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Olive is a little girl with a dream: winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest.
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About Little Miss Sunshine
Starring: Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette
No one among the Hoovers quite has it together, but it's not for lack of trying. Father Richard, a hopelessly optimistic motivational speaker, is desperately attempting to sell his 9-step program for success--without much success. Meanwhile, the Hoovers' "pro-honesty" mother Sheryl is constantly harried by her family's eccentric secrets, especially those of her brother, a suicidal Proust scholar fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his gay lover. Then there are young Hoovers with their unlikely dreams--the four-eyed, slightly pump, seven year-old would-be beauty queen Olive and Dwayne, an anger-fueled, Nietzche-reading teen who has taken a staunch vow of silence until he gets into the Air Force Academy. Topping off the family is the grandfather, a foul-mouthed pleasure-seeker recently kicked out of his retirement home for snorting heroin. They might not be the picture of the perfect mental health, but when a fluke gets Olive invited to compete in the fiercely competitive "Little Miss Sunshine" competition in California, the whole Hoover family rallies behind her. They pile into their rusted-out VW bus and head West on a three-day tragicomic journey filled with madcap surprises and leading up to Olive's big debut--which will change the entire misfit family in ways they could never imagine.
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Quick Facts
US Release Date
7/26/06
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language, some sex and drug content.
Running Time
101 mins.
Locations
- Arizona, USA
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$59,889,948
Awards
- Winner of the Best Directorial Debut award at the 2006 New York Film Critics Online [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2006 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Comedy Movie award at the 2006 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2006 Online Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2006 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2006 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Musical or Comedy award at the 2006 Satellite Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Young Actor award at the 2006 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2006 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 New York Film Critics Online [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Ensemble Acting award at the 2006 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Edited Comedy or Musical Feature award at the 2006 American Cinema Editors Guild [Festiva Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2006 Online Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2006 Washington D.C. Film Critics Associatio Awards.
- Nominated for a Most Promising Director award at the 2006 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2006 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2006 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Young Actress award at the 2006 Women Film Critics Circle [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Producer of the Year award at the 2006 Producers Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best First Screenplay award at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay (Runner-up) award at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2006 Satellite Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Ensemble Acting award at the 2006 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best First Film (Runner-up) award at the 2006 New York Film Critics Society [Festiva Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture by a Woman award at the 2006 Women Film Critics Circle [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Winner of the Best Ensemble Cast award at the 2006 Washington D.C. Film Critics Associatio Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2006 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical award at the 2006 Satellite Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Screenwriter of the Year award at the 2006 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Song award at the 2006 Satellite Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical award at the 2006 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best First Film award at the 2006 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2006 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2006 Iowa Film Critics Association [Festiva Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2006 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Youth in Film Award award at the 2006 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay (Runner-up) award at the 2006 New York Film Critics Society [Festiva Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2006 Satellite Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2006 Kansas City Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Young Actress award at the 2006 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2006 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2006 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best First Feature award at the 2006 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the New Generation Award award at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2006 Online Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2006 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2006 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor (Runner-up) award at the 2006 New York Film Critics Society [Festiva Awards.
- Winner of the Best Ensemble Cast award at the 2006 New York Film Critics Online [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2006 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costumes in a Contemporary Film award at the 2006 Costume Guild Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2006 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Musical or Comedy award at the 2006 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2006 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2006 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Breakthrough Filmmaker award at the 2006 Online Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2006 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2006 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Female Youth Performer award at the 2006 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2006 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Ensemble Acting award at the 2006 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best New Filmmaker (Runner-up) award at the 2006 Boston Society of Film Critics [Festiv Awards.
Distributor
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Big Beach
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
