Where the Wild Things Are
Spike Jonze, 2009
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, 1963
Where the Wild Things Are is a movie directed by Spike Jonze in 2009 and based on the book of the same name by Maurice Sendak, first published in 1963. The movie features Max Records, Catherine Keener, Pepita Emmerichs, Mark Ruffalo, Max Pfeifer, Madeleine Greaves, and others.
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Storyline
Max, a lonely pre-teen boy with an active imagination whose parents are divorced, is wearing a wolf costume and chasing his dog. His older sister, Claire, does nothing when her friends crush Max’s snow fort with him inside during a snowball fight. Out of frustration, Max messes up her bedroom and destroys a frame he made for her.
Movie vs Book
Year
2009
Minutes
101
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Where the Wild Things Are
Director: Spike Jonze
Country: Germany
Year: 2009
Length: 1h41m
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Year
1963
Pages
37
Book Rate
8.44
S: Goodreads
Book
Where the Wild Things Are
Author: Maurice Sendak
Country: USA
First published in: 1963
Length: 37 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“It’s often quite an adversarial relationship between a novelist and the people adapting their work, because a big part of the job is discarding material.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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