Maurice Sendak's beloved children's classic becomes a live-action movie. It tells the story of Max (Max Records), a rebellious child who gets angry at his mother (Catherine Keener) and is suddenly transported to a land of magical but frightening creatures. The creatures are portrayed by a combination of actors wearing costumes and computer-generated imagery. Directed by Spike Jonze. With Forest Whitaker and 2009. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2009.
Tom Noonan in Where the Wild Things Are
Theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) moves from the relative anonymity of upstate New York to the high pressure world of Broadway. Backed with a huge grant, Cotard sets out to create his masterpiece, a brutally honest work staged in a life-size replica of New York City built in a theater district warehouse. While the production grows and its development stretches over years, Cotard struggles with the realities of his life and his difficulties with the women in it, including his ex-wife, Adele (Catherine Keener), his daughter, Olive (Sadie Goldstein), his new wife, Claire (Michelle Williams), and his therapist, Madeleine Gravis (Hope Davis). Directed by Charlie Kaufman. With Tom Noonan, Samantha Morton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emily Watson and Dianne Wiest. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Tom Noonan in Synecdoche, New York
Kate Beckinsale plays Annie, a waitress and single mother in a small town. During a very cold winter, problems with her alcoholic ex-husband (Sam Rockwell) develop into a crisis. Michael Angarano is a sensitive teen who has had a crush on Annie since she was his babysitter years before. He tries to help her as best he can, and also struggles to figure out his own relationship with his girlfriend (Olive Thirlby). Directed by David Gordon Green. With Nicky Katt and Gracie Hudson. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Tom Noonan in Snow Angels
For two minutes, astronaut Spencer Armacost (Johnny Depp) loses total consciousness while on a routine space shuttle mission, returning to Earth barely alive. The President, the nation and his friends celebrate his safe homecoming, but his wife Jillian (Charlize Theron) senses that there is something very different about the man she loves. Directed by Rand Ravich. With Joe Morton and Clea DuVall. Categories: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror. Year: 1999.
Tom Noonan in The Astronaut's Wife
When Dracula awakes from an extended hibernation, he sets out to retrieve an amulet that will help him spread his evil over the world. After gathering a team of legenday monsters, including Wolf Man, Gill Man, the Mummy and Frankenstein's monster, Dracula begins to terrorize the citizens of a small town in his quest for total domination. The world's only hope is the Monster Squad, a bunch of kids who love horror movies and meet in a tree house. While the adults in town refuse to believe what is really going on, the Monster Squad uses their movie knowledge to form a plan to defeat the monsters once and for all. Directed by Fred Dekker. With Andre Gower, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr and Jon Gries. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Cult Classics. Year: 1987.
Tom Noonan in The Monster Squad