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From Academy Award winning writer/director Adam Elliot and producer Melanie Coombs (Harvie Krumpet) comes the hilarious and moving new 'claymated' feature film about the pen-pal relationship between two very different people: Mary Daisy Dinkle (voiced by Oscar nominee Toni Collette) is a lonely 8-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Max Jerry Horovitz (Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman) is an obese 44-year-old with Asperger's Syndrome living in the chaos of New York City. Over the course of 20 years and 2 continents, their unusual journey of friendship will explore autism, taxidermy, alcoholism, where babies come from, kleptomania, sexual differences, trust, copulating dogs, religious differences, agoraphobia and more of life's big and little surprises.

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MEMOIR OF A SNAIL MEMOIR OF A SNAIL is a poignant and heartfelt chronicle of the life of Grace Pudel, a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love of romance novels. At a young age, when she’s separated from her twin brother, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky. As she slowly learns to let go of the clutter in her home and her mind, Grace starts to find her confidence and the courage to love again. Written and Directed by Adam Elliot Starring Sarah Snook, Eric Bana, Jacki Weaver, Kodi Smit-McPhee Golden Globe Nominee for Best Motion Picture – Animated Critics Choice Awards Nominee for Best Animated Feature Special Features: Director’s Commentary with Adam Elliot Q&A with Adam Elliot and Jacki Weaver Magic of Stop Motion Interview with Sarah Snook Making of Memoir of a Snail Behind the Scenes of Memoir of a Snail Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Memoir of a Snail