title: James Ponsoldt
Where the Wild Things Are (film)
What Is the What
A Hologram for the King
The Circle (2017 film)
A Hologram for the King (film)
Dave Eggers
The Wild Things
Promised Land (2012 film)
Away We Go
sentences: James Adam Ponsoldt (born 1978) is an American film director, actor and screenwriter, now based in Los Angeles.
 He directed the drama films "Off the Black" (2006) and "Smashed" (2012), the romantic comedy-drama "The Spectacular Now" (2013), and the dramas "The End of the Tour" (2015) and "The Circle" (2017).
Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 fantasy drama film directed by Spike Jonze.
 Written by Jonze and Dave Eggers, it is adapted from Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book of the same name.
 It combines live-action, performers in costumes, animatronics, and computer-generated imagery (CGI).
 The film stars Max Records and features the voices of James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Lauren Ambrose, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O'Hara, and Chris Cooper.
 The film centers on a lonely eight-year-old boy named Max who sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the "Wild Things," who declare Max their king.
What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers.
 It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program.
 It was a finalist for the National Book Award.
A Hologram for the King is a 2012 American novel written by Dave Eggers.
 In October 2012, the novel was announced as a finalist for the National Book Award.
The Circle is a 2017 American techno-thriller film directed by James Ponsoldt and written by Ponsoldt and Dave Eggers, based on Eggers' 2013 novel of the same name.
 The film stars Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, with John Boyega, Karen Gillan, Ellar Coltrane, Patton Oswalt, Glenne Headly and Bill Paxton.
 It is the final performance of Paxton's career, and was released just after his death in February 2017.
 It is also Headly's penultimate performance before her death in June 2017.
A Hologram for the King is a 2016 comedy-drama film directed, written and co-scored by Tom Tykwer, based on the 2012 novel of the same name written by Dave Eggers, and starring Tom Hanks as a washed-up corporate salesman, who goes to Saudi Arabia to propose a business deal.
Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher.
 He wrote the best-selling memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius".
 Eggers is also the founder of "McSweeney's," a literary journal; the co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia, and a human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness, and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition.
 His writing has appeared in several magazines.
The Wild Things is a 2009 full-length novel written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney's.
 The book is based on the screenplay of "Where the Wild Things Are" which Eggers co-wrote.
 The film is, in turn, based on Maurice Sendak's children's book "Where the Wild Things Are".
Promised Land is a 2012 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand and Hal Holbrook.
 The screenplay is written by Damon and Krasinski based on a story by Dave Eggers.
 "Promised Land" follows two corporate salespeople who visit a rural town in an attempt to buy drilling rights from the local residents.
Away We Go is a 2009 comedy-drama directed by Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes and written by the husband-and-wife team of Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida.
 The film's two leads are John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph.

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 James Adam Ponsoldt (born 1978) is an American film director, actor and screenwriter, now based in Los Angeles.
 He directed the drama films "Off the Black" (2006) and "Smashed" (2012), the romantic comedy-drama "The Spectacular Now" (2013), and the dramas "The End of the Tour" (2015) and "The Circle" (2017). 

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 Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 fantasy drama film directed by Spike Jonze.
 Written by Jonze and Dave Eggers, it is adapted from Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book of the same name.
 It combines live-action, performers in costumes, animatronics, and computer-generated imagery (CGI).
 The film stars Max Records and features the voices of James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Lauren Ambrose, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O'Hara, and Chris Cooper.
 The film centers on a lonely eight-year-old boy named Max who sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the "Wild Things," who declare Max their king. 

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 A Hologram for the King is a 2012 American novel written by Dave Eggers.
 In October 2012, the novel was announced as a finalist for the National Book Award. 

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 The Circle is a 2017 American techno-thriller film directed by James Ponsoldt and written by Ponsoldt and Dave Eggers, based on Eggers' 2013 novel of the same name.
 The film stars Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, with John Boyega, Karen Gillan, Ellar Coltrane, Patton Oswalt, Glenne Headly and Bill Paxton.
 It is the final performance of Paxton's career, and was released just after his death in February 2017.
 It is also Headly's penultimate performance before her death in June 2017. 

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 A Hologram for the King is a 2016 comedy-drama film directed, written and co-scored by Tom Tykwer, based on the 2012 novel of the same name written by Dave Eggers, and starring Tom Hanks as a washed-up corporate salesman, who goes to Saudi Arabia to propose a business deal. 

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 Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher.
 He wrote the best-selling memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius".
 Eggers is also the founder of "McSweeney's," a literary journal; the co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia, and a human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness, and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition.
 His writing has appeared in several magazines. 

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 The Wild Things is a 2009 full-length novel written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney's.
 The book is based on the screenplay of "Where the Wild Things Are" which Eggers co-wrote.
 The film is, in turn, based on Maurice Sendak's children's book "Where the Wild Things Are". 

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 Promised Land is a 2012 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand and Hal Holbrook.
 The screenplay is written by Damon and Krasinski based on a story by Dave Eggers.
 "Promised Land" follows two corporate salespeople who visit a rural town in an attempt to buy drilling rights from the local residents. 

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Answer: James Ponsoldt