Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American tragicomedy 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 was an overwhelming box office success, earning $101 million, and was praised mainly for the performances, screenplay and humor.
| Director | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris |
| Produced by | Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa |
| Writer(s) | Michael Arndt |
| Starring | Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin |
| Music | Mychael Danna |
| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Edited by | Pamela Martin |
| Production, company | Big Beach Films, Bona Fide Productions, Deep River Productions, Third Gear Productions |
| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| Released | January 20, 2006 (Sundance Film Festival), July 26, 2006 (United States) |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $101 million |
| Netflix ID | 70043947 |
A family takes a road trip in order to get their daughter into a beauty pageant at any cost. The film took five years to make and later won 70 awards.
Actor Alan Arkin won the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. Abigail Breslin wore a fat suit for her role as Olive.
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Información más reciente sobre Little Miss Sunshine actualizada el 28 de Julio, 2021.
