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Mary and Max (2009) 8.1
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. Director:Adam ElliotWriter:Adam Elliot |
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Mary Daisy Dinkle
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| Philip Seymour Hoffman | ... |
Max Jerry Horovitz
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Damien
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Young Mary
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Renée Geyer | ... |
Vera
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Ian 'Molly' Meldrum | ... |
Homeless Man
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Plot Synopsis
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In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. She's Mary Dinkle, the only child of an alcoholic mother and a distracted father. He's Max Horowitz, living alone in New York, overweight, subject to anxiety attacks. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence, interrupted by a stay in an asylum and a few misunderstandings. Mary falls in love with a neighbor, saves money to have a birthmark removed and deals with loss. Max has a friendship with a neighbor, tries to control his weight, and finally gets the dream job. Will the two ever meet face to face? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Country:
AustraliaRelease Date:
9 April 2009 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
Mary & Max See more »Filming Locations:
Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaBox Office
Budget:
AUD 8,240,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Dolby DigitalAspect Ratio:
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Arranged and Performed by Bob Paredes and Catherine Schieve
Licensed courtesy of Australian Broadcasting Corporation
www.bobparedes.com
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Principal photography lasted over 57 weeks, using 133 separate sets, 212 puppets, and 475 miniature props, including a fully functional Underwood typewriter. This took 9 weeks to design and build. See more »Goofs
When the story about the character (Max's upstairs neighbor's friend) who buys a Ferrari is told, the car is shown as having right-hand drive. It's extremely unlikely someone in the US would buy a right-hand drive Ferrari, although of course that would be common in Australia where the movie was made. See more »Quotes
Max Jerry Horovitz: Jurors are outstanding members of the community who haven't murdered anybody.See more »
Crazy Credits
Before the end credits the next quote appears: "God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends" by Ethel Watts Mumford. See more »Soundtracks
"Bulgar Frailach (Trad.)"Arranged and Performed by Bob Paredes and Catherine Schieve
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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.