Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 2005 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG for thermatic elements and brief mild language Running Time 1 hour 46 minutes Directed by Wayne Wang Cast Annasophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews, Eva Marie Saint, Elle Fanning, Lenore Banks, John McConnell, Harland Williams Studio 20th Century Fox |
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BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
Based on the perennial best seller,
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE tells the story of a
lonely young girl who adopts an orphaned
dog she names Winn-Dixie (for the
supermarket where she found him). The
bond between the girl and her special
companion brings together the people in a
small Florida town and heals her own
troubled relationship with her father.
Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media
present BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE a Wayne
Wang Film adapted from the popular and
much-honored novel of the same name by
Kate DiCamillo. Among the book’s awards is
the coveted Newbery Honor. Wang directs
from a screenplay by Joan Singleton. The
Producers are Trevor Albert and Joan
Singleton, and the Executive Producer is
Ralph Singleton.
The village of Napoleonville, Louisiana
stands in for the story’s fictional Naomi,
Florida. Sleepy Naomi is a place where
people have forgotten how to share their
sadness and their joy. But Opal and Winn-
Dixie might have something to say about
that.
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE tells the story of a
lonely young girl who adopts an orphaned
dog she names Winn-Dixie (for the
supermarket where she found him). The
bond between the girl and her special
companion brings together the people in a
small Florida town and heals her own
troubled relationship with her father.
Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media
present BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE a Wayne
Wang Film adapted from the popular and
much-honored novel of the same name by
Kate DiCamillo. Among the book’s awards is
the coveted Newbery Honor. Wang directs
from a screenplay by Joan Singleton. The
Producers are Trevor Albert and Joan
Singleton, and the Executive Producer is
Ralph Singleton.
The village of Napoleonville, Louisiana
stands in for the story’s fictional Naomi,
Florida. Sleepy Naomi is a place where
people have forgotten how to share their
sadness and their joy. But Opal and Winn-
Dixie might have something to say about
that.
Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews and Eva Marie Saint star as the somewhat
eccentric adults who benefit from Opal and Winn-Dixie’s bumpy summer of discovery.
Newcomer AnnaSophia Robb won the role of Opal following an intensive talent hunt. “Opal
and Winn-Dixie have something in common,” says AnnaSophia. “She doesn’t have a mother
and he doesn’t have a home. They both want somebody to love and somebody to love them.
And, as a team, they begin to realize that other people just might want the same things.”
Winn-Dixie guides Opal into places where magic dozes under a coat of dusty
disappointment and awakens the people hiding there. Things begin to change day by day
under the summer sun – in a funky pet store, a musty library, a drab mobile home, a
ramshackle house and a convenience store-turned temple of worship.
TM and ©2005 Twentieth Century Fox. All rights reserved.
eccentric adults who benefit from Opal and Winn-Dixie’s bumpy summer of discovery.
Newcomer AnnaSophia Robb won the role of Opal following an intensive talent hunt. “Opal
and Winn-Dixie have something in common,” says AnnaSophia. “She doesn’t have a mother
and he doesn’t have a home. They both want somebody to love and somebody to love them.
And, as a team, they begin to realize that other people just might want the same things.”
Winn-Dixie guides Opal into places where magic dozes under a coat of dusty
disappointment and awakens the people hiding there. Things begin to change day by day
under the summer sun – in a funky pet store, a musty library, a drab mobile home, a
ramshackle house and a convenience store-turned temple of worship.
TM and ©2005 Twentieth Century Fox. All rights reserved.
© 2003 St. Louis Movie Review Weekly. All rights reserved, except where indicated.
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