Maurice Sendak

...startled by fireworks and flame effects. "Where the Wild Things Are" (PG). Some parents may decide that this adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved picture book is too intense to be a family film, but they'll be surprised at how easily...

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...Whitaker (voice, Ira) Credits: Directed by: Spike Jonze; written by Jonze and Dave Eggers, based on the book by Maurice Sendak; produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, John Carls, Sendak and Vincent Landay. A Warner Bros. Pictures...

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...only to long for the warmth of his own home. Jonze and fellow screenwriter Dave Eggers expanded Sendak's story by establishing more of a motivation for Max (Max Records) to seek an escape. Max lives in a world where he gets little...

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...ruin the book. Does everyone understand how this works? If the movie sucks, you will not suddenly open the book and find Sendak's animations replaced with Jonze's film characters. Catherine Keener will never, ever, ever appear in the book...

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...a wild rumpus Writer-director Spike Jonze and stars Max Records and Catherine Keener struggle to summarize--in five words or less--the experience of adapting Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" for the big screen. Finally,...

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...be disappointed. Director Spike Jonze ("Being John Malkovich") and co-screenwriter Dave Eggers ("Away We Go") have adapted Maurice Sendak's timeless children's picture book "Where the Wild Things Are" into a full-length film, extending 10...

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...Things Are" was how director Spike Jonze ("Being John Malkovich") and co-screenwriter Dave Eggers ("Away We Go") were going to turn Maurice Sendak's stick-thin 1963 children's book into a 102-minute feature film. Cast: Max Records,...

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...and complex meditation on childhood delivered in the film "Where the Wild Things Are." Based on the beloved children's book by Maurice Sendak, "Where the Wild Things Are" tells the story of an unruly young boy named Max (played by the...

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...voice of James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Catherine O'Hara and Chris Cooper. Written by Spike Jonze and David Eggers, adapted from the book by Maurice Sendak. Directed by Jonze. 94 minutes. ALSO OPENING THIS WEEK: Law Abiding Citizen:...

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