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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Directed by Valerie Faris•1h 42m•Published Nov 16, 2021•Episode length 2h 59m
Episode 96 - Little Miss Sunshine
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Overview

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

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There's two types of people in this world: winners and losers. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ethan and Georgia - as we review the most warmest dark comedy you'll ever lay eyes on in the 2006 indie darling, Little Miss Sunshine. We're somewhere on the road between Albuquerque and Redondo…

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There's two types of people in this world: winners and losers. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ethan and Georgia - as we review the most warmest dark comedy you'll ever lay eyes on in the 2006 indie darling, Little Miss Sunshine.  We're somewhere on the road between Albuquerque and Redondo Beach in our 96th episode as we discuss:

  • The development hell this film was subjected to and why you couldn't have shot it in Canada, as a studio had previously wanted
  • The amazing story of screenwriter Michael Arndt
  • Who did the studio have cold feet about initially
  • Which member of the cast joined film musicians Devotchka on a future project
  • How the film plants seeds 20 minutes in advance and banks on you forgetting them to draw the biggest laughs
  • We break bad about a couple of cameo parts
  • If anything of us understand the appeal behind child pageants
  • We go to some real places and share some stuff
  • We discuss the fallout from Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Whether or not Little Miss Sunshine is the Best Film Ever.

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Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

  • 0:00 - Opening Banter
    10:10 - Shoutouts
    32:05 - Deep Dive
    2:20:07 - Endgame