Klaus
KLAUS follows Jesper (voiced by Jason Schwartzman), a privileged young Postal Academy employee whose strict father, the Postmaster General, punishes him with the most remote assignment possible: Smeerensburg, an island above the Arctic Circle. Jesper can't return to his pampered life at home until he processes 6,000 pieces of mail in one year. But upon arriving in Smeerensburg, it becomes clear that the citizens aren't inclined to send correspondence: The town is built on resentment and recrimination, and the founding families are engaged in a War of the Roses-style feud. Even the town's one teacher, Alva (Rashida Jones), has turned into a fishmonger because the warring factions don't send their kids to school to sit next to the enemy. After Jesper accidentally delivers a child's letter to village hermit Klaus (J.K. Simmons), a carpenter and toymaker, Klaus asks Jesper to deliver a toy back to the child. This gives Jesper a brilliant idea: Every kid who writes Klaus a letter should get a toy in response; that way, all the eager kids' letters will eventually add up to his father's quota.
Starring
Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones
Director
Sergio Pablos