Because of Winn-Dixie

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni has just moved to the fictional small town of Naomi, Florida with her father who is a preacher.

While at Winn-Dixie, Opal encounters a scruffy Berger Picard that is wreaking havoc. She (not wanting the manager to send him to the pound) claims that he is her dog and names him "Winn-Dixie". He becomes friends with everyone he encounters, and so Opal makes some new friends in the process. She also rekindles her relationship with her father and learns ten things about her mother, Benjean-Megan, who abandoned them when she was three. She describes the preacher as a turtle, always sticking his head into his shell, and never wanting to come out into the real world. This is most likely because of how sad he is about her mother, whom he is still in love with.

MPAA Rating:PG
Genre:Comedy, Drama, Family
Country:United States
Produced By:Ralph S. Singleton, Becki Cross Trujillo, Joan Singleton, Trevor Albert
Directed By:Wayne Wang
Written By:Kate DiCamillo, Joan Singleton
Cast:Cicely Tyson, Jared Day, Lenore Banks, Guy G. Gauthreaux, William Arthur Pitts, John McConnell, Sergio Kato, Enid Trotiner, Luke Benward, Charles A. Daigle, Julia Lashae, Elle Fanning, Luke Burnyeat, AnnaSophia Robb, Dave Matthews, Nick Price, Becca Lish, Harland Williams, Jeff Daniels, Marca Price, B.J. Hopper, Eva Marie Saint, Clarice H. Gauthreaux, Courtney Jines, Lara Grice, Matthew D. Miller
In Theaters:Feb 18, 2005
Runtime:1 hour 46 minutes
Production:Twentieth Century Fox, Walden Media
Budget:$14,000,000
Box Office:$32,647,042
Available On:Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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