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Where was Where the Wild Things Are filmed?

2009 film, directed by Spike Jonze.

  • Melbourne
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About Where the Wild Things Are

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Released
2009
Director
Spike Jonze
Cast
Max RecordsCatherine KeenerMark RuffaloSteve MouzakisAlice ParkinsonMark McCrackenForest WhitakerPaul DanoJames GandolfiniLauren Ambrose
Genre
FantasyDramaAdventureChildren's
Based on
Where the Wild Things Are
Awards
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Max is an emotional eight-year-old boy with an active imagination and divorced parents.

Furious that she is not spending time with him, Max puts on a wolf costume and lashes out by biting her shoulder before running away from home.

Carol is destroying the huts due to KW's departure, and Max attempts to join in, only to find himself facing the suspicious anger of the Wild Things.

Famous lines from Where the Wild Things Are

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Hey, Claire!Max
  • Yeah, my brother.Claire
  • Who else was there?Claire
  • It's not my.. FAUUULT!!Max
  • He does sound powerful.Ira

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