Sundance Goes Wild for Paul Dano in First Public Appearance Since Quentin Tarantino Comments

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Sundance shined a light on Searchlight’s Little Miss Sunshine Wednesday night by hosting what turned out be an electric 20th anniversary screening inside Park City’s Eccles Theatre. Little Miss Sunshine debuted at Sundance on Jan. 20, 2006. They pile into a Volkswagen bus bound for California to support Olive in a bid to win the Little Miss Sunshine Contest. “We love you, Paul!” “We love you, Paul!” Two fans show love to Paul Dano during an electric Little Miss Sunshine 20th anniversary screening at #SundanceFilmFestival. He said his whole pitch and then he ended with, ‘And just remember, Little Miss Sunshine will never get made.’ That was his note to his successor.