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148/Spr. 2007LITTLE MISS SUNSHINETHINGS TO FOCUS ON WHEN YOU VIEW THE FILM• How the story/characters reflect or comment onAmerican values and culture• Family values, structure, function or dysfunction• The road trip/journey and what things are gained andlost during that processAfter reading chapter 1 of Anatomy of Film, decide onthese things:• How the film is or is not a narrative film• How the film is or is not an independent filmDirected by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie FarisDVD by 20 th Century FoxCAST:Greg Kinnear: RichardPaul Dano: DwayneAbigail Breslin: OliveAlan Arkin: GrandpaToni Collette: SherylSteve Carell: FrankJill Talley: CindySynopsis from All Movie GuideWhen a pudgy, bespectacled seven-year-old, Olive (Abigail Breslin), voices her desire to take home thecoveted Little Miss Sunshine crown at an upcoming beauty pageant, her wildly dysfunctional family sets outon an interstate road trip to ensure her a clear shot at realizing her dreams in former music video directorialteam Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' quirky feature debut, starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, and ToniCollette. Despite early career success as an outspoken motivational speaker, family patriarch Richard(Kinnear) continues to cling to his "Refuse to Lose" philosophy, much to the chagrin of his increasinglyannoyed spouse, Sheryl (Collette). Add into the mix a Nietzsche-reading teenage son (Paul Dano) who hastaken a vow of silence until he finds his fate as a fighter pilot; a horny, heroin-happy grandfather (AlanArkin) with a penchant for creative profanity; and a suicidal genius (Carell) and Proust scholar still reelingabout losing both his male lover and his MacArthur Foundation genius grant -- and the stage is set for aroad trip in which sanity is sure to take the back seat. Jason Buchanan

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