Little Miss Sunshine facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Little Miss Sunshine
Directed by	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Produced by	Marc Turtletaub Peter Saraf Albert Berger Ron Yerxa David T. Friendly
Written by	Michael Arndt
Starring	Greg Kinnear Steve Carell Toni Collette Paul Dano Abigail Breslin Alan Arkin
Cinematography	Tim Suhrstedt
Editing by	Spot Welders
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date(s)	Sundance: January 20, 2006 United States: July 26, 2006 United Kingdom: September 8, 2006 Australia: October 6, 2006
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US$8 million
Money made	$100,364,926 (worldwide)

Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American independent comedy-drama road movie that was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. It is about a family who drives 800 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico through Arizona to Redondo Beach, California in a Volkswagen Type 2 van so that the daughter to compete in a beauty contest for children. On the way they have many problems, and learn to assist and help each other.

Images for kids

A Volkswagen T2 Microbus, similar to the one in the film
Five modified vans were used during filming to capture various angles of the characters, including this one through the windshield.
To make Abigail Breslin's character (centre) appear larger than the other girls, she wore a padded suit. Much of the equipment and costumes exhibited during the pageant were provided by actual contestants' parents.
The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah