Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1690 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-09-24
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 35 minutes

Video Description
When Max is sent to bed without his supper, he sails off to a world inhabited by the weirdest creatures you've ever seen, and becomes King of ALL wild things - that is until he gets hungry!

Maurice Sendak's famous illustrations from `Where The Wild Things Are' are brought to life here in this faithful adaptation of his hugely popular children's book.
Also included are 5 other stories all written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak - from The Nutshell Library with music by Carole King - `Alligators All Around', `Pierre', `One Was Johnny', and `Chicken Soup With Rice'; plus `In The Night Kitchen.'

Customer Reviews

wonderful
My five year old borrowed this from the library having read the 'Where the Wild Things Are' book. Although a bit different from what he usually watches he soon became hooked on the highly imaginative and lively stories and singing. So much so that we have had to buy a copy for ourselves.

Where the Wild Things Are - And Other Maurice Sendak Stories [DVD]
It was great to find this collection in DVD format - it incorporates 'Where the Wild Things Are', 'In the Night Kitchen' and 'The Nutshell Kids'. It is suitable for all ages, if your child loves the book, they will love this! It uses the original text, too, so you can join in.

For those of you who, like me, grew up in the 70's, this has a wonderfully nostaligic feel. 'In The Night Kitchen' (featuring an animated Laurel and Hardy) has a surreal, dreamlike quality, which is slightly disturbing, but Hey! Kids love it! (mine does, anyway...) 'The Nutshell Kids' is set to music, sung by Carole King.

If you are expecting a slick production, you will be disappointed; this is a basic animation using Sendak's original illustrations. It's lack of polish adds to it's charm, though.

The only disappointment with this particular DVD edition (I don't know if there are any others), is that it's not possible to dip in and out of 'The Nutshell Kids', there seems to be no 'scene selection' option.

Apart from that, I thoroughly recommend it.