International Film Festival 2006 - Won - Best Director

Writers Guild of America Awards 2007 - Won - Best Original Screenplay

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Little Miss Sunshine

Directors:
Jonathan Dayton , Valerie Faris
R, 101 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

When a pudgy, bespectacled seven-year-old, Olive (Abigail Breslin), voices her desire to take home the coveted Little Miss Sunshine crown at an upcoming beauty pageant, her wildly dysfunctional family sets out on an interstate road trip to ensure her a clear shot at realizing her dreams in former music video directorial team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' quirky feature debut. Despite early career success as an outspoken motivational speaker, family patriarch Richard (Kinnear) continues to cling to his "Refuse to Lose" philosophy, much to the chagrin of his increasingly annoyed spouse, Sheryl (Collette). Add into the mix a Nietzsche-reading teenage son (Paul Dano) who has taken a vow of silence until he finds his fate as a fighter pilot; a horny, heroin-happy grandfather (Alan Arkin) with a penchant for creative profanity; and a suicidal genius (Carell) and Proust scholar still reeling about losing both his male lover and his MacArthur Foundation genius grant — and the stage is set for a road trip in which sanity is sure to take the back seat.

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"You will laugh your hardest in this sharp family comedy. Steve Carell gives a surprising turn, far from The 40 Year Old Virgin, and the whole cast creates a hilarious portrait of a dysfunctional but loving family. "

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Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, some sex and drug content.

Runtime:
101 min.

Genres:
Comedy
Drama

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Certification:
R

Tagline

Where's Olive? A family on the verge of a breakdown. Everyone just pretend to be normal. Welcome to Hell

 

Memorable Quotes

[last lines] Pageant Official Jenkins: What in the world?

Dwayne: [on notepad] don't kill yourself tonight Frank: Not on your watch. Dwayne: [on notepad] welcome to hell Frank: Oh... thanks. That means a lot coming from you...

[from trailer] Olive: Grandpa, am I pretty? Grandpa: You are the most beautiful girl in the world. Olive: You're just saying that. Grandpa: No! I'm madly in love with you and it's not because of your brains or your personality.

 

 

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