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Mary and Max

AnimationComedyDrama

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. From TMDB

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  • Jack Saint @lackingsaint.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2024

    Fav animated movies It's Such A Beautiful Day Interstella 5555 Fantastic Planet Mary and Max Lilo and Stitch Spirited Away Fantasia Toy Story Ringing Bell And then add Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Space Jam together to make one whole animated film

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  • Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2024

    I finally got to see Memoir of a Snail. I really loved Adam Elliot’s previous film Mary and Max and I thought this was even better. This film really takes your heart on a roller coaster as it follows the lives of two twins and their ups and downs. I adored this film.

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  • Tekki @lovelytekki.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2025

    I watched Mary and Max for the first time today. It was a very dark, but also touching movie, and I enjoyed it.

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  • Tûl @athenowl.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2025

    Humans are human with their flaws. A feel-good animated film. Mary and Max

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  • hungrymanjosh.bsky.social @hungrymanjosh.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Mary and Max is my favourite watch of the year so far. Everyone watching was crying come the end, and rightfully so. What a wonderful film about a truly oddball friendship. My favourite Philip Seymour Hoffman performance. Time for Memoir of a Snail! #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched boxd.it/3BVeB

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  • 🔞 PERICO REGORDETE 🔞 @unchained-hound.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    Its why so many of them go "Animation it's art!!1" but instead of something like Don Hertzfeldt's World of Tomorrow or Adam Elliot's Mary and Max they mean whichever is the newest fucking Disney/Pixar movie. Animation is art- but they refuse to engage with it past popcorn entertainment.

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  • JC Dendeath @jcdenden.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2025

    My favourite animated movies. I don't have a hard top 25, but I'll give it a shot: 1. Beauty and the Beast 2. Mary and Max 3. Robin Hood 4. Shrek 5. Toy Story 2 6. Moana 7. A Goofy Movie 8. Fantastic Mr. Fox 9. Spirited Away 10. Ghost in the Shell

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  • The Reel Jon 🦌🎬🇵🇸🇸🇩🇸🇸🇺🇦 @thereeljon.cryptoanarchy.networkBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Good morning, #VTubers Had an impromptu day off social media yesterday, not by choice I just spaced and never checked in, but all that happened was I saw Red One. Gonna check out the latest movie from the director of Mary and Max later today, but I gotta focus on editing the anniversary video

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  • Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2025

    I love the film Mary and Max, so I’m familiar with the style of the animation.There were no grey/black toned people in Mary and Max.

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  • Gaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2024

    As a live action film, MARY AND MAX might well have ended up a rancid, Todd Solondz-esque wallowing in the pain of outsiders. But animation makes all the difference--Adam Elliot pulls off the neat trick of creating a sweet cringe comedy. I even found myself tearing up at the semi-happy ending.

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  • Tristan Petty @magicalart.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2025

    Amazon critique on Mary and Max: "1 star. Too dark and not for children." Me: "OK. But what are your actual thoughts on the movie?"

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  • GingerCååt @gingercaat.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2025

    Week 34- #MovieChallenge 2025/ Mary and Max (2009) - Philip Seymour Hoffman. Touching stop motion animation about 20-yr pen pals Mary (lonely 8 y/o, Australia) & Max (44 y/o w/ Asperger’s, NY) 😭 (I loved it)

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  • MattSkywalkingFox 🎃🎃👻👻 @jaimevilchez18.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    Mary and Max is an artistically beautiful movie that I absolutely loved so much for how it shows what the true meaning and importance of the human connection actually is about and its impact on us as people and learning to accept our neurodivergence through our own sense of forgiveness.

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  • The Fame Feed 🔹 @moviesquotes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2026

    Mary and Max (2009)📽️ Forgiveness isn't about excusing a mistake; it's about recognizing that being human is a synonym for being imperfect. We're all just works in progress. ✉️🌑 #MaryAndMax #Cinema

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  • Karinargh @purr.noBluesky · Jun 8, 2025

    I love the movie 'Mary and Max' so much and was completely unaware of 'Memoir of a snail' until it was suddenly IN THE WORLD and I get to watch it tomorrow and feel like the only appropriate warmup is to eat a chocolate hot dog

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  • FaroeKing97 @faroeking97.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2026

    Mary and Max (2009) A new favorite of mine. Its stop motion is wonderfully stylized and quirky, but the highlight is the writing. At times funny, at times heartbreaking but always so human, with a great message of learning to love yourself despite your flaws. Such a beautiful film. 10/10

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  • Michael Edwards @medwardsva.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2025

    202. Memoir of a Snail While it doesn't quite reach the quality of Mary and Max in my opinion, it still has Elliots usual quirks that make for a great, funny, & brutally emotional film. The stop motion is just as good as his other work & it mixes dark emotional scenes with quirky humor effectively

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  • Stephen McDonell @stephenmcdonell.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2025

    Went to see Aussie film “Mary and Max” at the #Beijing Film Festival tonight. God I’d forgotten what a funny, beautiful, sad movie it is. Amazing. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toni Collette great. The direction, the story, the animation: phenomenal!

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  • Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2024

    I rewatched Mary and Max last night 🌃 💌 ✍️ The film is as wonderful and poignant as ever 🥹 A beautiful and precious little gem ❤️ #MaryAndMax #AdamElliot #Cinema #StopMotion #Claymation

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  • Cinema Yūgen @cinemayugen.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    Share an ANIMATED movie title that begins with the letter “L” or “M” 🎥 M is for… Mary and Max (2009)

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  • Pufferfish Man @pufferfish-man.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    Autism is not to be cured. - "It would be like trying to change the color of my eyes", This quote is from the 2009 movie, Mary and Max. Support and help them. Dont fix them.

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  • Tenuity @tenuity.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2025

    OCD compels me to spreadsheet. Combined the greatest-films-of-all-time lists. Presenting the top 1,461 as a daily countdown to the end of the Trump Administration. #Film #Resist #MovieSky #Movies #1,308 -- Mary and Max (2009) dir. Adam Elliot

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  • ShadeOfLight @shadeoflight.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2025

    Mary and Max: Claymation film about a young Australian girl who randomly sends a letter to the US, where it's received by an autistic man; they became pen pals. Absolutely hilarious pitch-black humor, had great time with this. Recommended! 2/6

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  • Theodore "Listen to the Friendship Factory" Monk @fourwholemoons.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2023

    Introduce yourself with 1 TTRPG, 1 book, 1 board game, 1 movie, and 1 TV show TTRPG: Interstitial: Our Hearts Intertwined Book: Lord of Emperors (but with an honorable mention for Gideon the Ninth) Board Game: Smash-Up Movie: Mary and Max TV Show: Scrubs

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  • Rob @rflixtv.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    A beautiful little film about loneliness, friendship and accepting people as they are. My ★★★★★ review of Mary and Max on Letterbox boxd.it/gw1UKH #filmsky

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  • The Fame Feed 🔹 @moviesquotes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2026

    🥹❤️‍🩹 - Mary and Max 🎬 A world full of people, yet so few who speak the same language of the heart. Sometimes, being 'different' just means you see the beauty others walk right past. 🧩✨ #MaryAndMax #Humanity

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  • SHEP @stupidshepherd.bsky.socialBluesky · May 20, 2025

    Lady and the Tramp The Triplets of Belleville Big Hero 6 Bambi Princess Mononoke My Neighbor Totoro Arthur Christmas Antz The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part A Bug’s Life Mary and Max Ponyo Klaus Teen Titans Go! To the Movies Bolt Missing Link Tangled

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  • Arkadin Cinema @arkadincinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 23, 2025

    First up in our February “Dynamic Duos” series is the moving stop-motion masterpiece MARY AND MAX (2009), by Australian animator Adam Elliot who was just nominated for an Academy Award for his new film Memoir of a Snail. MARY AND MAX plays Saturday, Feb. 2 at 3:30 pm.

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  • Doctor Dūmb (The b is silent) @victorvondoomphd.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2024

    10 Favourite Animated Features (in no order) Princess Mononoke Fantastic Mr. Fox Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Disney's Robin Hood Emperor's New Groove The Rescuers Down Under Sword in the Stone Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Rango Mary and Max

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  • Seb Whatever ∞ @sebburton.comBluesky · Nov 28, 2024

    Books: -Unmasking Autism by Devon Price. -Unmasking by Ellie Middleton. -Strong Female Character by Fern Brady. Movie: -Mary and Max

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  • Lead ✨ @lead07.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 28, 2024

    📽️ Thoughts on Mary and Max (9/10) “Mary and Max are two misfits who become long-distance pen pals in this touching animated film about unlikely friendship and overcoming loneliness”

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  • 🔪Final Gay🩸 @shadowdra126.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2023

    As someone who has ASD (specifically Asperger’s syndrome) I wanted to share some of my favorite representations of autism or autism-coded characters in media (Mary and Max is one of the best depictions of Asperger’s in a movie I’ve ever seen and it will make me cry every. Single. Time. I watch it)

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  • Christopher Richards @chrisrichards97.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    I remember Mary and Max. It’s a nice movie about autism.

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  • Sam Ellis @samellis.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    I’ve spent over a decade preaching the gospel of Mary and Max to anyone who will listen. Film you've watched more than 6 times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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  • Ed Near @ed-near.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2026

    #promosky Other account bsky.app/profile/edj-... Name's Ed Late 20s Writer (on 2nd draft of big book) Fave books: Viriconium, Elric Saga, Last Herald-Mage, Travels With Charlie Anime: Gurren lagann, Re:Creators, Cowboy Bebop Movie: World's End, Mary and Max, Prince of Egypt

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  • Citizen Kate @citizenkate.satan.socialBluesky · May 26, 2026

    Mary and Max

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  • All Hail Giant Dizzy Gillespie @ejriley.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2026

    Adam Elliot's Mary and Max is the best animated film ever.

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  • Geoff ↪️ TFNSWINDON @gisproule.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2026

    Mary and Max (2009) is such a great stop motion film.

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  • Beyond the Machina! @beyondthemachina.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2025

    - the works of Jack Stauber (Opal and Pop: A shop opera in particular) - Mary and Max - the adventures of mark twain - any will Vinton film tbh - any laika film (which used to be Will Vinton studios) - any Henry Selick stop motion film - fantastic mister fox - isle of dogs - MAD GOD (of course)

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  • Joley Coley Boley @coleyboyd.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2025

    Mary and Max was an emotionally devastating film, and one of my favorites

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  • Russell Degnan @knottedpaths.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    Would argue the best recent-ish films set in cities is the work of Adam Elliott (particularly Mary and Max). Animated shorts generally have been a good source of city based Australian film, but will concede they are short.

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  • 🎃👻🕷️ Angry Koala - Halloween Commissions OPEN 🧛🧟🐺 @angrykoala.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2025

    15 movies to get to know me 1. Mary and Max 2. Killer Sofa 3. The Banana Splits Movie 4. Felidae 5. Slither 6. Willy’s Wonderland 7. Triplets of Belleville 8. Freaky 9. Birdboy: The Forgotten Children 10. Little Monsters 11. Isle of Dogs 12. Llamageddon 13. The Fly 14. You're Next 15. Prison Pit

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  • ShadeOfLight @shadeoflight.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2025

    Memoir of a Snail New movie by the same director as Mary and Max. To be honest, this felt extremely similar. Same dark humor, same style, similar plot beats. I'd almost suggest you can just pick one and skip the other; they're that close. 3/6

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  • Erin Campbell @originaloestrus.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2025

    I've just been informed the director also made a movie called 'Mary and Max,' which is supposed to be equally devastating. I'll watch it and report back. 🫡

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  • phuong 🐍 @miserabysmal.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2025

    btw i watched Memoir of a Snail and it was so fantastic and sad and it made me cry like a baby Mary and Max (same director) is super important to me and it was the first movie that made me think “animation is cinema, i’ll love it for the rest of my life” and this movie is no different

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  • Hennie Kriel @officially-hennie.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2025

    15/01/2009: Stop-motion animated comedy drama film ‘Mary and Max’, directed by Adam Elliot (his 1st animated feature film), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Rotten Tomatoes score: 95% Metacritic score: 72/100 #FilmSky #TodayAtTheMovies

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  • Bill Edwards @chromebaby70.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2024

    Disney's Robin Hood is the earliest film I remember seeing at the cinema. 10 fave animated films. Laputa: Castle in the Sky Belleville Rendezvous Fantastic Planet Junk Head Kubo and the Two Strings The Wrong Trousers Spirited Away Shaun the Sheep the Movie Mary and Max The LEGO Movie #FilmSky 🎥

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  • Jim Corpse-Again SPOOKYTOBER IV @masonvoorhees0.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2024

    9. Mary and Max - I'm foolish to have not said earlier about my second favorite Animated movie.

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  • Cameron Ward (Cam's Eye View) @camseyeview.bizBluesky · Nov 9, 2024

    I adore seeing ads for Memoir of a Snail because this film is the definition of a special movie. Adam Elliot is such a wonderful director and a sweet man. Got to meet him at Animation is Film and had him sign my copy of Mary and Max. #memoirofasnail #adamelliot

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  • Keith🍕🤺 @phillyfilmfan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2024

    MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (2024) This stop-motion animated film from Australia is a heartfelt story that's not afraid to explore the darker/disappointing parts of life. I also really enjoyed the director's previous film, MARY AND MAX. #365Movies 358 #PFF33

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  • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ @GamrokMastodon · Aug 15, 2024

    I can't resist showing you this beautiful DVD edition of Mary and Max 🖤 Its special feature is that you can choose which portrait will be shown in the frame 🖼️ A nice idea 🙂 🧵 2/ #MaryAndMax #AdamElliot #Cinema #StopMotion #Claymation

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  • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ @GamrokMastodon · Aug 15, 2024

    I rewatched Mary and Max last night 🌃 💌 ✍️ The film is as wonderful and poignant as ever 🥹 A beautiful and precious little gem ❤️ #MaryAndMax #AdamElliot #Cinema #StopMotion #Claymation

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  • Death Bede: The Bede That Eats @bedejermyn.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2024

    After a 15 year wait, Adam Elliot’s long awaited sophomore effort to MARY AND MAX is another truly brilliant animated film that’s equally hilarious, quirky, heartbreaking and moving. The cast did fantastic work both their vocal turns and the animation is stunning. 5/5 #MIFF2024

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  • Trenrie @trenrie.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 13, 2024

    Mary and Max is a fabulous movie and I recommend it to every adult human in existence

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  • MattSkywalkingFox 🎃🎃👻👻 @jaimevilchez18.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    The relationship between Mary and Max was definitely a major highlight of why I really loved that movie so much, given that their connection with each other through their own sense of loneliness and isolation that they deal with in their lives as they try to find value the meaning of acceptance.

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  • Christopher Richards @chrisrichards97.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    I remember Mary and Max. It’s a nice movie about autism.

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  • Jim Corpse-Again SPOOKYTOBER IV @masonvoorhees0.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2026

    157. Mary and Max (2009) . I think i have to officially bump this film as my favorite animated film of all time, it took around... idk 5 rewatches to finally understand but its true. Such a wholesome, sad, funny and grounded story of friendship with a good message, just all around peak. . 10/10

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  • Bitchtopher Columbitch 🇵🇸🏴🫦 @tradishskinbyrd.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2026

    I only watched one movie on #FilmBroSunday this week, Mary and Max, which was kind of bizarre but endearing. It was weirdly depressing in parts but the style of animation was something I like watching.

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  • The Reel Jon 🦌🎬🇵🇸🇸🇩🇸🇸🇺🇦 @thereeljon.cryptoanarchy.networkBluesky · Apr 18, 2026

    Hell yeah, Mary and Max mentioned. Love that movie.

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  • Iggy Ka ||イギカ|| 🇦🇺🐰🌹 @iggika.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    I'd consider Mary and Max more a seinen than a shojo. The stuff they show in that movie is WAYYYYYYYY not appropriate for young girls lol

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Toni Collette
Mary (voice)
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
Max (voice)
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Barry Humphries
Narrator (voice)
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Eric Bana
Damien (voice)
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Bethany Whitmore
Young Mary (voice)
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Renée Geyer
Vera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)
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Ian 'Molly' Meldrum
Homeless Man (voice)
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John Flaus
Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)

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