Along Came a Spider (2001)

A congressman's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school by an insider who calls Det. Alex Cross, sucking him into the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner.

Director:

Lee Tamahori

Writers:

James Patterson (novel), Marc Moss (screenplay)

Stars:

Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Morgan Freeman	...	Alex Cross
Monica Potter	...	Jezzie Flannigan
Michael Wincott	...	Gary Soneji
Dylan Baker	...	Ollie McArthur
Mika Boorem	...	Megan Rose
Anton Yelchin	...	Dimitri Starodubov
Kim Hawthorne	...	Agent Hickley
Jay O. Sanders	...	Kyle Craig
Billy Burke	...	Ben Devine
Michael Moriarty	...	Senator Hank Rose
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Elizabeth Rose
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Vickie
Scott Heindl	...	Floyd the Fisherman
Christopher Shyer	...	Jim
Jill Teed	...	Tracie

Storyline

Detective/psychologist Alex Cross loses his partner in an out of control 'bust.' He stops working and cannot forgive himself. He is drawn back to work reluctantly when a senator's daughter is kidnapped and the kidnapper seems to want to deal with Alex personally.

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Plot Keywords:

school | partner | secret service | kidnapping | psychopath | 

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Taglines:

The game is far from over.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA Germany Canada

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

6 April 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Telaraña

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,155,221 (Italy) (26 October 2001)

Gross:

$1,155,221 (Italy) (26 October 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, David Brown Productions, Phase 1 Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX DTS-ES

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The ending for the film was re-shot due to poor test audience reception.

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Goofs

When Alex enters Jezzie's apartment towards the end of the film, he lowers his gun slightly so it is aimed at the floor. The shadow of him holding the on the wall in the right corner shows the gun held up and aimed in a completely different direction.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Tracie: Tonight was your first night at the club, wasn't it?
Jim: No. I've been there a few times before.
Tracie: Really? Well, how come I haven't seen you?
Jim: I noticed you the first night I walked in. You always stand out.

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Crazy Credits

The final two characters listed are Man Who Can't Answer Phone Potentially Evil Guy On Train

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Connections

References Dirty Harry (1971)

User Reviews

Hey give it some slack...

I've been reading some of the comments for this movie, and think that many of you are over-critical. This is a psychological thriller, and plays it's part well. Morgan Freeman is one of my favourite actors, and he plays Detective Alex Cross very well. I enjoyed the movie on a thriller type basis. If you want to be critical about it not living up to the book's legend then fine... cause I'll be the first one to tell you that it's barely anything like the book. "Along Came a Spider" was a wonderful book and the character of Gary Soneji was compared to a spider... if anyone was wondering why the title was called that. I'm not one to bash movies unless they are horrible, and for those of you that think this movie is horrible... thats just your call. This movie is good, its just not the book. *** out of *****