BARRY HUMPHRIES - AUSTRALIAN ANIMATED FILM TO OPEN SUNDANCE

AUSTRALIAN ANIMATED FILM TO OPEN SUNDANCE

The Australian animated feature Mary and Max has been chosen to open the 25th Sundance Film Festival on January 15 in Park City, UT. The claymation film, narrated by Barry Humphries, better known as Dame Edna Everage, tells the story of an 8-year-old girl who lives near Melbourne and her pen pal Max, a 44-year-old man who lives in New York City. It is the creation of Adam Elliot and Melanie Coombs, who won the animation Oscar two years ago for their Harvie Krumpet , which also screened at Sundance

20/11/2008