Because of Winn Dixie (film)

Because of WinnDixie is a 2005 American family comedydrama film adapted from the book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo, with the screenplay written by Joan Singleton, produced by Trevor Albert and directed by Wayne Wang. It was produced by Walden Media and released by 20th Century Fox. The role of WinnDixie was played by two Picardy Shepherds, a rare breed from France. It stars AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Luke Benward, Dave Matthews, Eva Marie Saint, Courtney Jines, BJ Hopper, Nick Price, Elle Fanning, Harland Williams and John McConnell. The film premiered at the USA Film Festival on January 26, 2005 and was theatrically released on February 18, 2005. Although it received mixed reviews from critics, it earned 33,589,574, on amillion budget. Because of WinnDixie was released on DVD and VHS in August 9, 2005, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

While in the WinnDixie supermarket, she encounters a scruffy Berger Picard that is wreaking havoc. Opal claims that it is her dog and names it WinnDixie. WinnDixie becomes friends with everyone he encounters, and so she makes some new friends in the process. She also rekindles her relationship with her father, and learns ten things about her mother, who abandoned them seven years ago. Opal describes the preacher as an old turtle, always sticking his head into his turtle shell, and never wanting to come out into the real world. This is most likely because of how sad he is about her mother, with whom he is still in love.One of the people Opal meets is Miss Franny Block, a kind and somewhat eccentric elder librarian, who tells her many great stories, including one involving a bear. Opal also meets Gloria Dump, a blind recovering alcoholic with a tree in her backyard that has beer bottles hanging from it. She calls it a mistake tree and the bottles represent the ghosts of all the things she has done wrong. One day, fed up with WinnDixie, the landlord of the Bulonis trailer park, Mr. Alfred, orders the preacher to get rid of the dog. The preacher calls the animal pound to take WinnDixie away, but Opal begs her father to keep her dog. Unable to see his daughter this upset, the preacher tells the pound to return WinnDixie, claiming that he is not the same dog he called about. ........

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