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Little Miss Sunshine

Summary: A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Release Date: August 18, 2006

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Directors: Jonathan Dayton

, Valerie Faris

Writer: Michael Arndt

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Searchlight Pictures, Big Beach Films, Bona Fide Productions, Major Studio Partners

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 59,891,098

International: $ 41,167,856

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2000s affection albuquerque new mexico all star cast ambulance answering machine apology argument arizona audience auto mechanic bandaged wrist beach beauty contest beauty pageant bechdel test passed begging biker black comedy book brother sister relationship businessman california car horn car trouble cell phone child beauty pageant child star cigarette smoking close up of eyes color blind color blindness coming of age drama computer convenience store crime scene cleanup cross country cross country trip crying cult film dancer dancing dead body deadpan death death of father death of grandfather diner directed by several directors directorial debut doctor dressing room driving drug addiction drug snorting drug use drugs dysfunctional family elderly man explaining suicide to child eye test eyeglasses f rated failure father daughter relationship father son relationship fatherhood female protagonist fictional talent contest fired from a job freaking out freeway fried chicken garage gas station gay gay interest gay pornography graduate student grandfather granddaughter relationship grandfather granddaughter sharing a room grandfather grandson relationship hair styling hatred helmet heroin highway patrolman highway travel homosexual homosexuality hospital hospital waiting room husband wife relationship ice cream independent film innocence irreverence journey loser magazine article makeup master of ceremonies mental hospital mirror miss california money motel mother daughter relationship mother son relationship motivational speaker motorcycle mute mute boy new mexico no opening credits notepad older brother younger sister relationship on the road optimism overweight packing pageant pay phone pier police officer popcorn porn magazine pride pushing a vehicle quest quirky comedy reading reckless driving redondo beach california reference to friedrich nietzsche reference to marcel proust remote control road movie road rage road trip road trip comedy roadtrip running sarcasm scottsdale arizona screaming siblings living together siblings raising child together singer singing sister sister relationship smoking tobacco social satire song speaker speech sprite straight actor gay character stripping striptease suburb suffering suicidal suicide attempt suicide attempt by slitting wrists talent audition talent pageant talent show teacher teacher student relationship tears teenage boy teenager telephone call three word title timeframe 2000s title directed by female title spoken by character tobacco tween girl uncle nephew relationship uncle nephew sharing a room uncle niece relationship underdog united states of america usa vacation gone wrong van volkswagen volkswagen bus vow of silence waitress war wound watching tv wheelchair winner writing year 2006

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