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VW bus used in Little Miss Sunshine |
Written by Benjamin Hudson
Wednesday, 02 May 2007
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The Volkswagen bus T2 played the role of the seventh member of the quirky yet heartwarming Hoover family of the successful comedy "Little Miss Sunshine", under the production of Twentieth Century Fox. The bus is crashing through barriers in a truly heroic manner, and not even a broken clutch or any other VW Bus Part can stop it in the movie. Touching emotions and an endearing kind of humor make this comedy about a bunch of losers because that was the role they portrayed - a real winner. The independently made road movie has proven to go places 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. During the Oscars Award that was held last February 25, the movie won Best Original Screen Play. So far "Little Miss Sunshine" has been the surprise success of this year's different Hollywood awards. "Little Miss Sunshine" got three other nominations for the Oscars. These include Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress - for ten-year-old Abigail Breslin - and Best Supporting Actor - Alan Arkin. Leading up to the most recognized movie award, this heart warming comedy movie has already piled up an amazing number of one nomination and three awards, aside from that given in the Oscars, from all over Hollywood. The movie got two Golden Globe nominations from the "Hollywood Foreign Press Association" Other awards received include: "Best Picture" Award of the Producers Guild of America, Best Original Screen Play at the "Writers Guild Awards" on February 11 for Michael Arndt, and only recently the "Screen Actors Guild" awarded the whole cast with the trophy for the "Best Cast". In the latter award, actor Greg Kinnear took the opportunity to point out his appreciation of the automotive member of the cast, the VW bus T2. He thanked the engineers at Volkswagen for making the beautiful vehicle back in 1969 that was comfortable and so safe while they were shooting. The movie was about a quirky family. In the movie, the six Hoovers pile up in the almost 40-year-old Volkswagen bus to take the seven-year-old Olive, played by 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 with full of nutty adventures, the six strange individuals grow into one strong and supportive union. The Volkswagen bus had 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, who played the role of "Frank", has fallen for the brave family vehicle because of its almost human faults. He said he thinks the VW bus T2 is actually a real actor in this movie. Five identical buses have been used during the production of "Little Miss Sunshine" in order to assure its consistent appearance despite several road encounters during the movie taping. The Volkswagen bus T2 "Little Miss Sunshine" has not been the first movie appearance. In fact, the T2 has summed up a variety of successful movie parts. Considered as the lovable vehicle to date, the T2 has shown its unique moves in more than 80 movies. Among others, are the Back to the Future (showed in 1985), Free Willy (showed in 1993), Almost Famous (showed in 2000), Charlie's Angels (showed in 2000), Spy Game (showed in 2001), Hulk (showed in 2003), and Scary Movie 4 (showed in 2006). Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
About The Author:
Benjamin Hudson works as a supervisor at one of the top engineering firms in the business district of Louisiana. He is also a freelance journalist and has passion for anything automotive.
Benjamin Hudson works as a supervisor at one of the top engineering firms in the business district of Louisiana. He is also a freelance journalist and has passion for anything automotive.
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