Evento

Little Miss Sunshine presented by the Phoenix Film Society

Bonus July Phoenix Film Society Screening -

The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Film Society present a screening of Little Miss Sunshine

Starring: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin

When: Thursday, July 27th at 7:00pm

Where: Harkins Scottsdale Fashion Square

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Following the screening there will be a discussion about the film.

Synopsis:
Meet the Hoovers of Albuquerque: OLIVE is a seven year old, slightly pudgy, aspiring beauty queen. Her father is a struggling motivational speaker with a not-yet-successful plan for success. Her step-brother has taken a vow of silence until he's old enough to be a fighter pilot. UNCLE FRANK the world's leading Marcel Proust scholar, is unemployed, jilted and suicidal. And GRANDPA sleeps on the couch after having been kicked out of his nursing home for snorting heroin. Olive's mom, SHERYL is at the end of her rope, trying to keep the family from imploding.

A typically awkward Hoover family dinner is interrupted by the news that Olive has the unexpected opportunity to compete in the finals of the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Southern California. No one wants to let her down, and with the family's money tied up in Richard's business venture, they're left with only one option--a family road trip in their old VW bus.

What follows is a nine hundred mile trip into the heart of what makes these atypical people your typical American family. Excitement, disappointment, friendship, and loss all culminate in the strange, heightened world of a child beauty pageant, where winning and losing take on an important new meaning for the Hoovers.

Tickets: Tickets for this event are $10 each