This is the bigscreen adaptation of MauriceSendak`s Classic adventure book "Where the Wild Things Are". The movie is about the adventures of a young boy named Max. He was angy with his mother connie, because she brings her boyfriend home. He was sent to bed early without supper because he misbehaved. He went to sleep unhappy and feels unloved and sees a dream. He sets for sail to a faraway country where wild things are. There in the wild, animals make him their King. He lives there happily with the ceatures. But memories of his home makes him uncomfortable and he wants to go back.Real actors , suitmation, animatronics and CGI all combine in the movie Where the wild things are. Warner brothers are releasing this movie in October. The film was shot in Gembrook, Victoria and Australia.
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Directed by
Spike Jonze
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Written by
Spike Jonze
Dave Eggers
Maurice Sendak(book)
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Cast
Catherine Keener as Connie, Max's Mother
Mark Ruffalo as Connie's boyfriend
Max Records as Max
Lauren Ambrose as KW (voice)
James Gandolfini as Carol (voice)
Catherine O'Hara as Judith (voice)
Forest Whitaker as Ira (voice)
Tom Noonan as Douglas (voice)
Paul Dano as Alexander (voice)
Steve Mouzakis as Mr. Elliott
Angus Sampson as TBA
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Produced by
Bruce Berman
John B. Carls
Gary Goetzman
Tom Hanks
Jon Jashni
Vincent Landay
Scott Mednick
Maurice Sendak
Thomas Tull
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Original Music by
Carter Burwell
Karen Orzolek
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Cinematography by
Lance Acord
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Film Editing by
James Haygood
Eric Zumbrunnen
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Casting by
Justine Baddeley
Kim Davis
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Production Design by
K.K. Barrett
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Art Direction by
Sonny Gerasimowicz
William Hawkins
Christopher Tandon
Lucinda Thomson
Jeffrey Thorp
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Set Decoration by
Simon McCutcheon
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Costume Design by
Casey Storm
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Makeup Department
Dalia Fernandez .... wig maker
Connie Grayson .... wig maker
Kellie Griffin .... special makeup effects artist
Rob Hinderstein .... eye designer and fabrication
Helen Magelaki .... hair technician
Lauren McNicol .... on-set dresser
José Luis Pérez .... hair technician
Jess Reedy .... hair technician
Chiara Tripodi .... key hair designer
Chiara Tripodi .... key makeup designer
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Special Effects by
Jason Barnett .... special makeup effects technician
Genevieve Bevan-John .... special effects assistant
Tom Blake .... animatronic designer
Jeff Bresin .... special effects technician
Bruce Bright .... senior effects technician
Tamara Carlson .... fabricator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Eric Cotton .... animatronic electrical engineer
Val Crawford .... hair/fabrication: Henson's Studios
Dave Elsey .... creature supervisor
David Fedele .... creature suit fabricator
Dean Franklin .... special effects technician
Cleve Gunderman .... mold department supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Glen Hanz .... sculptor: Jim Henson Co.
Catherine Hart .... special effects
Josh Head .... special effects technician
Rob Heggie .... on set supervisor
Jeff Jingle .... animatronics designer
Adam Keenan .... animatronic model designer
Heath Kerr .... special effects assistant
Carol Koch .... sculptor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop designer/sculptor: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc. designer/sculptor: Alterian
Jim Kundig .... animatronics designer
Jim Leng .... special effects technician
Jeff Little .... senior special effects technician
Russell Lukich .... painter
Russell Lukich .... special effects crew
Ned Neidhardt .... hair technician: Jim Henson Co.
Ken Niederbaumer .... special effects technician: Jim Henson Co
John Nolan .... animatronic designer
Michael O'Brien .... mold/seaming departments: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Tim O'Brien .... special effects technician
James Ojala .... makeup effects lab technician: Jim Henson Creature Shop
Ratna Pappert .... creature suit fabricator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop/Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc.
Luke Polti .... special effects makeup
Andrew Power .... first assistant director: puppet/miniature unit
Angelo Sahin .... on set supervisor
Mike Scanlan .... animatronic designer
Dave Seaborn .... special effects technician
Amber Skowronski .... special effects technician: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Jeff Small .... special effects technician
David Smith .... sculptor/painter: Jim Henson Co.
Peter Stubbs .... special effects supervisor
Rebecca Thiele .... special effects technician
Kevin Turner .... special effects foreman
Mark Viniello .... foam lab supervisor
Lynne Watson .... creature hair department
Tim Whiteley .... special effects technician
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009) Visual Effects by
Abubakar Abrar .... paint & roto artist
Grant Adam .... lead technical director: Iloura
Ben Aickin .... digital compositor
Antony Allen .... paint & roto artist
Laia Alomar .... visual effects coordinator
Anuj Anand .... digital compositing artist: Framestore
Dan Ayling .... matchmove artist
Vamsi Ayyagari .... data wrangler
Vamsi Ayyagari .... visual effects producer: India
Adam Azmy .... digital compositor: Framestore
Heath Baker .... digital paint artist: Framestore
Terence Bannon .... animator
Lizi Bedford .... animation line producer: Framestore
Michele Benigna .... digital compositor: Framestore CFC
Jarnail Bhachu .... digital compositor: Framestore
Robert Bloom .... digital compositing artist: Framestore
Jonathan Bot .... roto/prep
Matt Boyer .... matchmove artist
Dan Breckwoldt .... compositor
Christian Breitling .... research & development technical director
Thomas Brodeur .... paint & roto artist
Laurie Brugger .... lead rigger
Paul Buckley .... animator: Iloura
Daniel Buhigas .... lead matchmove artist
Daniel Buhigas .... lead matchmove: Framestore
Will Burdett .... matchmove artist
Enrique Caballero .... character modeller
Marco Cantaluppi .... compositor
Ean Carr .... digital compositor
Ronan Carr Fanning .... character modeller
Helen Carr .... paint & roto artist
Ronan Carr .... paint & roto artist
Justine Codron .... technical director/lighting
Emanuele Comotti .... compositor: Framestore CFC
Chris Cooper .... matchmove artist
Tim Costello .... visual effects production assistant
Gregory Creaser .... digital color supervisor
Alexia Cui .... technical director
Michael Currell .... visual effects coordinator
Brad Davenport .... visual effects production assistant
Dexter Davey .... compositor
Cara Tallulha Davies .... visual effects coordinator
Graham Day .... digital compositor: Framestore
Marie Victoria Denoga .... digital compositor
John Dietz .... visual effects supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
Tamira Draz .... paint & roto artist
Laura Dubsky .... digital compositor
Richard Edwards .... data operator - framestore
Kate Ellis .... matchmove artist
Arslan Elver .... character animator: Framestore
Seynaeve Emmanuel .... lead rigger
Selcuk Ergen .... effects technical director: Framestore
Stephen Evans .... digital artist
Alan Fairlie .... digital compositor: Iloura
James D. Fleming .... digital compositing artist: Framestore
Brad Floyd .... compositor
Raffaele Fragapane .... pipeline engineer
Mael Francois .... lighting artist
Richard Frazer .... paint & roto artist
Ben Frost .... junior effects technical director: Framestore
Toby Gallo .... digital image coordinator
Nathanial Garbut .... technical director: Iloura
Lucinda Glenn .... visual effects coordinator
Avi Goodman .... lead animator: Iloura
Mai Gray .... digital paint and roto artist: Framestore
Neil Greenberg .... visual effects editor
Ummi Gudjonsson .... digital artist
David Hansen .... digital artist
Dominic Hellier .... digital compositor: Iloura
Simon Herden .... assistant visual effects editor: Rising Sun Pictures
Grayton Hevern .... digital film assistant
Sam Hodge .... technical director: Rising Sun Pictures
Glenn Holbrook .... data wrangler
Tripp Hudson .... visual effects producer
Diego Garcia Huerta .... pipeline lead
Marc Hutchings .... Compositor: Animal Logic
Gilholme Jason .... digital effects artist
Daniel Jeannette .... animation director
Daniel Jeannette .... visual effects supervisor
Mikael Jaeger Jensen .... data manager: Framestore
Dennis Jones .... animator
Shant Jordan .... compositing supervisor
Jon Keene .... visual effects coordinator: Framestore
Steve Kimbrey .... matchmove artist
David King .... digital artist
Daniel Kmet .... animator
Marc Kolbe .... visual effects supervisor
Simon Legrand .... digital artist: Animal Logic
James Liu .... technical director
Gresham Lochner .... digital compositor
Peter Logarusic .... paint & roto artist: Framestore
Damien Macé .... digital matte painter: Framestore
Ineke Majoor .... visual effects producer: Iloura
Rebecca Manning .... digital compositor
Mike Marcus .... digital compositor
Ed W. Marsh .... visual effects editor
Zebedee Massey .... data wrangler
Ian Mathews .... paint and roto artist
Dan McRae .... senior paint and rotoscope artist
Alex Meddick .... visual effects editor: Rising Sun Pictures
Glenn Melenhorst .... creative director: Iloura
Keith Meure .... digital artist
Steven Moor .... technical director
Ryan Mullany .... digital artist
Craig A. Mumma .... additional visual effects supervisor
Daryl Munton .... digital effects artist
Eoin Murphy .... software developer
Steve Newman .... miniatures unit director of photography
Daniel Nielsen .... digital compositor: Filmgate
Gustaf Nilsson .... digital compositor: Framestore
James P. Noon .... tracking
Robert Nzengou-Tayo .... matchmove artist
Alfie Olivier .... lead lighter
Matt Omond .... digital compositor
Matthew Ozerski .... visual effects editor: Australia
Pierre Pages .... technical director lighting
Maricel Pagulayan .... visual effects producer
Radhika Patel .... matchmove artist: Framestore
James Payfer .... digital compositor
Tom Pegg .... compositor: Framestore
Miriam Pepper .... motion tracker: Framestore
Angelo Perrotta .... digital compositor
Nicolas Petit .... pipeline engineer
Ryan Pilcher .... matchmove artist
Jorge Pimentel .... lighting technical director
Andy Pinson .... digital paint & roto artist: Framestore
Caroline Pires .... paint and roto artist
Jo Plaete .... assistant technical director: Framestore
Melvin Polayah .... senior matchmove artist
James Porter .... matchmove artist
Janet Quen .... senior Inferno artist
Sagar Rathod .... visual effects
Robin Reyer .... technical director
Alessandro Riberti .... lighting artist
Marc Rice .... paint & roto artist
Bjarni Robert Bragason .... digital paint & roto artist: Framestore
James William Roberts .... visual effects: Framestore
Scott Robertson .... paint & roto artist
Rachel Roberts .... visual effects production manager: Rising Sun Pictures
Petr Rohr .... senior matchmover: Framestore
Dale Rostron .... matchmove artist: Framestore
Nico Scapel .... head of rigging
Nicolas Seck .... animator
Romain Bivar Segurado .... character modeller
Aatesh Shah .... systems engineer: Framestore
Foad Shah .... digital compositor: Framestore
David Simpson .... paint & roto artist: Framestore
Laurence Smith .... paint and roto artist: Framestore
Muthu Stalin .... lead matchmover
David Swift .... matte and texture artist: Framestore
Abu Thahir .... digital compositor: anibrain
Andrew Myles Thompson .... animator: Framestore
Michael Adam Thompson .... matchmover: Framestore
Richard Thwaites .... visual effects coordinator
Oscar Tornincasa .... digital compositor
Adam Trowse .... animator
Adam Trowse .... compositor
Ben Turner .... digital compositor
Freddie Vaziri .... compositor
Sebastien Veilleux .... digital compositor
Beck Veitch .... digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Chris Ventress .... paint and roto artist
Giuliano Dionisio Vigano' .... senior compositor
William Voermann .... animation camera operator
Pragti Wadhwa .... senior paint artist
Maggie Walby .... digital paint & roto artist: Framestore CFC
Tara Walker .... compositor
Brian Ward .... digital effects artist
Rodrigo Washington .... visual effects artist
Chris Watts .... visual effects supervisor
Peter Webb .... visual effects supervisor: Iloura
Neil West .... senior matchmove artist
Adrian White .... digital compositor
Nick Whiteley .... paint and roto artist: Framestore
Tom Wild .... visual effects coordinator
Rachel Williams .... fur groomer
Rachel Williams .... lighting technical director
Rachel Williams .... texture artist
Martin Wiseman .... visual effects producer
Eric Withee .... visual effects coordinator
Jamie Wood .... digital compositor
Koji Yamaguchi .... digital compositor
Tim Young .... digital compositor: Framestore
Jason Michael Zimmerman .... digital compositor
Greg Maguire .... creature technical director: zoogloo (uncredited)
Chris B. Schnitzer .... director of visual effects: Warner Bros. (uncredited)