Max Records arrives for the premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are", in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. The 12-year-old unknown actor stars as Max, the boy sent to bed without supper in the popular children's book on which this movie is based.
Author Maurice Sendak, left, film director Spike Jonze, center, and actor Max Records, right, pose together at the New York premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are", Tuesday, Oct., 13, 2009. The animated movie opens Oct. 16.
The cover of the Maurice Sendak children's classic that director Spike Jonze has turned into a movie.
Maurice Sendak arrives to the the New York premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are" on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Sendak is the author of the children's classic. The 81-year-old Connecticut author wrote the beloved children's book in 1963. It won a prestigious Caldecott Medal.
Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker arrives to the New York premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are," Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Whitaker appears in the film, which has been adapted from the children's classic book.
Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks co-produced "Where the Wild Things Are." Here, he mugs for the camera at the New York premiere on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
Joan Allen arrives with her daughter Sadie Friedman, right, to the New York premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are," Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
"Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively arrives to the New York premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are," Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
Actresses Catherine O'Hara, left, and Catherine Keener, pose together at the New York premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are," Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. The two appear in the film, which has been adapted from the children's classic book.
Forest Whitaker and his wife, Keisha, arrive to the New York premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are," Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Whitaker appears in the film, which has been adapted from the beloved children's classic.
Lauren Ambrose stands in front of a poster of the character KW, whom she plays in "Where the Wild Things Are," during the film's New York premiere, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
Actor Martin Short arrives to the New York premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are," Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
Author Maurice Sendak is greeted by actresses Catherine Keener, left, and Lauren Ambrose, right, at the the New York premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are," Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Sendak is the author of the children's classic.
Oscar winner Tom Hanks arrives at the New York premiere of the film "Where the Wild Things Are," Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Hanks co-produced the film.