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A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Language
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue $100,523,181
English
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue $100,523,181
Keywords
california
husband wife relationship
sibling relationship
literature professor
family's daily life
highway
beauty contest
beauty queen contest
dysfunctional family
road trip
family relationships
family holiday
road movie
woman director
Casts

Greg Kinnear
Richard Hoover

Toni Collette
Sheryl Hoover

Steve Carell
Frank Ginsberg

Paul Dano
Dwayne Hoover

Abigail Breslin
Olive Hoover

Alan Arkin
Edwin Hoover

Bryan Cranston
Stan Grossman

Beth Grant
Nancy Jenkins

Wallace Langham
Kirby

Matt Winston
Pageant MC

Julio Oscar Mechoso
Mechanic

Marc Turtletaub
Doctor #1

Jill Talley
Cindy

Brenda Canela
Diner Waitress
Chuck Loring
Convience Store Proprietor

Justin Shilton
Josh

Gordon Thomson
Larry Sugarman

Steven Christopher Parker
Teen Boy #1

John Walcutt
Doctor #2

Paula Newsome
Linda

Dean Norris
State Trooper McCleary
Lauren Shiohama
Miss California

Mary Lynn Rajskub
Pageant Assistant Pam
Jerry Giles
Funeral Home Worker

Geoff Meed
Biker Dad
Joan Scheckel
Judge

Mel Rodriguez
Officer Martinez
Casandra Ashe
Girl in Hallway
Alexandria Alaman
Pageant Contestant
Alissa Anderegg
Pageant Contestant
Brittany Baird
Pageant Contestant
Cambria Baird
Pageant Contestant
Brenae Bandy
Pageant Contestant
Kristen Holaas
Pageant Contestant
Maliah Hudson
Pageant Contestant
Destry Jacobs
Pageant Contestant

Lindsey Jordan
Pageant Contestant
Shane Murphy
Pageant Contestant

Annabelle Roberts
Pageant Contestant
Sydni Stevenson-Love
Pageant Contestant
Nicole Stoehr
Pageant Contestant
Lauren Yee
Pageant Contestant
Terry Bolo
Pageant Worker (uncredited)

George W. Bush
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crews
Peter Saraf
Producer
Justine Arteta
Casting

Valerie Faris
Director

Alan E. Muraoka
Art Direction

Albert Berger
Producer

Marc Turtletaub
Producer

Ron Yerxa
Producer

Tim Suhrstedt
Director of Photography

Kalina Ivanov
Production Design
Melissa M. Levander
Set Decoration

Nancy Steiner
Costume Design
David T. Friendly
Producer

Jonathan Dayton
Director

Pamela Martin
Editor

Michael Arndt
Writer
Ellis J. Barbacoff
Assistant Property Master
Robert Cook
Painter
Heather Anderson
Additional Second Assistant Director
Kate Greenberg
Second Second Assistant Director
DeVotchKa
Original Music Composer
Angel Radefeld
Key Makeup Artist
Rich Murray
Assistant Art Director
Nicole Sortillon Amos
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Gregory J. Smith
Second Assistant Director
Joseph Kevin Garcia
Swing
Ryan Wylie
Props
Gregg Barbanell
Foley Artist
Greg Zimmerman
ADR Recordist
Larry Hopkins
Sound Mixer
Patrick Cusack
Assistant Sound Editor
Lucy Sustar
Foley Mixer
Christopher Pappas
On Set Dresser
Stacey Michaels
ADR Mixer
Christopher Sidor
Sound Mix Technician
Brian Cantrell
Electrician
Christopher Mack
First Assistant Camera
Bethany Bernhard
Set Costumer

Terel Gibson
First Assistant Editor
Frederick Lawrence
Grip
Edward Gould
Costumer
Thomas Bango
First Assistant Camera
Ian Elias
Post Production Assistant
Michelle Pizanis
Clapper Loader
Ian Eyre
Special Effects Technician
Traci Richelle Harrison
Stunts
Greg Dellerson
Assistant Camera

Clay Cullen
Stunt Double
Theda Cunningham
First Assistant "A" Camera
Chris J. Rossi
Best Boy Grip
Steve Rodriguez
Colorist
Chad Buehler
Digital Compositor
Jimi Johnson
Video Assist Operator

Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
Josh Denering
Key Rigging Grip
Keith A. Hascher
Lighting Technician
Dan Milner
Location Scout
Shaun Greenspan
Production Assistant
Jessica Otto
Post Production Assistant
Charissa McLain
Assistant Production Coordinator
Marty Osborne
Picture Car Coordinator
Jennifer Zolten Freed
Post Production Accountant
Joseph Aroesti
Transportation Co-Captain
Dillan Esco
Driver
Erik Bright
Unit Publicist
Brad Haehnel
Scoring Mixer
Erick Kwiecien
Intern
Bryan Yaconelli
First Assistant Accountant
James Everett Dayton
Thanks
Thomas Farr
Payroll Accountant
Sara Pollack
Production Executive
Mark Todd Osborne
Additional Colorist
Michael Beugg
Unit Production Manager
Craig Dollinger
Boom Operator
Theresa Greene
Art Department Coordinator
Bart Lipton
Associate Producer
Suzanne C. Swindle
Script Supervisor
Stephen P. Robinson
Supervising Sound Editor
Lawrence Karman
Steadicam Operator
Lyn Matsuda Norton
Script Supervisor

Bob Dohrmann
Production Supervisor
Terry Rodman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Andrew DeCristofaro
Supervising Sound Editor
Michael Beugg
Executive Producer

Jeb Brody
Executive Producer
Eric Lee
Still Photographer

Thomas Robinson Harper
Stunt Coordinator
Michyl-Shannon Quilty
Production Coordinator
Rick Ash
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steven F. Nelson
Sound Effects Editor
Jeffrey Greeley
Camera Operator
Christie Hayes
Stunt Double

Riley Harper
Stunt Double

Kacie Borrowman
Stunt Double

Larry Rippenkroeger
Stunts

Michael Hugghins
Stunt Double

Matthew Taylor
Stunt Double

Susan Jacobs
Music Supervisor
Kim Davis-Wagner
Casting
Anne Litt
Music Supervisor
Susan Carol Schwary
Key Hair Stylist
Christopher Miller
Location Manager
Mike Revell
Production Accountant
Dugg Kirkpatrick
Key Hair Stylist
Geno Hart
Transportation Coordinator
Adam Pinkstaff
Transportation Captain
Joshua Winget
Music Editor

Torsten Witte
Makeup Department Head
Cate Engel
Casting Associate
Michael Toji
Post Production Supervisor
Angel DeSanti
Transportation Co-Captain
Lee Wimer
Color Timer
Joshua D. Comen
Visual Effects Producer
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks
Choreographer
Diane Marshall
Foley
Robin McMullan
Costume Supervisor
Janis Clark
Hair Department Head
Adam Avitabile
Visual Effects Supervisor
Thomas Patrick Smith
First Assistant Director
Matt Bardocz
Best Boy Electric
Kerry Carmean-Williams
Foley Editor

Nancy Nugent Title
Supervising ADR Editor
Jenny Foster
Visual Effects Coordinator
Amy Lederman
Makeup Artist
Michael Klingerman
Leadman
Cecilia Cardwell
Studio Teachers
Paul Goodstein
Key Grip
Heather Lea
First Assistant Camera
Tom Boyd
Underwater Camera
Paul McIlvaine
Gaffer
Carlos M. Gallardo
Dolly Grip
Jennifer Starzyk
Key Costumer
Tony Bonaventura
Property Master

Steven A. Morrow
Sound Mixer
John C. Stuver
Dialogue Editor

Mychael Danna
Original Music Composer
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