Little Miss Sunshine, 2006

Production Company: Big Beach Productions

Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Executive Producers: Jeb Brody, Michael Beugg

Producers: Marc Turtletaub, David Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

Screenplay: Michael Arndt

Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Cinematographer: Timothy Suhrstedt

Editor: Pamela Martin

Music: Mychael Danna, DeVotchKa

Cast: Greg Kinnear (Richard Hoover), Toni Collette (Sheryl), Steve Carell (Frank), Paul Dano (Dwayne), Abigail Breslin (Olive), Alan Arkin (Grandpa Edwin Hoover)

Running time: 101 mins

Classification: R for language, some sex and drug content

Box office gross: domestic $59.9m/worldwide $100.5m

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Snakes on a Plane, 2006

Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Mutual Film Company Production, Meridian Zweite Productions, GmbH & Co KG.

Distribution: Entertainment Film Distributors Ltd.

Producers: Gary Levinson, Don Granger, Craig Berenson

Screenplay: John Heffernan, Sebastian Gutierrez

Director: David R. Ellis

Cinematography: Adam Greenberg

Editor: Howard E. Smith

Music: Trevor Rabin

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson (Neville Flynn), Julianna Margulies (Claire Miller), Nathan Phillips (Sean Jones), Bobby Cannavale (Hank Harris), Flex Alexander (Three G’s), Todd Louiso (Dr. Stephen Price), Kenan Thompson (Troy), Rachel Blanchard (Mercedes), Lin Shaye (Grace), David Koechner (Rick), Keith Dallas (Big Leroy), Bruce James (Ken), Terry Chen (Chen Leon), Gerard Plunkett (Paul).
Running Time: 105 mins.

Rating: R for language, a scene of sexuality and drug use, and intense sequences of terror and violence

Box office gross: domestic $34m/worldwide $62m

Tagline: Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright.

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