Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

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R | 1 hr 40 mins | Comedy, Family | Released: 7/26/2006 |Box Office Total: $59.8M

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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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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
7/26/2006

Director	Credit
Valerie Faris	Director
Jonathan Dayton	Director
Cast	Credit
Steve Carell	Frank
Greg Kinnear	Richard
Toni Collette	Sheryl
Alan Arkin	Grandpa
Paul Franklin Dano	Dwayne
Abigail Breslin	Olive
Marc Turtletaub	Doctor #1
Jill Talley	Cindy
Brenda Canela	Diner Waitress
Julio Oscar Mechoso	Mechanic
Chuck Loring	Convenience Store Proprietor
Justin Shilton	Josh
Gordon Thomson	Larry Sugarman
Steven Christopher Parker	Teen Boy #1
Bryan Cranston	Stan Grossman
John Walcutt	Doctor #2
Paula Newsome	Linda
Dean Norris	State Trooper McCleary
Beth Grant	Pageant Official Jenkins
Wallace Langham	Kirby
Lauren Shiohama	Miss California
Mary Lynn Rajskub	Pageant Assistant Pam
Jerry Giles	Funeral Home Worker
Geoff Meed	Biker Dad
Matt Winston	Pageant MC
Joan Scheckel	Judge
Cassandra Ashe	Girl in Hallway
Mel Rodriguez	Officer Martinez
Alexandria Alaman	Pageant Contestant
Brittany Baird	Pageant Contestant
Brenae Bandy	Pageant Contestant
Maliah Hudson	Pageant Contestant
Lindsey Jordan	Pageant Contestant
Annabelle Roberts	Pageant Contestant
Nicole Stoehr	Pageant Contestant
Alissa Anderegg	Pageant Contestant
Cambria Baird	Pageant Contestant
Kristen Holaas	Pageant Contestant
Destry Jacobs	Pageant Contestant
Shane Murphy	Pageant Contestant
Sydni Stevenson-Love	Pageant Contestant
Lauren Yee	Pageant Contestant
Production Credits	Credit
David Friendly	Producer
Jeb Brody	Executive Producer
Bart Lipton	Associate Producer
Michael Beugg	Executive Producer
Marc Turtletaub	Producer
Albert Berger	Producer
Ron Yerxa	Producer
Peter Saraf	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Big Beach Productions	Production Company
Deep River Productions (TV)	Production Company
Bona Fide Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Fox Searchlight Pictures	Worldwide Distribution Rights
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
20th Century Fox International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sena	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
CLMC Multimedia SA	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Arizona, USA
Writer	Credit
Michael Arndt	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Thomas Farr	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Bryan Yaconelli	Assistant Accountant
Mike Revell	Production Accountant
Trevanna Post	Post-Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Rion Waller	Set Dresser
Melissa Levander	Set Decorator
Troy Hope	Scenic Artist
Kalina Ivanov	Production Designer
Theresa Greene	Art Department Coordinator
Alan Muraoka	Art Director
Michael Klingerman	Lead Person
Joe Garcia	Set Dresser
David Marple	Set Dresser
Chris Pappas	Set Dresser - On-Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Justine Baddeley	Casting Director
Cate Engel	Casting Associate
Barbara Harris	Voice Casting
Rich King	Extras Casting
Kelly Hunt	Extras Casting
Kimberly Davis	Casting Director
Craft Services	Credit
Laurent Marchand	Craft Service - Chef
Richard Cody	Craft Service
Eric Armao	Craft Service - Craft Service Assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Timothy Suhrstedt	Director of Photography
Yasmin Redoblado	Camera Assistant
Eric Lee	Photography - Still Photographer
Larry Karman	Steadicam Operator
Jeffrey P Greeley	Camera Operator
Theda Streetman	Assistant Camera
Michelle Pizanis	Loader - Film Loader
Lee Wimer	Color Timer
Ed Casares	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Dan Murbarger	Video Assist/Playback - 24 Frame Playback
Larry Karman	Camera Operator
Heather Lea	Assistant Camera
Gregory H Dellerson	Assistant Camera
Rigney Sackley	Assistant Camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Big Beach Productions	Film Financier
Legal	Credit
Jacqueline Eckhouse	Legal Services - Production Legal
Alison Hunter	Legal Services - Production Legal
Music	Credit
Brad Haehnel	Music Recording Facilities - Music Recorder
Susan Jacobs	Music Supervisor
Mychael Danna	Music - Music Composer
Weba Garretson	Music Arranger
Devotchka	Score Recording - Score Recorder
Tony Tisdale	Music Performer - Additional Performance Music
Sufjan Stevens	Song
Sufjan Stevens	Song Performer
Josh Winget	Music Editor
Bob Remstein	Music Arranger
Francisco Javier Gonzalez	Song Performer
Xocoyotzin Herrera	Song
Anne Litt	Music Supervisor
Devotchka	Music
Jose Zuñiga	Song Performer
Devotchka	Song
Mark Wheaton	Music Arranger
Brad Haehnel	Music - Music Mixer
Nick Urata	Music
Raymond A Smith	Song
Devotchka	Song Performer
Conway Twitty	Song Performer
David Sparkman	Song
Thomas Hagerman	Music
David Sparkman	Song Performer
Jeanie Schroder	Music
Scott Nickoley	Song
Shawn King	Music
John Ehrlich	Song Performer
Jamie Dunlap	Song
John Ehrlich	Song
John Krovoza	Music - Additional Musician
Matt Winston	Song Performer
Cassandra Ashe	Song Performer
Mychael Danna	Music - Additional Musician
George M Cohan	Song
Gordon Pogoda	Song
The Inspiration	Song Performer
Barry Upton	Song
Lindsey Jordan	Song Performer
Darvin Jordan	Song
Pulse	Song Performer
Julie Griffin	Song Performer
Marc Dold	Song
Rick James	Song Performer
Judith Martin	Song
Rick James	Song
Alonzo Miller	Song
Nick Urata	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Christie Abercrombie	Stunt Player
Tom Harper	Stunt Coordinator
Clay Boss	Stunt Player
Tom Robinson Harper	Stunt Coordinator
Kenny Anderson	Stunt Coordinator
Rick Gunderson	Stunt Player
Johnny Johnson	Stunt Player
Tim Trella	Stunt Player
Kacie Borrowman	Stunt Player
Peter C Cullen	Stunt Player
Riley Harper	Stunt Player
Matt Taylor	Stunt Player
Production Management	Credit
Bob Dohrmann	Production Supervisor
Christopher Miller	Location Manager
Charissa Deann McLain	Assistant Production Coordinator
Lyn Norton-Matsuda	Script Supervisor
Dan Milner	Location Scout
Thomas Patrick Smith	Assistant Director
Nate Taylor	Assistant Location Manager
Michael Toji	Post-Production Supervisor - Postproduction Supervisor
Suzanne C Swindle	Script Supervisor
Kate Greenberg	Assistant Director
Heather Anderson	Assistant Director - Additional 2nd 2nd Assistant Director
Joe May	Assistant Director - Additional 2nd 2nd Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Erik Bright	Unit Publicist - Unit Publicity
Jesse Salka	Unit Publicist - Unit Publicity
Sound	Credit
Nancy Kyong Nugent	ADR Editor
Kerry Ann Carmean	Foley Editor
Steven A Morrow	Sound Mixer
Steven F Nelson	Sound Effects Editor
Chris Sidor	Dubbing Mixer - Mix Technician
Lucy Sustar	Foley Mixer
Craig Dollinger	Boom Operator
Andrew DeCristofaro	Supervising Sound Editor
Rick Ash	Rerecording Mixer
Ron Bedrosian	ADR Mixer
Greg Barbanell	Foley Artist
Patrick Cusack	Assistant Sound Editor
Stephen P Robinson	Supervising Sound Editor
Terry Rodman	Rerecording Mixer
Diane Marshall	Foley Artist
Bob Deschaine	ADR Mixer
Greg Steele	ADR Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Adam Avitabile	Visual Effects Supervisor
Josh Comen	Visual Effects Producer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Robin McMullan	Costume Supervisor
Susan Carol Schwary	Hair Stylist
Jennifer Starzyk	Key Costumer
Nancy Steiner	Costume Designer
Janis Clark	Hair - Department Head Hair
Lisa Hyde	Costumer
Torsten Witte	Makeup - Department Head Makeup
Nicole Sortillion	Makeup Assistant
Angel Radefeld	Makeup
Dugg Kirkpatrick	Hair Stylist

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