 Because of Winn-Dixie
Starring: Anna Sophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Elle Fanning, Dave Matthews, Cicely Tyson
Directed by: Wayne Wang
Screenplay by: Joan V. Singleton
Release Date: February 18th, 2005
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements and brief mild language.
Studio: 20th Century Fox
 Domestic: $32,647,042 (97.8%)
Foreign: $942,385 (2.8%)
Total: $33,589,427 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: Discover what happens when you go looking for a miracle and a miracle comes looking for you.
Based on the perennial best-seller, a lonely young girl adopts an orphaned dog, Winn-Dixie (so named for the supermarket where she found him), who helps her make friends in the small Florida town. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the townspeople and helps heal 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 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.
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