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Mary and Max
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
2009 · Directed by Adam Elliot · 92 min · Animation · Comedy · Drama · 36 frames
Tagline
Sometimes perfect strangers make the best of friends.
Crew
- Written by: Adam Elliot
- Cinematography: Gerald Thompson
- Edited by: Bill Murphy
- Music: Dale Cornelius
- Production design: Adam Elliot
- Produced by: Melanie Coombs
Cast
- Toni Collette as Mary (voice)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Max (voice)
- Barry Humphries as Narrator (voice)
- Eric Bana as Damien (voice)
- Bethany Whitmore as Young Mary (voice)
- Renée Geyer as Vera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)
- Ian 'Molly' Meldrum as Homeless Man (voice)
- John Flaus as Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)
- Julie Forsyth as Bus Stop Mother / Kissing Woman (voice)
- Christopher Massey as 911 Operator / Ambulance Voice / Derisive Observer (voice)
Production
- Country: Australia
- Language: English, Yiddish
- Studios: Melodrama Pictures, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS
- Budget: $8,240,000
- Box office: $1,740,429
- Themes: australia, chocolate, suicide attempt, approach, letter, birthmark, only child, bullying, friendship bracelet, pen pals
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