Little Children (film)

Little Children
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Todd Field
Screenplay by	Todd Field Tom Perrotta
Based on	Little Children by Tom Perrotta
Produced by	Todd Field Albert Berger Ron Yerxa
Starring	Kate Winslet Jennifer Connelly Patrick Wilson Jackie Earle Haley Noah Emmerich Gregg Edelman Phyllis Somerville
Cinematography	Antonio Calvache
Edited by	Leo Trombetta
Music by	Thomas Newman
Production companies	Bona Fide Standard Film Company
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)[1]
Running time	137 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$26 million[1]
Box office	$14.8 million[1]

Little Children is a 2006 American romantic psychological drama film^[3][4] directed by Todd Field. It is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Tom Perrotta, who co-wrote the screenplay with Field. It follows Sarah Pierce (Kate Winslet), an unhappy housewife who has an affair with a married neighbor (Patrick Wilson). Also starring are Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich, Gregg Edelman, Phyllis Somerville and Will Lyman.

Little Children premiered at the 44th New York Film Festival, and was released October 6, 2006, on 5 screens, earning $145,946, with a $29,189 per-screen average. However, during its 64 weeks in theaters, 32 screens were the most on which New Line Cinema ever exhibited the film, only briefly increasing that count to 109 in the few weeks leading up to the 79th Academy Awards.^[5] Consequently, few cinema-goers had access to it, significantly limiting its earnings. Despite this, it won numerous critics' group prizes and received Oscar nominations for Best Actress for Winslet, Best Supporting Actor for Haley, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Field and Perrotta.