Spider (film)
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 Spider film poster |
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| Directed by | David Cronenberg |
| Produced by | David Cronenberg Samuel Hadida Catherine Bailey |
| Written by | Novel & Screenplay: Patrick McGrath |
| Starring | Ralph Fiennes Miranda Richardson Gabriel Byrne |
| Music by | Howard Shore |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Language | English |
Spider is a 2001 psychological thriller directed by Canadian David Cronenberg and based on the novel of the same name by Patrick McGrath, who also wrote the screenplay.
The film premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and enjoyed some media buzz; however, it was released in only a few theaters at the year`s end by distributor Sony Pictures Classics. Nonetheless, the film enjoyed much acclaim by critics and especially by Cronenberg enthusiasts. The film garnered a Best Director award at the Canadian Genie Awards.
The stars of the film, Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Richardson, received a variety of foreign honours, particularly Richardson, for their work in the film.
[edit] Plot
Spider is an exploration of a schizophrenic mind and is told through the eyes of a son whose father murdered his mother and replaced her with a prostitute. Gradually, it is revealed that memory and reality can be pliable, and that unstable concepts and events might not have unfolded as first appeared.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Ralph Fiennes | Dennis "Spider" Clegg |
| Bradley Hall | Dennis "Spider" Clegg (Young) |
| Miranda Richardson | Mrs. Clegg (Dennis' mother) |
| Gabriel Byrne | Bill Clegg (Dennis' father) |
| Lynn Redgrave | Mrs. Wilkinson |
| John Neville | Terrence |
[edit] External links
| Movies by David Cronenberg |
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| Transfer • From the Drain • Stereo • Crimes of the Future • Shivers • Rabid • Fast Company • The Brood • Scanners • The Dead Zone • Videodrome • The Fly • Dead Ringers • Naked Lunch • M. Butterfly • Crash • eXistenZ • Spider • A History of Violence |
