Trailer
Plot summary
Mary Daisy Dinkle is eight and lives in Mount Waverley, Victoria, where her schoolmates tease her about the birthmark on her forehead. Her father Noel stays distant and her mother Vera drinks, leaving her to the company of her rooster Ethel, sweetened condensed milk and a cartoon called The Noblets. On an errand with Vera she notices a New York City telephone book, wonders about Americans, chooses a name from it and writes a letter about herself. It reaches Max Jerry Horowitz, 44, obese and a Jewish atheist, who struggles to form relationships. The letter brings on an anxiety attack, but he answers, and their shared taste for chocolate and The Noblets begins a friendship.
Cast
- Julie Forsythas Additional Voices (voice)
- Oliver Marksas Alleyway Bully 1 (voice)
- Daisy Kocheras Alleyway Bully 2 /Injury Girl /Bus Stop Girl / Katherine (voice)
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- Daniel Marksas Alleyway Bully 3 (voice)
- Hamish Hughesas Animals / Mad Jury Member / Opera Singer Two (voice)
- Dan Dohertyas BMX Bandit (voice)
- Mandy Maoas Cher the Chihuahua / Sonny the Chihuahua (voice)
- Patrick McCabeas Datsun Sunny Driver (voice)
- Shaun Pattenas Additional Voices (voice)
- Leanne Smithas Additional Voices (voice)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mary and Max (2009)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Principal photography lasted over 57 weeks, using 133 separate sets, 212 puppets and 475 miniature props, "including a fully functioning Underwood typewriter which apparently took nine weeks to design and build."
- According to the opening credits the film is based on a true story, and in an April 2009 interview writer-director Elliot clarified that Max was inspired by "a pen-friend in New York who I've been writing to for over twenty years."
- The film received no general theatrical release in the United States; it was showcased at several American film festivals and shown briefly at one of the Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles before IFC Films put it on DVD and video on demand.
- The film won the Annecy Cristal from the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June 2009, and in November 2009 took Best Animated Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
SPOILER
The film includes the Pink Martini version of Doris Day's most well-known song, "Que Sera Sera", which plays over the scene in which Mary attempts suicide.
