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Spider

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Ralph Fiennes in Spider (2002)
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A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.

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    • David Cronenberg
    • Patrick McGrath(novel)
  • Stars
    • Ralph Fiennes
    • Miranda Richardson
    • Gabriel Byrne
    • David Cronenberg
    • Patrick McGrath(novel)
  • Stars
    • Ralph Fiennes
    • Miranda Richardson
    • Gabriel Byrne
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    • 83Metascore
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    Ralph Fiennes, Lynn Redgrave, and John Neville in Spider (2002)
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    Ralph Fiennes
    • Spider
    Miranda Richardson
    Miranda Richardson
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    Gabriel Byrne
    Gabriel Byrne
    • Bill Cleg
    Lynn Redgrave
    Lynn Redgrave
    • Mrs. Wilkinson
    John Neville
    John Neville
    • Terrence
    Bradley Hall
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    Gary Reineke
    • Freddy
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    Tara Ellis
    • Nora
    Sara Stockbridge
    Sara Stockbridge
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    Arthur Whybrow
    • Ernie
    Nicola Duffett
    Nicola Duffett
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    Jake Nightingale
    • Large Man
    Alison Egan
    • Flashing Yvonne
    Donald Ewer
    • Toothless Jack
    Joan Heney
    • Cook
    Peter Elliott
    • Resident
      • David Cronenberg
      • Patrick McGrath(novel)
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    • Trivia
      David Cronenberg received the screenplay from Patrick McGrath out of the blue, with a note attached saying that Ralph Fiennes was interested in playing the part of Spider. After about four pages, Cronenberg had decided that he wanted to do the film.
    • Goofs
      Camera is reflected in broken window of asylum.
    • Quotes

      Terrence: Clothes maketh the man; and the less there is of the man, the more the need of the clothes.

    • Connections
      Featured in SexTV: Dark Desires: Sexuality in the Horror Film (2003)

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    SPIDER (2003) *** Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Bradley Hall, Lynn Redgrave, John Neville. Filmmaker David Cronenberg does it again : mixing psychological drama with Gothic mystery with the cloak of violence in the air with Fiennes (in a brilliantly mannered near mute turn) as the titular character, a schizophrenic recently released to a halfway house, nicknamed in his youth by his mother (Richardson who gives an excellent turn to the third power; she inhibits three interlaced roles that act as the story's linchpin) for his cat's cradle yarn confections which sends his scattershot memories into overdrive as he attempts to connect the missing pieces of his life. Told in intersperses of flashback Cronenberg expertly uses his persuasive powers of dread eke out the thin plottings of Patrick McGrath's novel – who adapted the screenplay too – that can tax on the nerves in long, baroque stretches of near silence. Dank, rotting production design by Andrew Sanders, excellently lensed by Peter Suschitzky and the chamber music-like score by Howard Shore makes the most of its broken-minded protagonist's living nightmare.
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    • Mar 5, 2003

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      • January 3, 2003 (Finland)
      • Canada
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      • France
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      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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      • Odeon Films
      • Capitol Films
      • Artists Independent Network
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
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