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Mary and Max (2009)
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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. Director:Adam ElliotWriter:Adam Elliot |
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| Toni Collette | ... |
Mary Daisy Dinkle
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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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John Flaus | ... |
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Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen | ... |
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Storyline
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:
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Μαίρη και Μαξ See more »Filming Locations:
Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaBox Office
Budget:
AUD 8,240,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
AUD 156,169 (Australia) (9 April 2009) (49 Screens)Company Credits
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Dolby DigitalAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Performed by Pink Martini See more »
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The postage stamps in the film used by Mary feature an image of Dame Edna Everage, a character played by comedian Barry Humphries, who also narrates the film. See more »Goofs
Errors in geography: 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: Butts are bad because they wash out to sea, and fish smoke them and become nicotine-dependent.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
"Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)"Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
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