Little Miss Sunshine
A family on the verge of a breakdown
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Timing:
1:42 (102 min)
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Country
Production
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Budget
$8 000 000
Revenue
$100 523 351
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Albert Berger, David T. Friendly, Ron Yerxa, Michael Beugg, Jeb Brody
Operator
Composer
Artist
Rich Murray, Rich Murray
Audition
Justine Arteta, Kim Davis-Wagner
Editing
Pamela Martin, Bob Dohrmann
All team (135)
All team (135)
Short description
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
What's left behind the scenes
- Due to constant funding issues, the film was in production for about five years.
- Fox Searchlight purchased the distribution rights to the film for $10.5 million at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006.
- Initially, Focus Features was supposed to finance the filming, but withdrew from the project in 2004.
- Mark Turtletaub purchased the film's screenplay for $250,000.
- After Focus Features left the project, Mark Turtletaub bought the rights to the film and stated that he would finance it himself.
- Although Frank’s name is never heard in the film, it can be recognized by paying attention to a sign in the hospital room that reads – “Dr. Greenberg.”
- Duane’s full name is never mentioned throughout the course of the film.
- Abigail Breslin wore a special costume that made her look fuller.
- Dwayne's t-shirt depicts Big Brother from the film '1984' (1956).
- The grandfather's name is Edwin.
- Five yellow Volkswagen vans were used during the filming.
- Russian chanson is playing in the auto repair shop where the Hoover family stops.
- All contestants in the beauty pageant and their parents are the same in real life as well.
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