Question 1

What unusual material was used to create all the water scenes in the film?

Accepted Answer

All water scenes were created with lubricant, including using 2400 teaspoons of it for the ocean in Max's desert island imagination.

Question 2

Which major film festival did this animated film make history by opening?

Accepted Answer

It was the very first animated film to open for the Sundance Film Festival.

Question 3

How did Philip Seymour Hoffman record his voice work for the film without meeting the director?

Accepted Answer

Philip Seymour Hoffman recorded everything through Skype while working on a play in London, never meeting director Adam Elliot in person.

Question 4

What real-life connection inspired the character of Max?

Accepted Answer

Writer-director Adam Elliot said Max was inspired by a pen-friend in New York he'd been writing to for over twenty years.

Question 5

Which international film festivals featured this story of an unlikely friendship?

Accepted Answer

It was featured at the Berlin International Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, and Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.

Question 6

What is the unlikely friendship at the heart of Mary and Max?

Accepted Answer

The story follows a friendship between Mary, an eight-year-old lonely girl in Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year-old severely obese man in New York, through their pen-pal correspondence.

Question 7

Which actor voiced Max Jerry Horovitz, and how did he record his lines?

Accepted Answer

Philip Seymour Hoffman voiced Max Jerry Horovitz, recording everything through Skype while working on a play in London, without ever meeting director Adam Elliot in person.

Question 8

What unusual material was used to create all the water scenes in the film?

Accepted Answer

All water scenes were created with lubricant, including using 2400 teaspoons of it for the ocean when Max imagines himself on a desert island.

Question 9

Which festivals was Mary and Max an official selection for?

Accepted Answer

It was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, and Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.

Question 10

What inspired the character of Max according to the writer and director?

Accepted Answer

Writer and director Adam Elliot clarified that Max was inspired by a pen-friend in New York he had been writing to for over twenty years.

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