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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.
Language
Budget$100,000,000
Revenue $100,140,916
English
Budget$100,000,000
Revenue $100,140,916
Keywords
creature
based on children's book
children's book
lying
overflowing with imagination
children's perspectives
maurice sendak
Casts
Max Records
Max
Catherine Keener
Mom
James Gandolfini
Carol (voice)
Lauren Ambrose
KW (voice)
Catherine O'Hara
Judith (voice)
Forest Whitaker
Ira (voice)
Chris Cooper
Douglas (voice)
Paul Dano
Alexander (voice)
Spike Jonze
Bob (voice) / Terry (voice)
Pepita Emmerichs
Claire
Mark Ruffalo
The Boyfriend
Max Pfeifer
Claire's Friend
Madeleine Greaves
Claire's Friend
Joshua Jay
Claire's Friend
Ryan Corr
Claire's Friend
Steve Mouzakis
Teacher
Michael Berry Jr.
The Bull (voice)
Vincent Crowley
Carol Suit Performer
Sonny Gerasimowicz
Alexander Suit Performer
Nick Farnell
Judith Suit Performer
Sam Longley
Ira Suit Performer
Angus Sampson
The Bull Suit Performer
Mark McCracken
The Bull Additional Suit Performer
John Leary
Douglas Suit Performer
Alice Parkinson
KW Suit Performer
Garon Michael
KW Additional Suit Performer
James Epinfaniou
Additional Max Performer
Joshua Evans
Additional Max Performer
Tess Grimshaw Lloyd
Additional Max Performer
Lucas Haynes
Additional Max Performer
Nathan Veal
Additional Max Performer
Kalia Prescott
Max's Classmate (uncredited)
Crews
Maurice Sendak
Producer
Tom Hanks
Producer
Spike Jonze
Screenplay
Vincent Landay
Producer
Dave Eggers
Screenplay
John B. Carls
Producer
Spike Jonze
Director
Gary Goetzman
Producer
Sky Davies
Second Assistant Camera
Darin Necessary
First Assistant Camera
Jeremy Rouse
Second Assistant Camera
Matt Copping
Dolly Grip
Mark Goellnicht
"A" Camera Operator
Cameron Morley
Second Assistant Camera
Shawn Records
Additional Still Photographer
Hector Rodriguez
First Assistant Camera
Gino Nix
Key Grip
Simon Harding
Camera Operator
Warren Grieef
Key Grip
Toby Copping
Key Grip
Ben King
Additional Still Photographer
Joseph Messier
Dolly Grip
Stephen MacDougall
Second Assistant Camera
David Elmes
First Assistant "A" Camera
Matt Nettheim
Still Photographer
Luke Nixon
First Assistant Camera
Gary Scott
First Assistant Camera
Ricky Schamburg
First Assistant Camera
Peter White
First Assistant Camera
Brad Shield
Second Unit Director of Photography
Michael Vivian
Key Grip
Emma Wilcockson
Associate Producer
Scott Mednick
Executive Producer
Catherine Keener
Associate Producer
Skyler Brigmann
Acting Double
Jon Jashni
Executive Producer
Natalie Farrey
Associate Producer
James Haygood
Editor
Eric Zumbrunnen
Editor
Karen O
Original Music Composer
Bruce Berman
Executive Producer
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Miranda July
Thanks
Lisa Thompson
Set Decoration
Marc Kolbe
Visual Effects Supervisor
K.K. Barrett
Production Design
Casey Storm
Costume Design
Ben Gibbs
Visual Effects Supervisor
Lucinda Thomson
Art Direction
Malcolm Fife
Sound Effects Editor
Michael Semanick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeffrey Thorp
Supervising Art Director
Juan Peralta
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Darrin Prescott
Stunt Coordinator
Zeljka Stanin
Hairstylist
Chiara Tripodi
Makeup Supervisor
Michelle Williams
Thanks
Benicio del Toro
Thanks
Miguel Arteta
Thanks
Steven Soderbergh
Thanks
Chris Cunningham
Thanks
Eddie Thorne
Second Second Assistant Director
Adam Johansen
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Kylie O'Toole
Makeup Artist
Tory Metzger
Thanks
Ceán Chaffin
Thanks
Edward Saxon
Thanks
Miranda Colman
Third Assistant Director
Kim Davis-Wagner
Casting
Sam Spiegel
Thanks
Thomas Patrick Smith
First Assistant Director
John Mahaffie
Second Unit Director
Joshua Watkins
Third Assistant Director
Justine Arteta
Casting
Chiara Tripodi
Hair Supervisor
Catherine Bishop
Unit Production Manager
Brad Pitt
Thanks
Andy Jenkins
Thanks
Sean Penn
Thanks
Tom Noonan
Thanks
Mike Mills
Thanks
Bennett Miller
Thanks
Kylie O'Toole
Hairstylist
Zeljka Stanin
Makeup Artist
Megan Baltimore
Thanks
Andy Pappas
Unit Manager
David Fincher
Thanks
Lance Bangs
Thanks
Deborah Antoniou
Second Assistant Director
John Martin
First Assistant Director
Nicole Holofcener
Thanks
David O. Russell
Thanks
Ren Klyce
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ren Klyce
Sound Designer
Lance Acord
Director of Photography
Troy Robinson
Stunts
William Alexander
CG Artist
Shaun Greenspan
Production Assistant
Coya Elliott
Assistant Sound Editor
Thomas Tull
Executive Producer
Laraib Atta
Visual Effects
Maurice Sendak
Book
Christian Kaestner
Compositing Artist
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