Where the Wild Things Are (Film), released 2009 — adapted from Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Starring Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Catherine O'Hara.
Directed by Spike Jonze.
