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Movie Info
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Director -
Spike Jonze -
Producer -
Tom Hanks , Gary Goetzman , Maurice Sendak , John B. Carls , Vincent Landay -
Screenwriter -
Spike Jonze , Dave Eggers -
Distributor -
Warner Bros. -
Production Co -
Playtone Productions , Wild Things -
Rating -
PG (Brief Language|Adventure Action|Mild Thematic Elements) -
Genre -
Kids & Family , Fantasy , Adventure -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 16, 2009, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Sep 1, 2011 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$77.2M -
Runtime -
1h 41m
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