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The Making of Where the Wild Things Are

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Introduction by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers
Screenplay by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers
Based on the book by Maurice Sendak

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From the Editors of McSweeney's

McSweeney’s is an independent publishing house based in San Francisco. They publish books, an eponymous quarterly literary journal, a monthly magazine called The Believer, and a quarterly DVD of short films called Wholphin.



 

Introduction by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers
Screenplay by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers
Based on the book by Maurice Sendak

Spike Jonze is the versatile filmmaker behind the acclaimed films Being John Malkovich, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, and Adaptation, for which his three stars--Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper--received Academy Award nominations for their performances in the film, with Cooper going on to win Best Supporting Actor. Where the Wild Things Are, opening October 16, 2009, marks his third directorial feature. As a producer, his credits include Michel Gondry’s first film, Human Nature, and frequent collaborator Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York. He is also one the of the creators and producers of the popular Jackass TV show and films. Jonze has also directed music videos, commercials, short films, and documentaries and is an accomplished photographer 



Dave Eggers recently co-wrote, with Spike Jonze, the film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. Eggers is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity!, How We Are Hungry, and What Is the What (a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award). In 1998, he founded McSweeney’s, an independent publishing house. In 2002, Eggers opened 826 Valencia, a writing and tutoring lab for young people in San Francisco.

 
Maurice Sendak received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration; in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association; and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In March 2003 Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual, international prize for children’s literature established by the Swedish government.


 

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Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
  • Hardcover
  • 9780060254926
  • 1/21/2003
  • $17.95 ($22.50 Can.)
  • Marketing Code: AV
Where the Wild Things Are Unabridged CD
Where the Wild Things Are Unabridged CD
Maurice Sendak
  • Audio
  • 9780061227400
  • Reader: Tammy Grimes
  • Media: CDs
  • 5/29/2007
  • $14.95 ($18.95 Can.)
  • Marketing Code: AV
 

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Where the Wild Things Are: The Movie Storybook
Where the Wild Things Are: The Movie Storybook
Barb Bersche
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  • 9780061656866
  • 9/8/2009
  • $12.99 ($17.50)
Where the Wild Things Are: Puzzle Book
Where the Wild Things Are: Puzzle Book
Alice Cameron
  • Merchandise
  • 9780061656859
  • 9/8/2009
  • $15.99 ($20.99)
 
Where the Wild Things Are: Coloring and Creativity Book and Crayons
Where the Wild Things Are: Coloring and Creativity Book and Crayons
Sadie Chesterfield
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  • 9780061656842
  • 9/8/2009
  • $4.99 ($6.50)
Making Mischief
Making Mischief
Gregory Maguire
  • Hardcover
  • 9780061689161
  • 9/15/2009
  • $27.50 ($35.50)
 

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