Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Max Records
Max
Catherine Keener
Mom
James Gandolfini
Carol (voice)
Lauren Ambrose
KW (voice)
Catherine O'Hara
Judith (voice)
Forest Whitaker
Ira (voice)
Chris Cooper
Douglas (voice)
Paul Dano
Alexander (voice)
Spike Jonze
Bob (voice) / Terry (voice)
Pepita Emmerichs
Claire
Mark Ruffalo
The Boyfriend
Max Pfeifer
Claire's Friend
Madeleine Greaves
Joshua Jay
Ryan Corr
Steve Mouzakis
Teacher
Michael Berry Jr.
The Bull (voice)
Vincent Crowley
Carol Suit Performer
Sonny Gerasimowicz
Alexander Suit Performer
Nick Farnell
Judith Suit Performer
Sam Longley
Ira Suit Performer
Angus Sampson
The Bull Suit Performer
Mark McCracken
The Bull Additional Suit Performer
John Leary
Douglas Suit Performer
Alice Parkinson
KW Suit Performer
Garon Michael
KW Additional Suit Performer
James Epinfaniou
Additional Max Performer
Joshua Evans
Tess Grimshaw Lloyd
Lucas Haynes
Nathan Veal
Kalia Prescott
Max's Classmate (uncredited)
Director
Screenplay
Dave Eggers
Tom Hanks
Producer
John B. Carls
Gary Goetzman
Vincent Landay
Maurice Sendak
Matt Copping
Dolly Grip
Toby Copping
Key Grip
Sky Davies
Second Assistant Camera
David Elmes
First Assistant "A" Camera
Mark Goellnicht
"A" Camera Operator
Warren Grieef
Simon Harding
Camera Operator
Ben King
Additional Still Photographer
Stephen MacDougall
Joseph Messier
Cameron Morley
Darin Necessary
First Assistant Camera
Matt Nettheim
Still Photographer
Gino Nix
Luke Nixon
Shawn Records
Hector Rodriguez
Jeremy Rouse
Ricky Schamburg
Gary Scott
Brad Shield
Second Unit Director of Photography
Michael Vivian
Peter White
Bruce Berman
Executive Producer
Natalie Farrey
Associate Producer
Jon Jashni
Scott Mednick
Emma Wilcockson
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Karen O
James Haygood
Editor
Eric Zumbrunnen
Skyler Brigmann
Acting Double
Miranda July
Thanks
K.K. Barrett
Production Design
Lucinda Thomson
Art Direction
Jeffrey Thorp
Supervising Art Director
Lisa Thompson
Set Decoration
Casey Storm
Costume Design
Malcolm Fife
Sound Effects Editor
Juan Peralta
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Semanick
Ben Gibbs
Visual Effects Supervisor
Marc Kolbe
Darrin Prescott
Stunt Coordinator
Thomas Patrick Smith
First Assistant Director
Deborah Antoniou
Second Assistant Director
Miranda Colman
Third Assistant Director
John Mahaffie
Second Unit Director
Eddie Thorne
Second Second Assistant Director
Joshua Watkins
John Martin
Justine Arteta
Casting
Kim Davis-Wagner
Adam Johansen
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Kylie O'Toole
Hairstylist
Makeup Artist
Zeljka Stanin
Chiara Tripodi
Hair Supervisor
Makeup Supervisor
Catherine Bishop
Unit Production Manager
Andy Pappas
Unit Manager
Steven Soderbergh
Michelle Williams
Sam Spiegel
Edward Saxon
David O. Russell
Brad Pitt
Sean Penn
Tom Noonan
Mike Mills
Bennett Miller
Tory Metzger
Andy Jenkins
Nicole Holofcener
David Fincher
Benicio del Toro
Chris Cunningham
Ceán Chaffin
Lance Bangs
Megan Baltimore
Miguel Arteta
Ren Klyce
Sound Designer
Lance Acord
Director of Photography
Troy Robinson
Stunts
William Alexander
CG Artist
Shaun Greenspan
Production Assistant
Coya Elliott
Assistant Sound Editor
Thomas Tull
Laraib Atta
Visual Effects
Book
Christian Kaestner
Compositing Artist
