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Sunshine Day at PGAs

Sun., Jan. 21, 2007 12:48 PM PST by Joal Ryan

Before Saturday night, Little Miss Sunshine was not likely to be confused for Titanic.

But now, the low-budget indie and the big-budget blockbuster have a common look: That of a Producers Guild of America Best Film winner.

Little Miss Sunshine upended Golden Globe winners Dreamgirls and Babel, and slipped past fellow nominees The Queen and The Departed for its biggest win of award season Saturday at the 18th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles.

To date, PGA Best Film winners, including Titanic, Schindler's List and Forest Gump, have gone on to claim Best Picture at the Oscars 11 out of 17 times.

Big victory or no, though, Sunshine's producers—all five of them—might want to keep the champagne on ice. Just in case.

For one thing, Brokeback Mountain's 2006 PGA win only made that movie's subsequent loss to Crash at the Oscars that much more crushing.

And for another thing, should Sunshine earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture this week, the comedy's producing quintet will be downsized by Oscar brass. Per Academy rules, the names of no more than three producers can be attached to each Best Picture nominee.

At the PGAs, at least, all was right with Sunshine's world.

Producer Marc Turtletaub thanked writer Michael Arndt, per Variety: "Without your wonderful screenplay, with equal parts of humor, heart and wisdom, none of us would be here tonight."

Sunshine began its journey at last year's Sundance Film Festival. The $8 million family road comedy was released in July, en route to grossing more than $85 million worldwide, per stats at Box Office Mojo.

Cars, meanwhile, added to its collection of pre-Oscar awards with a PGA prize as Best Animated Film.

Among the PGA's television winners, ABC's Grey's Anatomy capped a turbulent, Golden Globe-winning week with an honor as Best Episodic TV Drama. NBC's The Office was named Best Episodic TV Comedy.

Movie and TV über-producer Jerry Bruckheimer was among the honorary award recipients.

Here's a complete look at the 18th Annual Producers Guild of America's winners:

Film: Little Miss Sunshine
Animated Film: Cars
TV Drama: Grey's Anatomy
TV Comedy: The Office
TV Movie/Miniseries: Elizabeth I
TV Variety: Real Time with Bill Maher
TV Nonfiction: 60 Minutes