Because of Winn-Dixie Movie Review 2005

Based on the popular children's book by Kate DiCamillo of the same name about a lonely young girl who adopts a stray dog. India Opal Buloni (played by Robb) is a lonely 10 year-old who's just moved to Florida with her preacher father (Daniels). Without friends, and missing her mother, who left her when she was three, Opal encounters a stray dog at the local grocery store. She adopts the dog as her own, naming him Winn-Dixie after the store. Slowly, the dog helps Opal ease her loneliness and she discovers some rare friendships in unusual places. While not perfect, the movie has more hits than misses and is helped along with a strong supporting cast, including Dave Matthews as a singing pet store clerk.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Florida, Family Drama, Single Parents, Clergymen, King of Beasts (Dogs), Childhood Buddies

Screenplay

Joan Singleton

Cast

Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Eva Marie Saint, Courtney Jines, Elle Fanning, Anna Sophia Robb, Dave Matthews, Nick Price, Luke Benward

Cinematography

Karl Walter Lindenlaub

Director

Wayne Wang

Music

Rachel Portman

Other

Steve Aaron, Deidre Slevin, Monroe Kelly, Hope Hanafin, Donald Graham Burt

Producer

Trevor Albert, Joan V. Singleton, 20th Century-Fox