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Where the Wild Things Are
There's one in all of us.
( Adventure / Drama / Fantasy )


Where the Wild Things Are Poster



US Runtime: 101 min

Country of Origin: Germany / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Oct 16, 2009   [USA]
 
Director: Spike Jonze   [Director]
 
Writers: Dave Eggers   [Screenplay]
Spike Jonze   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Bruce Berman   [Executive Producer]
John B. Carls   [Producer]
Natalie Farrey   [Associate Producer]
Gary Goetzman   [Producer]
Tom Hanks   [Producer]
Jon Jashni   [Executive Producer]
Catherine Keener   [Associate Producer]
Vincent Landay   [Producer]
Scott Mednick   [Executive Producer]
Maurice Sendak   [Producer]
Thomas Tull   [Executive Producer]
Emma Wilcockson   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Lance Acord   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: James Haygood   [Editor]
Eric Zumbrunnen   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Carter Burwell   [Original Music Composer]
Karen O   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: K.K. Barrett   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Casey Storm   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Justine Arteta   [Casting]
Kim Davis-Wagner   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: KLG Film Invest   (DE)
Legendary Pictures   (US)
Playtone   (US)
Village Roadshow Pictures   (US)
Warner Bros. Pictures   (US)
Wild Things Productions
 


Plot Summary:

    Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.

Cast:

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
 

Uncredited Cast:


Kalia Prescott
Max's Classmate (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Darrin Prescott
Stunt Coordinator
 
Troy Robinson
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


Coya Elliott
Assistant Sound Editor
Malcolm Fife
Sound Effects Editor
Ren Klyce
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
 
Ren Klyce
Sound Designer
Juan Peralta
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Semanick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


William Alexander
CG Artist
Laraib Atta
Visual Effects
Ben Gibbs
Visual Effects Supervisor
 
Christian Kaestner
Compositing Artist
Marc Kolbe
Visual Effects Supervisor
 

Art Department:


Lisa Thompson
Set Decoration
Lucinda Thomson
Art Direction
 
Jeffrey Thorp
Supervising Art Director
 

Directing Crew:


Deborah Antoniou
Second Assistant Director
Miranda Colman
Third Assistant Director
John Mahaffie
Second Unit Director
John Martin
First Assistant Director
 
Thomas Patrick Smith
First Assistant Director
Eddie Thorne
Second Second Assistant Director
Joshua Watkins
Third Assistant Director
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Matt Copping
Dolly Grip
Toby Copping
Key Grip
Sky Davies
Second Assistant Camera
David Elmes
First Assistant "A" Camera
Mark Goellnicht
"A" Camera Operator
Warren Grieef
Key Grip
Simon Harding
Camera Operator
Ben King
Additional Still Photographer
Stephen MacDougall
Second Assistant Camera
Joseph Messier
Dolly Grip
Cameron Morley
Second Assistant Camera
Darin Necessary
First Assistant Camera
 
Matt Nettheim
Still Photographer
Gino Nix
Key Grip
Luke Nixon
First Assistant Camera
Shawn Records
Additional Still Photographer
Héctor Rodríguez
First Assistant Camera
Jeremy Rouse
Second Assistant Camera
Ricky Schamburg
First Assistant Camera
Gary Scott
First Assistant Camera
Brad Shield
Second Unit Director of Photography
Michael Vivian
Key Grip
Peter White
First Assistant Camera
 

Other Crew:


Skyler Brigmann
Acting Double
 
 

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