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Writer:
Adam Elliot (writer)
Release Date:
9 April 2009 (Australia)
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Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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4 wins
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(52 articles)
Disney enjoys princely box-office receipts for Princess and the Frog | Jeremy Kay
(From The Guardian - Film News. 14 December 2009, 3:10 AM, PST)
Samson & Delilah Wins Big in Australia
(From FilmExperience. 13 December 2009, 6:21 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 14 December 2009, 3:10 AM, PST)
Samson & Delilah Wins Big in Australia
(From FilmExperience. 13 December 2009, 6:21 AM, PST)
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It's a genuine celebration of the value of difference.
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Toni Collette | ... | Mary Daisy Dinkle (voice) | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | ... | Max Jerry Horovitz (voice) | |
| Eric Bana | ... | Damien (voice) | |
| Barry Humphries | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Bethany Whitmore | ... | Young Mary (voice) | |
| Renée Geyer | ... | Vera (voice) | |
| Ian 'Molly' Meldrum | ... | Homeless Man (voice) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| John Flaus | ... | (voice) | |
| Julie Forsyth | ... | (voice) | |
| Michael Ienna | ... | Lincoln | |
| Chris Massey | ... | Additional Voice | |
| Shaun Patten | ... | Additional Voice | |
| Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen | ... | Additional Voice | |
| Leanne Smith | ... | Additional Voice | |
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Australia:80 min | Germany:92 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Australia:M |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Australia:PG (DVD rating) |
Canada:G (Manitoba/Ontario/Quebec)
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All of the water scenes were created with lubricant.
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Revealing mistakes: While Max is typing on the typewriter, many times the carriage moves in opposite directions. But while typing the carriage should move only from right to left.
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Max Jerry Horovitz:
When I was young, I invented an invisible friend called Mr Ravioli. My psychiatrist says I don't need him anymore so he just sits in the corner and reads.
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Oscar winning (and proudly gay) animation artist Adam Elliot's acclaimed clay-mation feature film "Mary & Max" is astoundingly rewarding wonderful entertainment on the big screen.
It's an intriguing tale, starting in the mid seventies, of the ongoing true friendship of two long distance pen-pals, younger Mary in rural Australia and older Max in the rat-race of New York City. A significant element of the story involves Max's experience of living with Asperger Syndrome, knowing painfully full well that he senses the world in a radically different way to most. I've never seen any other project deal so honestly and powerfully with that condition. It's a genuine celebration of the value of difference.
There's lots to laugh and think about - and the attention to detail is staggering. Australia's living legend Barry Humphries excels as the narrator.
I loved the soundtrack which strongly featured two of my favourite Penguin Cafe Orchestra compositions. I've ordered the soundtrack CD already.