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Synopsis: In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. She's Mary Dinkle, the only child of an alcoholic mother and a distracted father. He's Max Horowitz, an overweight man with Asperger's, living alone in New York. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence, interrupted by a stay in an asylum and a few misunderstandings. Mary falls in love with a neighbor, saves money to have a birthmark removed and deals with loss. Max has a friendship with a neighbor, tries to control his weight, and finally gets the dream job. Will the two ever meet face to face?
Director(s): Adam Elliot
Production: IFC Films
  4 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
92 min
Website
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I invented the recipe for them

and can send it to you.

When I was young, I invented

an invisible friend called Mr Ravioli.

My psychiatrist says

I don't need him anymore

so he just sits in the corner and reads.

Last week I picked up

People are always littering in New York.

I do not understand

why people break laws.

Butts are bad

because they wash out to sea

and fish smoke them

and become nicotine dependent.

I am just joking because, of course,

it is impossible for a cigarette

to remain lit underwater.

Also, fish do not have pockets

to keep cigarette lighters in.

I am 44 years old

and have 8 tracksuits

the same colour and size.

I weigh 352 lb...

Ooooh!

..and am as tall as a 6-foot tree.

Welcome to the New York Lottery!

I enjoy entering the lottery

and have chosen the same numbers

for 9 years.

Those numbers are 3...

(7.

And 12.

Are you a winner?

Or a loser?

I have had many different jobs

during my life.

My first job was collecting

subway tokens in the subway.

My second job was at Yiddel's

Gourmet Kosher Supplies

where I worked at the machine that made

pre-packaged noodle kugels.

I was born Jewish

and used to believe in God

but I've since read many books

that have proven God

is just a figment of my imagination.

People like to believe in God because

it answers complicated questions

Iike where did the universe come from,

do worms go to heaven...

do worms go to heaven...

..and why do old ladies have blue hair?

Even though I'm an atheist,

I still wear my yarmulke

as it keeps my brain warm.

My third job was for a company

that printed logos on novelty items.

I worked at the frisbee printing machine.

A frisbee is a circular plastic disc

that people throw at each other.

It is like a boomerang

but it does not come back.

My fourth job was when

I was called up for jury duty.

I didn't get paid much

but got free cookies and coffee.

Jurors are outstanding members

of the community

who haven't murdered anybody.

I made it to the short list

for a trial where a man

killed all his friends

at his own surprise birthday party.

Unfortunately, I didn't get selected

because they found out

I'd been a mental patient at one point.

Have you ever been hang gliding?

My fifth job was as a garbage collector.

I got to clean up after litterbugs

and didn't have to talk to anybody.

Sometimes I used to pretend

I was an intergalactical robot.

This is 911.

Your call has been placed in a queue.

One time the police took me in

for questioning

but let me go when they decided

I wasn't a threat to anybody

except myself.

The sixth job I had

was for the United States Army

in the stationery supply department.

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Adam Elliot

Adam Elliot (born 2 January 1972 in Berwick, Victoria, Australia) is an independent Australian stop-motion animation writer, director and producer based in Melbourne, Australia. His five films have collectively participated in over seven hundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards, including an Academy Award for Harvie Krumpet and five Annecy Cristals. Elliot calls himself an auteur filmmaker and each of his films have a bittersweet nature to them. He does not engage with commercial work and works exclusively on his own film projects. Based loosely on his family and friends, Elliot calls each of his works a Clayography – clay animated biography. Each film takes up to five years to complete. He is noted for his use of traditional 'in-camera' techniques, which means every prop set and character is a 'real' miniature handcrafted object. Elliot does not use digital additions or computer generated imagery to enhance his visual aesthetic. His company, Adam Elliot Clayographies, produce the films and Elliot’s work practices adhere to the French auteur methodology. Each film has been voiced by notable actors including, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Geoffrey Rush, Eric Bana, William McInnes , Barry Humphries and John Flaus. Elliot is also a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and in 1999 was awarded The Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria. more…

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