WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Year: 2009
USA: Warner Bros Pictures
UK: Warner Bros International UK
Cast: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O’Hara, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Dano, Chris Cooper, Pepita Emmerichs, Max Pfeifer, Madeleine Greaves, Joshua Jay, Ryan Corr
Director: Spike Jonze
Country: USA
USA & UK: 101 mins
USA Rated: PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language
UK Certificate: PG contains mild threat and brief violence
USA Release Date: 16 October 2009 (and IMAX theaters)
UK Release Date: 11 December 2009
UK DVD Release Date: 10 May 2010

Synopsis

Maurice Sendak's classic book 'Where the Wild Things Are' comes to the big screen in an adventure tale for every generation. Directed by innovative filmmaker Spike Jonze, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE follows the adventure of Max (Max Records).

The film tells the story of Max, a mischievous and sensitive boy who is sent to his room after rebelling against his mother (Catherine Keener). He often feels misunderstood at home and escapes to where the Wild Things are. Max lands on an island where he meets mysterious and strange creatures whose emotions are as wild and unpredictable as their actions.

The Wild Things desperately long for a leader to guide them, just as Max longs for a kingdom to rule. When Max is crowned king, he promises to create a place where everyone will be happy.

Max soon finds, though, that ruling his kingdom is not so easy and his relationships there prove to be more complicated than he originally thought.

Warner Bros Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, a Playtone/Wild Things Production of a Spike Jonze film: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, starring Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara and Forest Whitaker

BLU-RAY MULTI-PLAY PACK
Higgelty Piggelty Pop! An all-new short featuring the voices of Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker
HBO First Look. An on-set feature looking at the making of the film.
8 Webisodes:
The Absurd Difficulty of Filming a Dog Running and Barking at the Same Time
The Big Prank
Vampire Attack
The Kids Take Over the Picture
Maurice and Spike
Max and Spike
The Records Family
Carter Burwell

DVD EXTRAS
4 Webisodes:
The Absurd Difficulty of Filming a Dog Running and Barking at the Same Time
The Big Prank
Vampire Attack
The Kids Take Over the Picture