Little Miss Sunshine Page #4

Synopsis: In Albuquerque, Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and emotionally bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual, an expert in Proust. He tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as number one in the field of Proust. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders (Sunset Manor) and is addicted in heroin. When her seven-year-old daughter Olive has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi) in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and to make a dream co
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Fox Searchlight
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 68 wins & 107 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
2006
101 min
$59,831,476
Website
5,921 Views


sh*t every single weekend.

Well, it's the nationals. They're taking

both horses, so apparently it's a big deal.

What about Olive?

Little Miss Sunshine!

Little Miss Sunshine! I won!

I won!

I'm going! We're going!

- You promised?

- We'll fly out and come back Monday.

- How are you gonna get around out there?

- We'll rent a car.

- And stay at a hotel?

- We can afford it.

- This is our seed money.

- Well, if I had a little help bringin' it in.

- Don't start that.

- It all goes to your nine steps!

I told you I'm gonna talk

to Stan Grossman!

We're gonna get locked and loaded on this

deal and start generating some income!

- But in the meantime we've gotta be-

- Okay, okay! We'll drive!

- I'm not drivin'.

- How are you gonna fit Grandpa in the Miata?

- Well, Grandpa does not have to come.

- What? I coached her!

I gave her the moves.

I gotta go.

- Why don't you take the V.W.?

- I cannot drive a shift. I tried.

- We'll fly there.

- We can't afford it.

Well, that's what we're gonna do

unless you have a better idea.

Here. This is dessert.

I won! I won!

I won! I won! I won!

I won! I won! I won!

Miss Sunshine! Little Miss Sunshine!

Little Miss Sunshine!

All right.

I'll drive the bus.

Richard, I was told explicitly

not to leave Frank by himself.

- No offense, Frank.

- None taken.

You got Dwayne here.

They can look after each other.

No, Richard! That's asking too much.

If something happened-

We can't go, then, unless

Dwayne and Frank go with us.

- [ Olive ] Mom, where's my bathing suit?

- Right.

Frank?

- I found it!

- [ Door Slams ]

Okay.

I'm going! I'm going!

I'm going!

Oh, Dwayne, come on, please.

Think of your sister.

[ Richard ] Come on, Dwayne.

It'll be a lot of fun.

You can go to the beach and-

[ Frank ]

"This is unfair.

"All I ask is...

that you leave me alone. "

Dwayne, flight school.

I will give you permission

for flight school.

[ Olive ] I won! I won! I won! I won!

I'm gonna win this one too!

"But I'm not going...

to have any fun."

Yeah, we're all with you

on that one, Dwayne.

Grandpa! Grandpa!

Is Grandpa coming to California?

- We're all coming, honey.

- [ Richard ] Hey, uh, hold on.

Olive, come over here

for a second.

Come here.

Sit down for a second.

Look, there's no sense

in entering a contest...

if you don't think

you're gonna win.

So do you think you can win

Little Miss Sunshine?

Richard-

Are you gonna win?

Yes!

We're going to California.

[ Laughs ]

Good night, Dwayne.

[ Writing ]

Not on your watch.

I wouldn't do that to you.

[ Sighs ]

Thank you, Dwayne.

Coming from you,

that means a lot.

Good night.

Jesus, I'm tired.

I'm so f***ing tired.

Do you know how tired I am?

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Michael Arndt

Michael Arndt is an American screenwriter. He is best known as the writer of the films Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). Arndt won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine and was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Toy Story 3. This made Arndt the first screenwriter ever to be nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay for his first two screenplays. He has also been credited under the pseudonyms Michael deBruyn and Rick Kerb, which are mainly used for script revisions. more…

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