Coming to a theater near you October 16, 2009.
An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world--a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.
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The adventures of a young boy named Max who, after being sent to bed for misbehaving, imagines that he sails away to where the wild things are. Max is loved by the wild creatures who make him their King, though he soon longs to be back home with his family.
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Where the Wild Things Are is a American fantasy film directed by Spike Jonze and adapted from Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book of the same name. It combines live action, performers in costumes, animatronics, and computer-generated imagery (CGI). The film stars Max Records, Catherine Keener and Mark Ruffalo, and features the voices of James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Lauren Ambrose and Forest Whitaker.
The concept of a film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are was conceived in the early 1980s, originally as an animated feature by Disney, that would have blended traditionally animated characters with computer-generated settings. Animators Glen Keane and John Lasseter had completed a test film to see how the animation hybridizing would work out, but the project proceeded no further.
In 2001, Universal Studios acquired rights to the book's adaptation and initially attempted to develop a computer-animated adaptation with Disney animator Eric Goldberg, but in 2003 the cartoon version was replaced with a live-action concept and Goldberg was dropped for Spike Jonze. The film was produced by Tom Hanks and made on a estimated budget of around $100,000,000.http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/14/wild.things/index.html There were fears, expressed by production company Warner Bros., that the film was not family friendly and may frighten children; however these fears were not shared by either Jonze or Sendakhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/oct/20/maurice-sendak-wild-things-hell, and Jonze refused to compromise.http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/dec/05/spike-jonze-wild-things-are
The film was released on October 16, 2009 in the United States, and on December 11, 2009 in the United Kingdom. Warner Bros. submitted the film for consideration for the 2009 award season along with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Informant!, Invictus, The Blind Side, Sherlock Holmes and The Hangover.Warner Bros. Awards Retrieved 12 November 2009.
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- lostinfiction lostinfiction Oct 26, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
- I haven't seen the movie yet, but just from the trailer, I can't believe how perfect they got the monsters and all the computer-generated characters. Gorgeous! You can see another video here which is basically a video interview with Maurice Sendak. It's really insightful to hear what he has to say about his own work, esp. with so many parents claiming that it's inappropriate for kids!
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