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RELEASE DATE
10-16-2009

RUN TIME
94 min

MPAA RATING
(PG), for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language

GENRE
Action/Adventure , Family

STARRING
Forest Whitaker, Paul Dano, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Tom Noonan, Michael Berry Jr., Angus Sampson, Alice Parkinson, Steve Mouzakis, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, James Gandolfini

DIRECTOR(S)
Spike Jonze

PRODUCER(S)
John B. Carls, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Vincent Landay, Maurice Sendak

WRITER(S)
Michael Goldenberg, Dave Eggers, Spike Jonze

DISTRIBUTOR
Warner Bros. Pictures

SYNOPSIS

Based on Maurice Sendak's classic book, "Where the Wild Things Are," a young boy named Max--after being sent to bed for misbehaving--imagines that he sails away to where the wild things are. Max is loved by the wild creatures who make him their King, although he soon longs to be back home with his family.