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Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Spike Jonze released in USA on 14 october 2009 with Spike Jonze

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
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Released in USA 14 october 2009
Length 39minutes
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OriginUSA
Rating78% 3.917623.917623.917623.917623.91762

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.

Synopsis

Starting in 2003 Spike Jonze and his frequent collaborator Lance Bangs began to film a series of interview 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.

Actors

Spike Jonze

(Himself)
Lance Bangs

(Himself)
Catherine Keener

(Herself)
James Gandolfini

(Himself)
Meryl Streep

(Herself)
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