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Where the Wild Things Are Where the Wild Things Are

Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world--a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.

Starring: Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Forest Whitaker and Catherine O'Hara
Directed by: Spike Jonze.
Release date:  Otober 16, 2009
Running time:  1:41
MPAA Rating: PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language.
Tagline:  There's one in all of us.
Production:  IMDb details
Based on: Where the Wild Things Are (1963) by Maurice Sendak.
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wildthingsbook Where the Wild Things Are
Harper & Row, 1964
Written and illus. by Maurice Sendak

SUMMARY: A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild thing where he becomes their king.

Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal