Roadmovie “Little
Miss Sunshine” featuring the Volkswagen-Bus with good chances at
the Oscars™
Photos: Volkswagen
It is crashing through barriers in
a truly heroic manner, not even a broken clutch can stop it: The
reliable Volkswagen bus T2 is the seventh member of the quirky
yet heartwarming Hoover family of the successful comedy “Little
Miss Sunshine” (Twentieth Century Fox). The independently made
road movie has proven to be unstoppable itself: About one year
after being presented to the public at the 2006 Sundance Film
Festival “Little Miss Sunshine” has become stunningly successful
at the most recent movie award ceremonies.
Touching emotions and an endearing
kind of humor make this comedy about a bunch of losers a real
winner: So far "Little Miss Sunshine" has been the surprise
success of this year’s Hollywood awards – and the prized journey
isn’t over yet with the Oscar™ ceremony just around the corner.
"Little Miss Sunshine" has snagged up four Academy Award
nominations: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best
Supporting Actress (for ten-year-old Abigail Breslin) and Best
Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin). The Oscar™ ceremony will be held
on February 25th.
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Leading up to the most recognized
movie award this wonderful comedy has already piled up an
amazing number of nominations and awards from all over
Hollywood. Two Golden Globe nominations from the "Hollywood
Foreign Press Association" have been followed by the "Best
Picture" Award of the "Producers Guild Of America" and the award
for the best original screen play at the "Writers Guild Awards"
on February 11th for Michael Arndt.
Only recently the "Screen Actors Guild"
awarded the "Hoover family" with the trophy for the "Best Cast". Actor
Greg Kinnear took the opportunity to point out his appreciation of the
automotive member of the cast: "I'd like to thank the engineers at
Volkswagen for making a beautiful vehicle back in 1969 that was
comfortable and so safe."
In the movie the six human Hoovers pile up
in the almost 40-year-old Volkswagen bus to take the seven-year-old
Olive (Abigail Breslin), who is dreaming of winning the "Little Miss
Sunshine" contest, from Albuquerque/New Mexico to Redondo
Beach/California. During their two-day road trip full of nutty
adventures the six strange individuals grow into one strong and
supportive union. The Volkswagen bus has a major role in the family
building process as its ongoing little problems require the family to
stand together in order to move on.
In fact, Actor Steve Carrell („Frank") has
fallen for the brave family vehicle because of its almost human faults:
„I think that the bus is actually a real actor in this movie", says
Carrell. Five identical buses have been used during the production of
„Little Miss Sunshine".
For the Volkswagen bus T2 „Little Miss
Sunshine" hasn’t been the first movie appearance. In fact, the T2 has
summed up a variety of successful movie parts as the lovable vehicle to
date has shown its unique moves in more than 80 movies. Among others the
four-wheeled director’s favorite has starred in: Back to the Future
(1985), Free Willy (1993), Almost Famous (2000), Charlie’s Angels
(2000), Spy Game (2001), Hulk (2003), and Scary Movie 4 (2006).
