Little Miss Sunshine
The Shooting Script
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · January 8, 2007
Here is the official screenplay book tie-in to the uproarious American family road comedy.
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- Who it’s for
- A brazenly funny, tender family road comedy, presented as its official shooting script.
- Themes
- Family support, Crushed dreams and heartbreak
- Genres
- Screenplays, Comedy Films
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Here is the official screenplay book tie-in to the uproarious American family road comedy. Brazenly satirical yet deeply human, Little Miss Sunshine introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history. Meet the Hoovers, a motley six-member family who treks from Albuquerque to Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of seven-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams.
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Starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, and Alan Arkin, the film strikes a nerve with everyone who's ever been awestruck by how their muddled families seem to make it after all. On the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreak, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarrely funny landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.
Comedy on the Page
A brazenly funny, tender family road comedy, presented as its official shooting script.
Come here for
- Satire with a soft spot for muddled families
- The pleasures of seeing a film’s screenplay on the page
Expect
- A six-member family facing crushed dreams and heartbreak
- A journey that finds humor in family chaos
Where it sits
| Screenplays | 72% |
|---|---|
| Comedy Films | 59% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Acting
- Film & Cinema
- Film Direction & Production
- Film Guides & Reviews
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- Film Reference
- Screenwriting
- Animated Films
- Comedy Films
- Authors
- Michael Ardnt, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- January 8, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Family support · Crushed dreams and heartbreak
- Reading lane
- Acting