Adam Elliot, Max and Mary
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Aussie Oscar Winner Opens Sundance
By: Souleo
This is the year of Australian cinema. Not only do we have the epic “Australia,” but now we have the first Australian film ever to open the prestigious Sundance Film Festival.
Director Adam Elliot won an Academy Award for his short film “Harvie Krumpet”, after screening the film in the 2004 Sundance festival and now he’s back to open the festival with “Mary and Max.”
The clay-animated film follows a 20 year penpal friendship between an eight-year-old girl in Melbourne and an obese 42-year-old man in New York. Don’t worry it’s not about a pedophile, or so we hope.
Australia’s own Toni Collette voices the female lead character and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana, Molly Meldrum and Renee Geyer are also featured.
With such strong buzz already expect the film to definitely get North American distribution.
