Because of Winn-Dixie
Year | 2005 |
Starring | AnnaSophia Robb, Dave Mathews, Eva Marie Saint, Jeff Daniels |
Director(s) | Wayne Wang |
Rating | PG |
Genre(s) | Comedy, Drama, Family |
Runtime | 106 min |
A lonely young girl adopts an orphaned dog, Winn-Dixie (named after the supermarket where she found him), who helps her makes friends in a small Florida town. The bond established between the girl and her special companion brings together the townspeople and helps heal her own troubled relationship with her father.
Because of Winn-Dixie played in the 2004 Heartland Film Festival as an Opening Night Event.
Sample F.I.L.M. Curriculum Questions:
What happens as Opal reads the 1,037 page-long novel Gone With the Wind aloud. What happens to Gloria Dump? To Opal and Winn-Dixie?
How did Opal’s relationships with Amanda Wilkinson and the Dewberry brothers change from the beginning to the end of the story? What caused this change?