Leaving aside whether the magazine should or shouldn't be pimping a film, Sendak worked with Eggers and co-writer/director Spike Jonze on the film -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG16ceUP3v4&feature=player_embedded -- and has approved of the finished product. Max Records, the young actor who plays Max said recently that Sendak told him, "I really love this movie. I hope people like it. If not, they can go straight to hell."
On Hands Off That Rumpus, Dave Eggers!
Leaving aside whether the magazine should or shouldn't be pimping a film, Sendak worked with Eggers and co-writer/director Spike Jonze on the film -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG16ceUP3v4&feature=player_embedded -- and has approved of the finished product. Max Records, the young actor who plays Max said recently that Sendak told him, "I really love this movie. I hope people like it. If not, they can go straight to hell."