Where the Wild Things Are
(DVD, LOCAL LIBRARY CHECKOUT ONLY DVD) 

Based on the book by Maurice Sendak

Originally released as a motion picture in 2009

Special features: Series of "Where the wild things are" shorts by Lance Bange: "The absurd difficulty of filming a dog running and barking at the same time," "Crew pranks Spike," "Vampire attack: the Max Records short" and "The kids take over the picture."

Production designer, K.K. Barrett ; edited by Eric Zumbrunnen, James Haygood ; costume designer, Casey Storm ; original score, Karen O and Carter Burwell ; animation and visual effects supervisor, Daniel Jeannette ; animation supervision, Michael Eames ; visual effects supervision, Marc Kolbe, Ben Gibbs

Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, Paul Dano, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker

Max has an active imagination, who will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him - runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including Carol who has the same temperament as Max. Instead of eating Max like they normally would with creatures of his type, the wild things befriend Max after he proclaims himself a king who can magically solve all their problems.

MPAA rating: PG; dual-layer format; for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (letterbox, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround

This DVD disc is copy protected

In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English (for the hearing impaired), French and Spanish subtitles