Movie: Spider (2002)
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Release Date: 3 July 2003 (Hong Kong)
- Writers: Patrick McGrath (novel) Patrick McGrath (written by)
- Run Time: 98 min | Spain:94 min (DVD edition)
- Country: Canada , UK
- Genre: Drama , Mystery
- MPAA: Rated R for sexuality, brief violence and language.
Tagline: The only thing worse than losing your mind… is finding it again.
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: Crew or equipment visible: There is a reflection of a crewmember in the building window while Spider walks on Kitchener street.
“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. Written by Erwin van Moll <max404@hotmail.com>”
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