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Where the Wild Things Are

20096.5 / 10101 min

Fantasy, Drama, Adventure

Overview

There's one in all of us.

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.

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

Kalia Prescott

Max's Classmate (uncredited)

Crew

Spike Jonze

Director

Spike Jonze

Screenplay

Dave Eggers

Screenplay

Tom Hanks

Producer

John B. Carls

Producer

Gary Goetzman

Producer

Vincent Landay

Producer

Maurice Sendak

Producer

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

Hector Rodriguez

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

Bruce Berman

Executive Producer

Natalie Farrey

Associate Producer

Jon Jashni

Executive Producer

Catherine Keener

Associate Producer

Scott Mednick

Executive Producer

Emma Wilcockson

Associate Producer

Carter Burwell

Original Music Composer

Karen O

Original Music Composer

James Haygood

Editor

Eric Zumbrunnen

Editor

Skyler Brigmann

Acting Double

Miranda July

Thanks

K.K. Barrett

Production Design

Lucinda Thomson

Art Direction

Jeffrey Thorp

Supervising Art Director

Lisa Thompson

Set Decoration

Casey Storm

Costume Design

Malcolm Fife

Sound Effects Editor

Juan Peralta

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael Semanick

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ben Gibbs

Visual Effects Supervisor

Marc Kolbe

Visual Effects Supervisor

Darrin Prescott

Stunt Coordinator

Thomas Patrick Smith

First Assistant Director

Deborah Antoniou

Second Assistant Director

Miranda Colman

Third Assistant Director

John Mahaffie

Second Unit Director

Eddie Thorne

Second Second Assistant Director

Joshua Watkins

Third Assistant Director

John Martin

First Assistant Director

Justine Arteta

Casting

Kim Davis-Wagner

Casting

Adam Johansen

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Kylie O'Toole

Hairstylist

Kylie O'Toole

Makeup Artist

Zeljka Stanin

Hairstylist

Zeljka Stanin

Makeup Artist

Chiara Tripodi

Hair Supervisor

Chiara Tripodi

Makeup Supervisor

Catherine Bishop

Unit Production Manager

Andy Pappas

Unit Manager

Steven Soderbergh

Thanks

Michelle Williams

Thanks

Sam Spiegel

Thanks

Edward Saxon

Thanks

David O. Russell

Thanks

Brad Pitt

Thanks

Sean Penn

Thanks

Tom Noonan

Thanks

Mike Mills

Thanks

Bennett Miller

Thanks

Tory Metzger

Thanks

Andy Jenkins

Thanks

Nicole Holofcener

Thanks

David Fincher

Thanks

Benicio del Toro

Thanks

Chris Cunningham

Thanks

Ceán Chaffin

Thanks

Lance Bangs

Thanks

Megan Baltimore

Thanks

Miguel Arteta

Thanks

Ren Klyce

Sound Designer

Ren Klyce

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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

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