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c2006., Adult, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Little Edition: Full screen and widescreen eds. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence. And Olive's grandfather is a loser with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in California.
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By Jenkins, Tamara, 1962- Trask, Stephen Carey, Anne Hope, Ted Westheimer, Erica Linney, Laura Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014 Bosco, Philip Friedman, Peter Zayas, David Akinnagbe, Gbenga Seymour, Cara Fox Searchlight Pictures Lone Star Film Group (Firm) This is That (Firm) Ad Hominem Enterprises (Firm) Cooper's Town Productions (Firm) Twentieth Century Fox Home Enter2008., Adult, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Savages Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collectionSummary Note: Jon and Wendy Savage (Hoffman and Linney) are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from their abusive father, Lenny (Bosco). Suddenly, a call comes in that Lenny's girlfriend has died and he cannot care for himself. Lenny suffers from dementia and her family dumps Lenny on his children. Despite the fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father. The siblings are forced to face the struggle with their own personal demons.