Does anyone know of a movie about a little boy who ran away from home and ended up on a magical island filled with tall animals?
This film mainly revolves around the adventures of the protagonist Max. Max is a very smart child. After a quarrel with his mother, he ran away from home in anger.
Unexpectedly, he got lost along the way and could only wander around in a mysterious forest. The forest was surrounded by the boundless ocean. Many thrills were waiting for him...
Chinese name: Where the Wild Things Are
Foreign name: Where the Wild Things Are
Other translations: Wild Things
Production region: United States
Director: Spike Jonze
Screenwriter: Spike Jonze
Starring: Max Rex, Catherine Keener
Genre: Children< /p>
Length: 108 minutes
Released on: October 16, 2009
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Introduction
Main actors
Producers
Other information
Plot summary
Behind the scenes
Highlights
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Introduction
Name
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Where the Wild Things Are
Foreign name: Where the Wild Things Are
Other translations: Wild Things
Genre: Fantasy/Drama/Family/Adventure
Director: Spike Jonze
Screenwriter:
Maurice Sendak
Michael Goldenberg
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Main actors
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Catherine Keener
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Forest Whitaker
Paul Dano
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James Gandolfini
Lauren Ambrose
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Producer
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Bruce Berman ....executive producer
John B. Carls ....producer
Gary Goetzman Gary Goetzman ....producer
Tom Hanks ....producer
Jon J. Jashni ....executive producer
Vincent Landay ....producer
Scott Mednick ....executive producer
Maurice Sendak ....producer
Thomas Tull. ...executive producer
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Carter Burwell
Karen Orzolek.... (as Karen O.)
Cinematography: Lance Acord
Film Editing:
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Casting Director Casti
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Justine Baddeley
Kim Davis
Production Designer: K.K. Barrett
Art Direction by:
Sonny Gerasimowicz
William Hawkins
Christopher Tandon
Lucinda Thomson
Jeffrey Thorp....(supervising art director )
Set Decoration by: Simon McCutcheon
Costume Design by: Casey Storm
Visual Effects Supervisor:
John Dietz ....Rising Sun Pictures
Daniel JeannetteMarc KolbeCraig A. Mumma ....additional visual effects supervisor
Chris WattsTimothy Webber ....Framestore
Peter Webb ....Iloura
Assistant Director:
Debbie Antoniou ....second assistant director
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Miranda Colman ....third assistant director
Phil Jones ....first assistant director: second unit
John Mahaffie ....second unit director
Thomas Patrick Smith ....first assistant director
Kham Soukseun ....third assistant director: second unit
Eddie Thorne ....second second assistant director
Joshua Watkins ....third assistant director
Release date: 2009-10-16
Country Region: United States
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Plot synopsis
Where the Wild Things Are
Spike Jonze’s new work "Where the Wild Things Are" was released a few days ago Several fresh stills were released on USA Today. This geeky Hollywood director who has directed films such as "Puppet Life" and "The Orchid Thief" has once again incorporated many new attempts into his new work.
The movie "Beast Country" mainly revolves around the adventures of the protagonist Max (played by Max Rickardez). Max is a very smart child. After a quarrel with his mother, he ran away from home in anger. Unexpectedly, he got lost along the way and could only wander around in a mysterious forest.
The forest is surrounded by the boundless ocean, and many thrills are waiting for him...
This film is adapted from the first children's illustrator in the United States to win the Andersen Illustration Award, known as Maurice Sendak, "the Picasso of children's paintings" and "the greatest creator since the creation of picture books", wrote and drew the work of the same name. This work won the Caldecott Medal in 1964.
The movie "Beast Country" was released in the United States on October 16, 2009.
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From children's picture book to movie
45 years ago, the famous Harper & Row publishing house published a This is a children's picture book titled "Where the Wild Things Are". This 10-sentence, 338-word children's book topped the list of major sales charts as soon as it was published, and also successfully won the Caldecott Medal, known as the Oscar for picture books. The author of the book, Maurice Senda, Ke also became the darling of the picture book world in one fell swoop. Stills (20 photos) of "Where the Wild Things Are" when the book was published. Animators from the United States and Czechoslovakia had put this story on the screen. But that's just a 7-minute animation. The idea of bringing this story to the screen in a full-length film has been with Maurice Sendak ever since. In the 1990s, he once approached Spike Jonze, hoping that he could put this story on the screen. However, after reading the script, Spike Jonze did not show that he was impatient to film this masterpiece. He was just indifferent. Said: I'll think about it.
He will consider this for 6 years. During this period, he filmed the critically acclaimed "Puppet Life" and "Adapted Screenplay". After watching the film, Maurice Sendak further strengthened his belief that Spike Jonze is the most suitable director for this film. He said: When I saw "The Life of a Puppet", I was shocked. This is a movie that lives in our hearts. I wanted my book to be shot by John Jones, who was, without a doubt, the most suitable director. Although the best candidate for director is available, there is still a huge problem facing everyone in bringing this book, which has only 338 words and several illustrations, to the screen: the script.
In an interview, Jones, who is not good at speaking, also said that the biggest problem in the entire film is the script. He said: The original work is a very simple fairy tale, with only 10 short sentences. Because it is for children, it cannot be too difficult and the plot is not too complicated. But it would be difficult to turn it into a standard-length movie. I spent a lot of time on this to expand the clues of the entire story. This is a classic story, so you can't adapt it with too popular techniques, nor can you use too clichéd routines to lengthen the whole story. All I need to do is find a good screenwriter and discuss with him how to write the script. Jones found a co-screenwriter, Dave Eggers, who is also a newcomer. So far, he only has one script on his resume, Sam Mendes' "Moving for Son." After discussion, they decided to put the clues of the movie on how Max grew up. In the end, this story about growing up became a 111-page script. Jones said: This is not an action movie, nor is it a science fiction movie. I actually think this is a road movie. A child runs away from home and encounters not the same kind of people, but all kinds of kind-hearted monsters. After he became the king of the Beast Kingdom, he discovered that the world was not as simple as he imagined, so he needed to grow and mature. At this point, this movie is no longer just a movie for children. Adults can find their lost childhood and childhood in the film, and see how they have grown from ignorance to maturity. Maybe maturity will make us lose a lot, but this is the price.
Painful shooting, hard work in post-production
Maurice Sendak, known as the Picasso of fairy tales, has created many unique monsters in his books, so in How to represent these animals in the film became the biggest problem after the script. Spike Jonze said: On the one hand, these monsters are dangerous; on the other hand, they are cute and make people want to touch them. What I can imagine is that they live in the same world as us, so there are such a group of dangerous and hilarious monsters around Max.
In order to make these monsters realistic, Spike Jonze specially hired some very tall local actors to wear special costumes to play the beasts during the filming in Melbourne. Because some monsters in the novel are over 3 meters tall, the actors were not tall enough, so they had to add frames to their costumes and stand on stilts. Because the costumes were so heavy, the actors had to take off their hoods every half hour to take a break and face the air conditioner for 15 minutes. But the stuntmen didn't have such luck. They had to stay in the costume for an hour, and in order to keep the fur on the costume intact, they couldn't have air conditioning. Jones said: This was the most difficult and strangest place in the entire filming process. We imagine a world where humans and animals live together. Sometimes on set, I would become very trance-like and feel that the world in "Where the Wild Things Are" really existed. And this little actor that I found was really brilliant and I couldn't imagine anyone else playing Max. He was a unique type of kid, deep, thoughtful, lovable, sincere, wild, imaginative and compassionate, and he put all of that into the movie.
When it came time for the film's post-production, the difficult question arose again: how to give expression and emotion to the beast. The Jim Henson Company, which has collaborated with Spike Jonze many times, undertook this work. Jim Henson, once a famous puppeteer and now the owner of this company, said: Although we are not using any new technology, our working methods are brand new. In the past, if you wanted to add expressions to such a character, most of them were made directly using a computer, and the stunt people could only refer to their own expressions. But this time we specially found some comedians who performed in the bar and asked them to make various expressions. Then we took photos of them and used a motion tracking system to capture their expressions. These data are not for one person, but for a group of people. So the data for these expressions is an average. Then we integrate and compile these data, and finally synthesize them into animals. As a result, the audience can see the extremely real and delicate expressions on the monster's face on the IMAX screen.
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Highlights
There is hope in everyone's heart, even in the desert, even in the storm, as long as there is a flower The little yellow flowers can make people wander; in everyone's heart, there is panic. In the dark forest, in the quiet corner, that furry shadow will make people hurt; in everyone's heart, there is a desire for adventure. Yearning, whether running wildly in the collapsed fairyland, or riding the wind and waves in the sea, just want to shout and use up all the lung capacity; in everyone's heart, there is the dream of freedom, shouting wantonly, running wantonly, rolling and messing wantonly , all the troubles and hustle and bustle of the world go away! There is no need for complicated words or difficult-to-spoken philosophy, just a brush and a few blank pages. An outstanding man named Maurice Sendak sketched out the world full of life 46 years ago. With just ten sentences and seemingly childlike strokes, he became a representative work of American illustrated children's literature, and also made him the "Picasso of children's illustrations". He was the first children's illustrator in the United States to win the Hans Christian Andersen Illustration Award. The word "great" is inseparable.
Wouldn’t it be a shame to miss such a unique work and miss the opportunity to put it on the screen? Over the years, many screenwriters, directors and producers have stepped forward, but most of them gave up halfway. We can’t blame them for quitting despite the difficulties. The concise style of the original lines and the profound personal meaning are enough to make the adaptation a first or two. What’s more, even the picture book itself took two years to reach the top amidst the negative reception. Domination, it is really difficult for the movie version to become a blockbuster!
Some people will bow down in the face of pressure, while others will naturally be ready to take action in the face of challenges. Spike Jonze, the geek who has directed films such as "The Puppet Life" and "The Orchid Thief", definitely belongs to the latter . He had a soft spot for this childhood book, and he would rather temporarily put aside his principle of originality. He had been preparing for a long time until he finally came up with the idea of adapting it four years ago. Moreover, he not only accepted the hot potato, but also insisted that Sendak participate in the supervision of the film throughout the entire process, and everything started from the pursuit of excellence. It is said that even the artist himself was amazed by the effect of the finished product. Not only was he deeply touched, he also praised the film for its own vitality, which made the paintings made many years ago bloom new flowers.
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·The film is adapted from a best-selling children's picture book of the same name published in 1963. The original author, Maurice Sendak, is a famous American children's book novelist. In 1964, this novel won the Caldecott Medal, known as the Oscar for picture books, and the manuscript of the book was permanently collected by the U.S. National Library.
·This novel by Maurice Sendak was made into a 7-minute animation in 1973.
· Eric Goldberg, who directed "Fantasia 2000", was selected as the director of this film.
·In order to find a suitable actor to play Max, the crew auditioned thousands of boys, traveled to several countries, and spent several months.
·As early as the 1990s, Maurice Sendak approached Spike Jonze, hoping that he could adapt the novel and make it into a movie. But Sendek also understands that finding the right director and screenwriter is not easy. So the film shooting plan was shelved until 2005.
·While writing the script, Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers would send the script and the monster model to Maurice Sendak every day for review.