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NEWS ABOUT: Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak stories: 4 news summaries
box office roundup


 Wild Things 
 Runs Rampant 

Law Abiding Citizen also enjoys strong opening weekend

Oct 18, 09 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where the Wild Things Are ran wild at the weekend box office, exceeding expectations by doing $32.5 million worth of business. Spike Jonze's first foray into children's cinema earned the director his strongest opening weekend ever. "I can't imagine too many people who could do what Spike did,... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • box office • children's books • Warner Brothers • movies • James Gandolfini • Spike Jonze • Warner Bros • Maurice Sendak • Where the Wild Things Are • Couples Retreat • Paranormal Activity • The Stepfather • Law Abiding Citizen

Movie Review

 Wild Things Great ... for Adults 

Spike Jonze's melancholy fantasy gorgeous, heartfelt, uneventful

Oct 16, 09 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are takes a 10-sentence children’s book and turns it into a full-length movie that’s not really for kids at all. But most critics liked it anyway. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • “Parents and tykes expecting the next Shrek
... More »

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movie review • Spike Jonze • Maurice Sendak • Where the Wild Things Are

 Spike Jonze Brings 
 Wild Things  to Life 

Director fought for years for his vision of Sendak's classic  

Sep 5, 09 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spike Jonze grew up on the children's classic Where the Wild Things Are, and wanted to make a very raw, very unconventional movie of it, portraying the wild things as the scary emotions kids feel. Jonze persuaded Maurice Sendak to take a shot on his vision, but the studio was... More »

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film director • Warner Brothers • Dave Eggers • Spike Jonze • Maurice Sendak • Where the Wild Things Are

 It's a Busy Fall for Books 

Dave Eggers, Philip Roth, Jon Krakauer have new titles out

Sep 4, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hoping to salvage a miserable year, publishers are flooding the fall season with more hot tickets than normal. Some samples, from the Wall Street Journal:
  • Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol, Sept. 1: The next in a series from the Da Vinci Code writer.
  • Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist,
... More »

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Jonathan Lethem • Pat Tillman • publishing • Jonathan Safran Foer • Dave Eggers • Vladimir Nabokov • Dan Brown • The Lost Symbol • books • Jon Krakauer • Maurice Sendak

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