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Film Details - Melodrama Pictures , 2009
Producers:
Melanie Coombs (Producer)
Jonathan Page (Executive Producer)
Andrew Mackie (Executive Producer)
Tom Hardart (Executive Producer)
Paul Hardart (Executive Producer)
Mark Gooder (Executive Producer)
Bryce Menzies (Executive Producer)
Iain Canning (Co-executive Producer)
Richard Payten (Co-executive Producer)
Pauline Piechota (Associate Producer)
Production Companies:
Melodrama Pictures
Director of Photography:
Gerald Thompson
Editors:
Bill Murphy
Production Designers:
Adam Elliot
Composer:
Dale Cornelius
Music:
Music from the Motion Picture Mary and Max. CD. Mana Music (Australia), 2009, 5186538712 .
Cast:
Voices incl. Philip Seymour-Hoffman (Max), Toni Collette (mary), Eric Bana (Damien), Barry Humphries (Narrator), Bethany Whitmore (Young Mary), Renee Geyer (Vera), Ian 'Molly' Meldrum (Homeless Man), John Flaus, Julie Forsyth.
Release Dates:
First screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival (opening Night). Released in Australia on 9 April 2009.
Post Production:
Henry Karjalainen (Producer)
Awards:
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival, France (2009), Feature Film Award (winner)
- Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (2009), Crystal Bear Special Mention; Generation 14plus Best Feature Film - Adam Elliott
- AWGIE Awards, Film Award (2009), Best Feature Film Original (nomination)
Notes:
Mary and Max is told using stop motion clay animation.
For more information see the film's website: http://www.maryandmax.com/
Settings:
- Melbourne, Victoria,
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