The official website has an updated trailer along with a few bios and pics.
The story, main cast and producers:
quote:
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is an American family road comedy that shatters the mold. Brazenly satirical and yet deeply human, the film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers, whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death, transformation and a moving look at the surprising rewards of being losers in a winning-crazed culture. A runaway hit at the Sundance Film Festival, where it played to standing ovations, the film strikes a nerve with everyone who's ever been awestruck by how their muddled families seem to make it after all.
No one among the Hoovers quite has it together, but it's not for lack of trying. Father Richard (GREG KINNEAR), 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 (TONI COLLETTE) is constantly harried by her family's eccentric secrets, especially those of her brother (STEVE CARELL), a gay suicidal Proust scholar fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his gay lover. Then there are the younger Hoovers with their unlikely dreams - the four-eyed, slightly plump, seven year-old would-be beauty queen Olive (ABIGAIL BRESLIN) and Dwayne (PAUL DANO), an anger-fueled, Nietzsche-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 (ALAN ARKIN), a foul-mouthed pleasure-seeker recently kicked out of his retirement home for snorting heroin.
They might not be the picture of 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.
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE features the directorial debut of renowned music video directors (and husband-and-wife team) Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, who direct from a script by Michael Arndt. The film is produced by Big Beach and Bona Fide Productions, with Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa serving as producers, and Jeb Brody and Michael Beugg as executive producers. The production team includes director of photography Tim Suhrstedt, production designer Kalina Ivanov, costume designer Nancy Steiner, editor Pamela Martin, composer Mychael Danna and the up-and-coming band DeVotchka.
The movie has officially been released as of today. I'm psyched to go and catch it sometime this week.
MERLIN
meh, i skipped yesterday and today's preview or i guess that would be today's release.
The_One
I saw the previews for this when I saw A Scanner Darkly. This looks like a good dark comedy. I'm going to try to check it out ASAP
jdat
To me it looks like another crap movie with no substance about destitute middle america :( :eek: :toothless
Protege
I really hope this comes out near me. The theatres in my town suck, theyll have little man playing forever but they wont get a scanner darkly.
XoxidE
where is all the action? where are all the monsters and guns? THIS MOVIE SUCKS!:D :toothless
Protege
quote:
Originally posted by XoxidE
where are the snakes? where is the plane? where are the snakes on a plane? THIS MOVIE SUCKS!:D :toothless
fixed
Ivand
quote:
Originally posted by XoxidE
where are the mothain snakes? where is the mothein plane? where are the snakes on the mothain plane? THIS MOVIE SUCKS! :toothless
re-fixed
Yan
Heading into the city today to watch it. Only 3 theatres happen to be showing the flick in all of New York. WTFD33RH4X
Rodrico
Thanks, never heard of it, but gonna check it out definately.
Yan
Got back from the movies an hour or so ago.
What can I say?
I laughed. I smiled a lot. Almost brought a tear to my eye a few times. Left the movie theater with a wide grin on my face. This movie starts out a bit slow (according to my buddy who came along with me - I didn't really notice all too much) but has you familiarized with all the members of Olive's family in no time. And that's where the magic is. The characters all have their ups and downs and you're with them alongside, pretty much the entire time.
Little Miss Sunshine?
Recommended for the average movie goer. Highly recommended for the person that's looking for a quality, thought-provoking and emotional flick.
