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Because of Winn-Dixie

Year:

2005

Duration:

106 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Wayne Wang

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2005-02-18

Filming Locations: Louisiana, USA

Earnings

Budget: $14,000,000

Opening Weekend: $13,218,723 (USA) (20 February 2005)

Gross: $32,645,546 (USA) (19 June 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Elle Fanning

Because of Winn-Dixie

AnnaSophia Robb

Opal

Jeff Daniels

Preacher

Cicely Tyson

Gloria

Dave Matthews

Otis

Eva Marie Saint

Miss Franny

Courtney Jines

Amanda Wilkinson

Nick Price

Dunlap Dewberry

Luke Benward

Stevie Dewberry

Marca Price

Mrs. Dewberry

Lenore Banks

Mrs. Detweller

B.J. Hopper

Mr. Alfred

John McConnell

Store Manager

Harland Williams

Policeman

William Arthur Pitts

Churchgoer 1

Enid Trotiner

Churchgoer 2

Charles A. Daigle

Churchgoer 3

Clarice H. Gauthreaux

Churchgoer 4

Guy G. Gauthreaux

Churchgoer 5

Julia Lashae

SPCA Officer

Darrell Jupiter

SPCA Officer

Lara Grice

Opal's Mom

Becca Lish

Gertrude the Parrott [sic] (voice)

Jared Day

Mike

Sergio Kato

SPCA Officer (uncredited)

Matthew D. Miller

Church Member (uncredited)

Ross Rouillier

Shopper (uncredited)

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Trivia

The last name of Opal and her dad, Buloni (mentioned in the dialog at 49:50 in the lunch meat joke), is shown on a sign to the left of the trailer door at 22:37 and elsewhere in the feature. In the scene from 10:45 to 11:03 where Winn-Dixie first arrives at the trailer, only the bottom edge of the sign is visible in the full frame version at 10:53 (when seen on a computer without "overscan" cropping) while in the wide screen version that edge is cropped from view.

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To make sure both dogs got on well with AnnaSophia Robb, who played Opal, she was brought in early to get acquainted with the dogs and give them treats. By the time shooting started, they considered her a "safe" area.

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The bunny that Ottis hands Opal (at around 56 mins) is a Netherlands Dwarf. They only get to be between 6 to 8 inches long.

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Goofs

The rat used for the beginning of the church scene is male, it then switches to being a female rat and back again between shots.

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The "mouse" Winn Dixie catches during the church service is a rat.

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During the scene where the animals get loose, the same event is used twice. When Opal picks up the black and white rabbit to place in its pen, it is shown once as a close up of her [at 33:41 from behind] and once from a distance [at 33:58 frontal]. (This can be clearly seen in the full frame version, but not in the wide screen version at 33:41 where the wide screen cropping of the spherical 35 mm frames crop out the body of the rabbit. Consequently, it is a goof in re-mastering the full frame version from the spherical 35 mm negatives rather than a goof in the wide screen film. Of course, it could be argued that the rabbit got out again and needed to be put into the pen a second time.)

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Quotes

Policeman: Don't you sass me, you naughty goose!

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Gertrude the Parrott: Dog! Dog! DOG!

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Mr. Alfred: I've been to several parties with no pickles... and not one of them was any fun.

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Faq

Chapter Headings, the official set:

These are taken from the DVD. The only change is to capitalisation: * 01 = 00:00:00 - Naomi * 02 = 00:06:02 - Something big * 03 = 00:10:06 - Temporary situation * 04 = 00:13:21 - Splish splash * 05 = 00:15:21 - Friends * 06 = 00:18:37 - Gainful employment * 07 = 00:21:25 - No pets * 08 = 00:24:56 - War and peace * 09 = 00:30:50 - Magic man * 10 = 00:35:05 - Ratcatcher * 11 = 00:41:05 - The witch's house * 12 = 00:45:55 - Pathological fear * 13 = 00:48:24 - Nine things * 14 = 00:53:48 - Jailbird * 15 = 00:57:48 - Bottle tree * 16 = 01:01:34 - Sweetness and sorrow * 17 = 01:07:33 - Not a bad man * 18 = 01:11:18 - Just playing * 19 = 01:13:28 - The tenth thing * 20 = 01:17:41 - Planning a party * 21 = 01:21:46 - Sharing the joy * 22 = 01:28:06 - The search * 23 = 01:33:31 - Blessed * 24 = 01:35:19 - Hallelujah * 25 = 01:38:38 - end titlesThese are best viewed edited so as to show one chapter per line, if using this for search

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