Max

Max (2002)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

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Release date

2002-09-10

Country

Canada, Hungary, United Kingdom

Production

Alliance Atlantis, Neue Bioskop Film, Pathé Pictures International, Film Council, H2O Motion Pictures, AAMPI Inc., Aconit Pictures, JAP Films, Natural Nylon II

Genre

War, Drama

Budget

$11 000 000

Revenue

$660 763

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Director

Menno Meyjes

Actors

John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Kevin McKidd, Yuliya Vysotskaya, Peter Capaldi, Ulrich Thomsen, Janet Suzman, David Horovitch
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Scenario

Menno Meyjes

Producer

András Hámori, Cameron McCracken, Tom Ortenberg, Jonathan Debin, François Ivernel

Operator

Lajos Koltai

Composer

Dan Jones

Artist

Audition

Nina Gold

Editing

Chris Wyatt
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• The directorial debut of screenwriter Menno Meyjes.
• Trying to secure funding for his directorial debut, screenwriter Menno Meyjes approached Steven Spielberg with a proposal to produce the film (Meyjes had worked on the screenplays for three films by the legendary director – “The Color Purple,” 1985; “Empire of the Sun,” 1987; and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” 1989). After reviewing the script, Spielberg praised it, calling it “excellent,” but declined to produce a film about the rise of the political figure Hitler and the origins of Nazism.
• John Cusack, who played the lead role, agreed to work for free due to the significant difficulties in finding funding for the film.
• Filming took place in Amsterdam and Budapest.
• While trying to secure funding for his directorial debut, screenwriter Menno Meyjes approached Steven Spielberg with a proposal to produce the film (Meyjes had worked on the screenplays for three films by the legendary director – 'The Color Purple,' 1985; 'Empire of the Sun,' 1987; and 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,' 1989). After reviewing the script, Spielberg praised it as 'excellent' but declined to produce a film about the rise of the political figure Hitler and the origins of Nazism.