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“I didn’t set out to make a children’s movie; I set out to make a movie about childhood,” says director Spike Jonze, whose big-screen adaptation of the captivating Maurice Sendak classic “Where the Wild Things Are” was truly a labor of love.

In it, he further explores the themes Sendak introduced and which Jonze believes remain relevant to every generation.  “It’s about what it’s like to be eight or nine years old and trying to figure out the world, the people around you, and emotions that are sometimes unpredictable or confusing—which is really the challenge of negotiating relationships all your life,” he says.  “It’s no different at that age.”
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Fans of all ages turned out this weekend for “Where the Wild Things Are,” the big-screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic tale about childhood, directed by Spike Jonze.  The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, opened at No. 1, earning a weekend total of $32,695,407, the biggest October opening for a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
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