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Spider is a 2001 film 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 years' 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.

Plot summary

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.

Cast

Additional information

  • Screenplay By: Patrick McGrath
  • Producers: David Cronenberg
    , Samuel Hadida and Catherine Bailey
  • Executive Producers: Luc Roeg, Charles Finch, Martin Katz, Jane Barclay, Sharon Harel, Hannah Leader, Zygi Kamasa, Simon Franks, and Victor Hadida
  • Director of Photography: Peter Suschitzky
  • Film Editor: Ronald Sanders
  • Production Designer: Andrew Sanders
  • Costume Designer: Denise Cronenberg
  • Composer: Howard Shore
  • Casting
    : Suzanne Smith
  • Running time: 98 Minutes

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