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Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak 
Summary
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak is a 2009 television documentary film directed by Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze about children's author Maurice Sendak.
| Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak | |
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| Directed by | Lance Bangs Spike Jonze |
| Starring | Maurice Sendak Spike Jonze Catherine Keener |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Hunter Hill Vincent Landay Perry Moore Allison Sarofim |
| Cinematography | Lance Bangs Jeff Buchanan Spike Jonze |
| Editor | Jeff Buchanan |
| Running time | 39 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | October 2, 2009 |
Content edit
Starting in 2003 Spike Jonze and his frequent collaborator Lance Bangs began to film a series of interviews with author Maurice Sendak. Sendak spoke about his youth, family, thoughts on death, and his career and some of the controversies that came from his books Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen.[1]
Screenings edit
The film was screened at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in 2022.[2]
See also edit
- Where the Wild Things Are (film), a 2009 adaptation of Sendak's book directed by Jonze, which is also discussed in the film[3]
References edit
- ^ "Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak". The A.V. Club.
- ^ Wicks, Emily (2022-09-13). ""Spike Jonze, Maurice Sendak, and the World of Puppetry": A Pre-Recorded Online Puppet Forum, 9/22 | Ballard Institute and Museum". Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ Phillips, Kimberly (2022-08-03). "Where the Wild Puppets Are: Maurice Sendak Creations Land at Ballard". UConn Today. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
External links edit
- Tell Them Anything You Want at IMDb
