Because of Winn-Dixie
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| Because of Winn-Dixie | |
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 Movie poster for Because of Winn-Dixie |
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| Directed by | Wayne Wang |
| Produced by | Joan Singleton |
| Written by | Kate DiCamillo (novel) Joan Singleton (screenplay) |
| Starring | Jeff Daniels Cicely Tyson Dave Matthews Eva Marie Saint and introducing AnnaSophia Robb |
| Music by | Rachel Portman |
| Cinematography | Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
| Editing by | Deirdre Slevin |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | February 18 2005 |
| Running time | 106 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million |
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Because of Winn-Dixie was a best selling children's novel by Kate DiCamillo, that has also been adapted as a 2005 family film, directed by Wayne Wang.
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[edit] Plot
India Opal Buloni (played by AnnaSophia Robb) is a lonely 10-year-old who has just moved to the small town of Naomi, Florida with her father (played by Jeff Daniels). They have to move because he is a preacher. They live in a trailer park. The move has resulted in her losing all her friends, and she now has to make new ones.
While in the Winn-Dixie supermarket, she encounters a scruffy dog that is wreaking havoc. She claims that it is hers, and names it Winn-Dixie. She discovers that Winn-Dixie becomes friends with everyone he encounters, and she makes some new friends in the process. Opal quickly establishes a rapport with her adult friends, and gradually learns that they have burdened pasts of their own. She gains wisdom and different outlooks on life through relationships with adults and peers, and grows emotionally in the process. She also rekindles the relationship with her father, and learns about her mother who abandoned them seven years ago, when Opal was 3.
[edit] Main cast
- AnnaSophia Robb — India Opal Buloni
- Jeff Daniels — Preacher
- Cicely Tyson — Gloria Dump
- Dave Matthews — Otis
- Eva Marie Saint — Miss Franny
- Courtney Jines — Amanda Wilkinson
- Nick Price — Dunlap Dewberry
- Luke Benward — Stevie Dewberry
- Elle Fanning — Sweetie Pie Thomas
- Harland Williams — Policeman
- Laiko Scott — Winn-Dixie
[edit] Trivia
- Dave Matthews, who plays Otis, is also known as the leader of the Dave Matthews Band.
- The two dogs that appeared in the movie were rare Berger Picard (Picardy Shepherd) dogs named Laiko and Scott that were brought over from France for the movie.
- AnnaSophia Robb was seen eating a dog treat
