Mary and Max
“Sometimes perfect strangers make the best of friends.”
2009•NR•1h 32m•7.9•Released
AnimationComedyDrama
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 Elliot
Writer
Adam Elliot
Budget
$8M
Revenue
$2M
Languages
English, Yiddish
Studio
Melodrama Pictures
Cast
Toni Collette
Mary (voice)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Max (voice)
Barry Humphries
Narrator (voice)
Eric Bana
Damien (voice)
Bethany Whitmore
Young Mary (voice)
Renée Geyer
Vera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)
Ian 'Molly' Meldrum
Homeless Man (voice)
John Flaus
Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)
Julie Forsyth
Bus Stop Mother / Kissing Woman (voice)
Christopher Massey
911 Operator / Ambulance Voice / Derisive Observer (voice)
Oliver Marks
Alleyway Bully 1 (voice)
Daisy Kocher
Alleyway Bully 2 /Injury Girl /Bus Stop Girl / Katherine (voice)
Daniel Marks
Alleyway Bully 3 (voice)
Hamish Hughes
Animals / Mad Jury Member / Opera Singer Two (voice)
Dan Doherty
BMX Bandit (voice)
Production
Company
Melodrama Pictures
Company
Screen Australia
Company
Film Victoria
Company
SBS
Producer
Melanie Coombs
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