Little Miss Sunshine: The Shooting Script

　　Loaded with extras, the official screenplay book tie-in to the uproarious American hit comedy from Fox Searchlight-a family on the verge of a breakdown.

　　In 2000, screenwriter Michael Arndt had no credits, no agents, no publishing history when he took a year off to write "a salable script" that got him an agent and a deal fourteen months later, and, five years after that, one of the big hits of 2006. Exclusive to this book are the complete shooting script, Arndt's introduction and scene notes about his filmmaking experience, and a humorous essay "How to Write a Sundance Hit in Nine Easy Steps." Also included are the full credits and a 12-page color photo section.

　　Brazenly satirical yet deeply human, Little Miss Sunshine introduces the Hoovers, whose trip from Albuquerque to Redondo Beach, California, 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.

　　The Hoover family members are played by Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, and Alan Arkin. When they pile into their rusted-out VW bus and head west on a three-day tragicomic journey to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, the entire misfit family will change in ways they could never imagine. 12-page color photo insert.

　　【小太陽的願望】由【愛在心裡口難開】奎格金尼爾、【四十處男】史提夫卡爾、【偷穿高跟鞋】東妮克莉蒂、【天之驕子】保羅迪諾、【美國甜心】亞倫阿金演出。

　　胡佛一家人都是怪咖，成天吵得雞犬不寧。爸爸隨時隨地教導別人「如何成功」，自己卻總一事無成。爺爺沒事喜歡吸食海洛因和看黃色雜誌，滿口不入流的話。舅 舅是個同性戀的文學教授，不幸被橫刀奪愛，又被學校解職，最後居然自殺未遂。青春期的哥哥厭惡家裡的一切，還發誓在考上空軍學校前絕不開口說話。年僅七歲 的小女兒奧莉薇則每天幻想參加選美比賽。在家中負責協調這一干人等的媽媽，雖然比較正常卻也瀕臨崩潰的階段。某天奧莉薇收到夢寐以求的年度「陽光小美女」 選拔賽通知，為了一圓小女兒的夢想，一家人決定開著破舊小車到加州參賽，一路上狀況百出，衝突與爭執卻也令一家人的關係更為緊密。緊張的時刻來到了，奧莉薇會不會贏得年度「陽光小美女」的殊榮呢？