Mary & Max

I just found some info on the new stop motion animated feature being made in Melbourne called Mary and Max by Oscar winning (Harvey Krumpet won best short animated film in 2004) writer/director Adam Elliot. I have known he was making a feature for a while now but this is the first image I have managed to find so far.


Fuck I can't wait for this film! I abslutely loved his other films (Harvey Krumpet, Uncle, Brother, Cousin) and I just know this one is gonna be a goddam gem. Everything this man does is pure gold! Here's the synopsis:

A simple tale of pen-friendship between two very different people; Mary Dinkle, a little chubby lonely eight year old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz, a 44 year old, severely obese, Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in the chaos of New York.

Spanning 20 years and 2 continents, Mary and Max's friendship survives much more than the average diet of life's ups and downs. Like Harvie Krumpet, Mary and Max is innocent but not naive, as it takes us on a journey that explores friendship, autism, taxidermy, psychiatry, alcoholism, where babies come from, obesity, kleptomania, sexual difference, trust, copulating dogs, religious difference, agoraphobia and much much more.

His work is always richly character driven and beautifully executed in his 'non-animated' animation style. I really hope this does well. God knows the Oz scene needs a few successes!

It's due for release in April 2009.