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Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

There's one in all of us.

20096.51h 41m

Overview

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

Directed by Spike Jonze
Written by Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Maurice Sendak
Produced by Maurice Sendak, Tom Hanks, Vincent Landay
Box OfficeBudget: $100.0MRevenue: $100.1M

Top Cast

Max Records

Max Records

Max

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener

Mom

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini

Carol (voice)

Lauren Ambrose

Lauren Ambrose

KW (voice)

Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara

Judith (voice)

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Ira (voice)

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Douglas (voice)

Paul Dano

Paul Dano

Alexander (voice)

Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze

Bob (voice) / Terry (voice)

P

Pepita Emmerichs

Claire

Themes & Keywords

creaturebased on children's bookchildren's booklyingoverflowing with imaginationchildren's perspectivesmaurice sendak

About Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are is a fantasy, drama, adventure, family film released in 2009 exploring themes of creature, based on children's book, children's book, lying, overflowing with imagination, children's perspectives. Directed by Spike Jonze, it stars Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini. Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

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