Because of Winn-Dixie (film)

Infobox Film
name = Because of Winn-Dixie


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Wayne Wang
producer = Joan Singleton
writer = Kate DiCamillo (novel)
Joan Singleton (screenplay)
starring = AnnaSophia Robb
Jeff Daniels
Cicely Tyson
Dave Matthews
Eva Marie Saint
music = Rachel Portman
cinematography = Karl Walter Lindenlaub
editing = Deirdre Slevin
distributor = 20th Century Fox
Walden Media
released = February 18, 2005
runtime = 105 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget = $14,000,000
gross = $33,589,427
website = http://www.becauseofwinndixiemovie.com/
amg_id = 1:290359
imdb_id = 0317132

"Because of Winn-Dixie" is a 2005 film, adapted from the book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo and directed by Wayne Wang. It was produced by Walden Media and 20th Century Fox.

Plot

India Opal Buloni (AnnaSophia Robb) is a lonely 10-year-old who has just moved to the small town of Naomi, Florida with her father (Jeff Daniels). 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. She also rekindles the relationship with her father, and learns about her mother who abandoned them seven years ago.

In a result to know more about her mother, Opal asks her father to list ten things about her. She says she got the idea because "Winn-Dixie thinks because I'm (Opal) ten years old I should know ten things about my mother". Her father tells her only nine things and Opal says, "What about the tenth thing? When will I learn that?" Her father replies, "Not tonight."

When Opal meets Miss Franny (Eva Marie Saint), a kind old librarian, Miss Franny tells her many great stories, one being about the old confectionery factory that used to produce the Littmus Lozenge's in Naomi. Opal then takes these lozenges to all her new friends that she has met, the Dewberry boys (Stevie and Dunlap) (Luke Benward and Nick Price), Otis (Dave Matthews) the pet shop owner, Sweetie Pie Thomas(Elle Fanning), and her dad the preacher. Although they all eat the same lozenge, they all taste something very very different. Opal's daddy comments on his lozenge tasting very melancholy.

Soon Opal and her new friend Gloria Dump (Cicely Tyson) hold a party, except Winn-Dixie runs away because of the storm. Opal puts Winn-Dixie's collar on a leaf to remember him. Then, all of the partiers are inside and Winn-Dixie comes running in. All of them soon start singing "Hallelujah".

Cast

* AnnaSophia Robb as India Opal Buloni
* Jeff Daniels as Preacher (Opal's Dad)
* Cicely Tyson as Gloria Dump
* Dave Matthews as Otis
* Eva Marie Saint as Miss Franny
* Courtney Jines as Amanda Wilkinson
* Nick Price as Dunlap Dewberry
* Luke Benward as Stevie Dewberry
* Elle Fanning as Sweetie Pie Thomas
* Harland Williams as Policeman
* Lyco as Winn-Dixie
* Scott as Winn-Dixie

The role of Winn-Dixie is played by two Picardy Shepherds, a rare breed from France.

Response

"Because of Winn-Dixie" received mixed reviews by film critics, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 54% "Rotten" rating [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/because_of_winndixie/ Because of Winn-Dixie Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes] ] . With production costs of about US$ 14 million, and estimated marketing costs of $10 million, it earned US$ 32,647,042 million at the US box office, and US$ 33,589,427 worldwide making the film a very modest financial success. [ [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=winndixie.htm Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) ] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.becauseofwinndixiemovie.com/ Official site]
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