\nProducer: Melanie Coombs
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<\/p>\nWriter\/Director: Adam Elliot
\nProducer: Melanie Coombs
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[in Australian cinemas April 9 through Icon<\/a>]<\/p>\n With his self-effacing homage to \u201cdifference\u201d and evolution of a medium, Adam Elliot has created something wonderful with his first feature-length claymation.<\/p>\n Mary & Max<\/em> unfolds through the cross-Pacific correspondence between two unlikely pen pals. Though both outsiders for different reasons, 8-y-o Mary Daisy Dinkle and 300 lb New Yorker Max Horowitz share loneliness and a love of chocolate.<\/p>\n The tone and structure are reminiscent of Leunig\u2019s book The Curly Pyjama Letters<\/em>, and the characters are defined by a Benjamin Button<\/em> innocence and Forrest Gump<\/em> goodness. But most of all, Mary & Max<\/em> references Elliot\u2019s body of work so far: his early shorts Uncle<\/em>, Cousin<\/em> and Brother<\/em>, and his Oscar winning short with producer Melanie Coombs, Harvie Krumpet<\/em>. His animation, like life, has fingerprints on it \u2013 and that\u2019s what makes it real.<\/p>\n Despite themes ranging from cerebral palsy to Asperger\u2019s Syndrome, depression and suicide, Elliot finds the light side of life as characterised by a distinct sense of compassion and good humour. Filled with the quirky minutiae of life, his work stands as an affirmation of humanity on the grandest scale. <\/p>\n The film opened this year\u2019s Sundance Film Festival and, in its first Sydney screening at AFTRS<\/a> Friday night, the theatre was full house and overflowing with praise. <\/p>\n Forget \u20181000 Films to See Before You Die\u2019 \u2013 Mary & Max<\/em> should be in your Top 10.<\/p>\n Writer\/Director: Adam Elliot Producer: Melanie Coombs [in Australian cinemas April 9 through Icon] With his self-effacing homage to \u201cdifference\u201d and evolution of a medium, Adam Elliot has created something wonderful with his first feature-length claymation. Mary & Max unfolds through … Continue reading ![\"Mary\"](\"http:\/\/www.rachaelturk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/mary-1-1.jpeg\" "\\"Mary\\"")
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