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title: 'Little Miss Sunshine (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Valerie Faris'
released: '2006-01-20'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/little-miss-sunshine-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

2006 · 98 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American tragicomedy film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris from a screenplay written by Michael Arndt. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin, all of whom play members of a dysfunctional family taking the youngest (Breslin) to compete in a child beauty pageant. Breslin's breakout performance in the film earned her an Academy Award nomination. The road film tackles themes of family, depression, self-acceptance, and finding meaning in absurd conditions. It 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Valerie Faris](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-faris), [Jonathan Dayton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-dayton)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Arndt](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-arndt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mychael Danna](https://cinepixo.com/people/mychael-danna)
- **Producer:** [David T. Friendly](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-t-friendly), [Marc Turtletaub](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-turtletaub), [Peter Saraf](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-saraf)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tim Suhrstedt](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-suhrstedt)
- **Editor:** [Pamela Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/pamela-martin)

## Cast

- [Bryan Cranston](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-cranston)
- [Julio Oscar Mechoso](https://cinepixo.com/people/julio-oscar-mechoso)
- [Marc Turtletaub](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-turtletaub)
- [Dean Norris](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-norris)
- [Jill Talley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-talley)
- [Beth Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/beth-grant)
- [Steve Carell](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-carell)
- [Greg Kinnear](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-kinnear)
- [Alan Arkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-arkin)
- [Paul Dano](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dano)
- [Toni Collette](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-collette)
- [Paula Newsome](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-newsome)
- [Abigail Breslin](https://cinepixo.com/people/abigail-breslin) as Olive Hoover
- [Mary Lynn Rajskub](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-lynn-rajskub)
- [Wallace Langham](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-langham)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/little-miss-sunshine-2006
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