<P> The Wild Things introduce themselves as Carol, Ira, Judith, Alexander, Douglas, the Bull, and K.W. Soon, they all end up piling on one another before going to sleep, with Max at the center . Carol takes Max on a tour of the island, showing him a model he built depicting what he wishes the island looked like . Inspired by this, Max orders the construction of an enormous fort, with Carol in charge of construction . When K.W. brings her two owl friends Bob and Terry to the fort, a disagreement ensues, as Carol feels they are outsiders (Max had said earlier that if any outsiders entered the fort, they would "have their brains automatically cut out"). To release their frustrations, Max divides the tribe into "good guys" and "bad guys" for a dirt clod fight, but Alexander is hurt during the game . After an argument between K.W. and Carol, K.W. leaves once again . </P> <P> Max finds Alexander alone in the fort and has a conversation with him . Alexander reveals that he always suspected that Max is not a king with magical powers, but warns him to never let Carol know . Soon enough, at pre-dawn, Carol throws another tantrum--this time, about the fort, K.W.'s absence, and the eventual death of the sun (which Max had talked to Carol about earlier in the film). When Carol gets angry with Max for not doing a good job as a king, Douglas tries to explain to him that he's "just a boy, pretending to be a wolf, pretending to be a king", thus exposing the truth to the rest of the Wild Things . Carol becomes enraged and ends up ripping off Douglas's right arm (though only sand pours out of the wound). Then he chases Max into the forest and attempts to eat him . Max is saved by K.W., who hides him in her stomach . Max listens as Carol and K.W. have an argument over Carol's misbehavior . Max finds the crushed remains of Carol's model island (presumably destroyed by Carol himself in a rage) and leaves a token of affection for him to find (a letter C inside a love heart made of twigs). He finds Carol and tells him he is going home because he is not a king . The other Wild Things escort Max to his boat . Carol runs to join them after finding Max's token and arrives in time to see him off . He starts to howl and Max howls back, then all the other Wild Things join in . Carol looks at K.W. and she smiles kindly at him . Returning home, Max is embraced by his distraught mother, who gives him a bowl of hot soup, a piece of cake and a glass of milk and sits with him as he eats . He watches as she falls asleep . </P> <Ul> <Li> Max Records as Max, a lonely eight - year - old boy with a wild imagination . </Li> <Li> Catherine Keener as Connie, Max's mother . </Li> <Li> Mark Ruffalo as Adrian, Connie's boyfriend . </Li> <Li> Pepita Emmerichs as Claire, Max's sister . </Li> <Li> Steve Mouzakis as Max's teacher . </Li> <Li> Max Pfeifer, Madeleine Greaves, Joshua Jay, and Ryan Corr as Claire's friends . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Max Records as Max, a lonely eight - year - old boy with a wild imagination . </Li>

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