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Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine
The movie poster shows the family featured in the film chasing a Volkswagen Microbus. The title of the film is located above the vehicle. From left to right: the mother (wearing sunglasses, a white long-sleeve shirt, and pink pants) is in a running stance behind the vehicle, the son (wearing a yellow short-sleeve shirt and black pants) is pushing the vehicle, the uncle (wearing a pink short-sleeve shirt, a white long-sleeve shirt, white pants, and has a black beard) is in a running stance, the daughter (wearing a red headband, red shirt, blue shorts, and glasses) is near the open door of the vehicle, the grandfather (wearing a white t-shirt, a black vest, and gray pants) is seated in the vehicle reaching for the daughter, and the father (wearing a red t-shirt and sunglasses) is driving the vehicle and looking back at his family. The poster has an all-yellow background and, at the top, features the cast's names and reviews by critics. The bottom of the poster includes the film's credits, rating, and release date.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jonathan Dayton
Valerie Faris
Produced by
Written by Michael Arndt
Starring
Music by Mychael Danna
Cinematography Tim Suhrstedt
Edited by Pamela Martin
Production
company
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date
Running time
 101 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $8 million
Box office $100.5 million
Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released July 11, 2006 (2006-07-11)
Genre Rock, folk rock
Label Lakeshore
Producer Mychael Danna
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly (A−)
Empire 4/5 stars
SoundtrackNet 3.5/5 stars

Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama road film and the directorial debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. The film stars Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin and Alan Arkin, and was produced by Big Beach Films on a budget of US$8 million. 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. The film had a limited release in the United States on July 26, 2006, and later expanded to a wider release starting on August 18.

Little Miss Sunshine had an international box office gross of $100.5 million. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two: Best Original Screenplay for Michael Arndt and Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin. It also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature and received numerous other accolades.


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