Nel paese delle creature selvagge (2009)
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Max è un bambino come molti irrequieto, ha una sorella più grande che, come capita spesso, non gli dà molta attenzione e una madre sola che come tante cerca di rifarsi una vita con altri uomini. Un giorno, a seguito di una serie di delusioni prima dalla sorella e poi dalla madre, esplode dalla rabbia e viene per questo redarguito. Insofferente scappa di casa finendo, dopo un tragitto in barca a vela, in una terra desolata e arida dove trova dei giganteschi mostri dal cuore anche troppo umano che credono a tutto quello che dice e lo incoronano loro re, almeno fino a quando le sue promesse di spazzare via la tristezza dalla loro vita non si rivelano mendaci.
Direttore:
Spike Jonze
Scrittori:
Dave Eggers, Spike Jonze.
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Max Records as Max |
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Catherine Keener as Mom |
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James Gandolfini as Carol (voice) |
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Lauren Ambrose as KW (voice) |
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Catherine O'Hara as Judith (voice) |
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Forest Whitaker as Ira (voice) |
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Chris Cooper as Douglas (voice) |
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Paul Dano as Alexander (voice) |
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Spike Jonze as Bob (voice) / Terry (voice) |
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Pepita Emmerichs as Claire |
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Mark Ruffalo as The Boyfriend |
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Max Pfeifer as Claire's Friend |
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Madeleine Greaves as Claire's Friend |
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Joshua Jay as Claire's Friend |
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Ryan Corr as Claire's Friend |
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Steve Mouzakis as Teacher |
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Michael Berry Jr. as The Bull (voice) |
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Vincent Crowley as Carol Suit Performer |
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Sonny Gerasimowicz as Alexander Suit Performer |
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Nick Farnell as Judith Suit Performer |
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Sam Longley as Ira Suit Performer |
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Angus Sampson as The Bull Suit Performer |
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Mark McCracken as The Bull Additional Suit Performer |
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John Leary as Douglas Suit Performer |
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Alice Parkinson as KW Suit Performer |
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Garon Michael as KW Additional Suit Performer |
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James Epinfaniou as Additional Max Performer |
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Joshua Evans as Additional Max Performer |
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Tess Grimshaw Lloyd as Additional Max Performer |
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Lucas Haynes as Additional Max Performer |
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Nathan Veal as Additional Max Performer |
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Kalia Prescott as Max's Classmate (uncredited) |
| Production | John B. Carls | Producer |
| Production | Vincent Landay | Producer |
| Production | Tom Hanks | Producer |
| Production | Maurice Sendak | Producer |
| Production | Gary Goetzman | Producer |
| Writing | Dave Eggers | Screenplay |
| Writing | Spike Jonze | Screenplay |
| Directing | Spike Jonze | Director |
| Camera | Joseph Messier | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Matt Nettheim | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jeremy Rouse | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | David Elmes | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Luke Nixon | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Simon Harding | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Toby Copping | Key Grip |
| Camera | Warren Grieef | Key Grip |
| Camera | Ben King | Additional Still Photographer |
| Camera | Mark Goellnicht | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Sky Davies | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Hector Rodriguez | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Brad Shield | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Gino Nix | Key Grip |
| Camera | Stephen MacDougall | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ricky Schamburg | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Matt Copping | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Cameron Morley | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Shawn Records | Additional Still Photographer |
| Camera | Darin Necessary | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Gary Scott | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Michael Vivian | Key Grip |
| Crew | Skyler Brigmann | Acting Double |
| Editing | James Haygood | Editor |
| Production | Catherine Keener | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Karen O | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Bruce Berman | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Eric Zumbrunnen | Editor |
| Production | Natalie Farrey | Associate Producer |
| Production | Scott Mednick | Executive Producer |
| Production | Emma Wilcockson | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jon Jashni | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Miranda July | Thanks |
| Art | Jeffrey Thorp | Supervising Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Ben Gibbs | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Lisa Thompson | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lucinda Thomson | Art Direction |
| Sound | Malcolm Fife | Sound Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Marc Kolbe | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Michael Semanick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | K.K. Barrett | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Casey Storm | Costume Design |
| Sound | Juan Peralta | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Darrin Prescott | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Thomas Patrick Smith | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Martin | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Justine Arteta | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zeljka Stanin | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Sean Penn | Thanks |
| Directing | Deborah Antoniou | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chiara Tripodi | Hair Supervisor |
| Crew | Brad Pitt | Thanks |
| Crew | Andy Jenkins | Thanks |
| Crew | Steven Soderbergh | Thanks |
| Crew | Michelle Williams | Thanks |
| Crew | Tom Noonan | Thanks |
| Crew | Bennett Miller | Thanks |
| Crew | Benicio Del Toro | Thanks |
| Crew | Miguel Arteta | Thanks |
| Directing | Joshua Watkins | Third Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zeljka Stanin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chiara Tripodi | Makeup Supervisor |
| Crew | Edward Saxon | Thanks |
| Crew | David O. Russell | Thanks |
| Crew | Chris Cunningham | Thanks |
| Directing | John Mahaffie | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Catherine Bishop | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Andy Pappas | Unit Manager |
| Crew | David Fincher | Thanks |
| Directing | Miranda Colman | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Eddie Thorne | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Kim Davis-Wagner | Casting |
| Crew | Sam Spiegel | Thanks |
| Crew | Megan Baltimore | Thanks |
| Crew | Mike Mills | Thanks |
| Crew | Nicole Holofcener | Thanks |
| Crew | Lance Bangs | Thanks |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adam Johansen | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kylie O'Toole | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kylie O'Toole | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Tory Metzger | Thanks |
| Crew | Ceán Chaffin | Thanks |
| Sound | Ren Klyce | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ren Klyce | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Lance Acord | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Troy Robinson | Stunts |
| Production | Shaun Greenspan | Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | William Alexander | CG Artist |
| Sound | Coya Elliott | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Production | Thomas Tull | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Laraib Atta | Visual Effects |
| Writing | Maurice Sendak | Book |
| Visual Effects | Christian Kaestner | Compositing Artist |
| Art | Conrad Olson | Painter |
| Visual Effects | Conrad Olson | Rotoscoping Artist |
| Visual Effects | Ben Kaller | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Peter White | First Assistant Camera |