Spider
- Original title
- Spider
- Year
- 2002
- Running time
- 98 min.
- Country
Canada
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Patrick McGrath. Novel: Patrick McGrath
- Cast
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- Ralph Fiennes
- Miranda Richardson
- Gabriel Byrne
- Lynn Redgrave
- John Neville
- Bradley Hall
- Gary Reineke
- Philip Craig
- Cliff Saunders
- Tara Ellis
- Sara Stockbridge
- Arthur Whybrow
- Nicola Duffett
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Psychological Drama. 1960s
- Synopsis
- Dennis Clegg is in his thirties and lives in a halfway house for the mentally ill in London. Dennis, nicknamed "Spider" by his mother has been institutionalized with acute schizophrenia for some 20 years. He has never truly recovered, however, and as the story progresses we vicariously experience his increasingly fragile grip on reality.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2002: Festiva of Cinema Fantasy of Sitges: Best Director2002: Festival Toronto: Best Movie canadiense2002: European Film Awards: Nominated for Audience Award Best Actor (Fiennes)2002: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)2003: Chicago Film Critics Association: Nom. for Best Supp. Actress (Richardson)2002: Genie Awards (Canada): Best Direction. 6 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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A psychological thriller that got important awards and received good reviews, especially by Cronenberg fans. However, it was released in only a few theaters at the year's end by distributor Sony Pictures Classics.
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 24 My Favorite Canadian Movies (18)
- 75 My Top 10 Movies from 2002 (30)
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