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Mary and Max

"Sometimes perfect strangers make the best of friends."

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NR 2009 · 1h 32m
Animation, Drama, Comedy
Starring Toni Collette · Philip Seymour Hoffman · Barry Humphries
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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.

Theatrical
Sep 25, 2009
Box Office
$1.7M
Budget
$8.2M
Return
0.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 15, 2010
Theaters
1
Director
Adam Elliot
Producers
Melanie Coombs, Paul Hardart, Tom Hardart
Music
Dale Cornelius
Studio
Melodrama Pictures, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS
Keywords
chocolate suicide attempt letter birthmark only child approach australia bullying friendship bracelet pen pals atheist loneliness stop motion neighbor phone book adult animation unlikely friendship correspondence eating disorder asperger's syndrome sentimental
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Embracing Human Imperfection and Forgiveness
Max Jerry Horovitz The reason I forgive you is because you are not perfect. You are imperfect. And so am I. All humans are imperfect.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Curious Appeal of the Word Kumquat
Max Jerry Horovitz Anyway, do you like the word kumquat'?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Cast

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T
Toni Collette
Mary (voice)
P
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Max (voice)
B
Barry Humphries
Narrator (voice)
E
Eric Bana
Damien (voice)
B
Bethany Whitmore
Young Mary (voice)
R
Renée Geyer
Vera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)
I
Ian 'Molly' Meldrum
Homeless Man (voice)
J
John Flaus
Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)
J
Julie Forsyth
Bus Stop Mother / Kissing Woman (voice)
C
Christopher Massey
911 Operator / Ambulance Voice / Derisive Observer (voice)
H
Hamish Hughes
Animals / Mad Jury Member / Opera Singer Two (voice)
D
Dan Doherty
BMX Bandit (voice)
P
Patrick McCabe
Datsun Sunny Driver (voice)
A
Adam Elliot
Various Voices (voice)
B
Bill Murphy
Frankston Icebreaker One (voice)
H
Henry Karjalainen
Henry the Fish (voice)
M
Melanie Coombs
Mrs. Pendergast (voice)
C
Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen
New York Callgirl / New Yorker One (voice)
L
Leanne Smith
Overeaters Anonymous Tutor / Post Office Customer (voice)

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