Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American independent comedy-drama road movie that was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. It is about a family who drives 800 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico through Arizona to Redondo Beach, California in a Volkswagen Type 2 van so that the daughter to compete in a beauty contest for children. On the way they have many problems, and learn to assist and help each other.
| Little Miss Sunshine | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris |
| Produced by | Marc Turtletaub Peter Saraf Albert Berger Ron Yerxa David T. Friendly |
| Written by | Michael Arndt |
| Starring | Greg Kinnear Steve Carell Toni Collette Paul Dano Abigail Breslin Alan Arkin |
| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Edited by | Spot Welders |
| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Release date | Sundance: January 20, 2006 United States: July 26, 2006 United Kingdom: September 8, 2006 Australia: October 6, 2006 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$8 million |
| Box office | $100,364,926 (worldwide) |
Little Miss Sunshine Media
A Volkswagen T2 Microbus, similar to the one in the film
The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah
Abigail Breslin promoting the film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2007
