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©2002
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1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2002
Upon his release from a mental institution, Spider takes up residence in a halfway house. Paranoid, quiet, and forever making notes, Spider spends much of his time remembering his youth, specifically a horrific event from his childhood that occurred after he came to believe that his father was having an affair
Based on the novel by Patrick McGrath
Special features: filmmaker's commentary; "In the beginning: how Spider came to be" featurette; "Weaving the web: the making of Spider" featurette; "Caught in Spider's web: the cast" featurette
Director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Denise Cronenberg ; production designer, Andrew Sanders
Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, John Neville, Bradley Hall, Lynn Redgrave
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, brief violence and language
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby
Closed-captioned