Spider (2002)


Spider
Release Date21 May 2002
Budget$8,000,000
US Box Office$2,000,000
TaglineThe only thing worse than losing your mind... is finding it again.
GenreDrama, Mystery
CountryCanada
UK
Filming LocationsCinespace Film Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby Digital
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPsychological Drama
MoodMindbenders
ThemesHaunted By the Past, Mothers and Sons, Innocence Lost
TonesDisturbing, Gloomy, Somber, Enigmatic, Meditative, Understated, Deliberate, Hallucinatory
TagsExtramarital Affair, Father, Halfway House, Memory, Mental Illness, Paranoid, Young

Spider is a 2002 psychological thriller directed by David Cronenberg and based on the novel of the same name by Patrick McGrath, who also wrote the screenplay.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Spider

Yvonne, Mrs. Cleg

Bill Cleg

Mrs. Wilkinson

Terrence

Bradley Hall
Spider Boy

Gary Reineke
Freddy

Cliff Saunders
Bob

Nora

Sara Stockbridge
Gladys

Arthur Whybrow
Ernie

Barmaid

Jake Nightingale
Large Man

Alison Egan
Flashing Yvonne

Donald Ewer
Toothless Jack

Joan Heney
Cook

Peter Elliott
Resident

Alec Stockwell
Resident

Resident

Frank Blanch
Resident

Rachel Taggart
Young Woman

Olivia Imogen Harris
Child

Director

Writer

Patrick McGrath
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Producer

associate producer

Catherine Bailey
producer

Jane Barclay
executive producer

Sanjay Burman
associate producer

producer

Charles Finch
executive producer

Simon Franks
executive producer

Sara Giles
associate producer

producer

Victor Hadida
executive producer

Sharon Harel
executive producer

Zygi Kamasa
executive producer

Martin Katz
executive producer

Hannah Leader
executive producer

Luc Roeg
executive producer

Guy Tannahill
line producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Peter Suschitzky

Editor

Ronald Sanders
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Casting Director

Suzanne Smith
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Production Designer

Andrew Sanders
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Art Director

Arvinder Grewal

Lucy Richardson
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Set Decorator

Marina Morris
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Clive Thomasson
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Costume Designer

Denise Cronenberg
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Makeup Department

Christine Allsopp
makeup artist: UK

Stephan Dupuis
chief makeup artist

Andrea Finch
makeup artist: UK, hair stylist: UK

Mary-Lou Green-Benvenuti
hair designer

Inge Klaudi
makeup artist

Tony Lilley
hair stylist: UK

Carol Marinoff
assistant hair stylist

Production Manager

Nick Girvan
unit manager: UK

Kelly Howard-Garde
production manager

Lynda McKenzie
post-production supervisor

Marilyn Stonehouse
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Penny Charter
second assistant director

Jennifer Cote
third assistant director

Sara Desmond
second assistant director: UK

Walter Gasparovic
first assistant director

Ben Howard
second second assistant director

Jon E.A. Hunter
second assistant director

Mike Manzato
trainee assistant director

Alex Oakley
co-second assistant director: UK

Abbie Weinberg
third assistant director

Art Department

Marshall Aver
production buyer

David Balfour
property master: UK

Jeffrey Benedetti
laborer

Carlos Caneca
lead man

David Cheesman
dressing props: UK

Marlon Cole
dressing props: UK

Michael Comeau
assistant head carpenter

Allan Croucher
head plasterer: UK

Peter Croucher
plasterer: UK

Joe Curtin
construction coordinator

James Foster
assistant art director: UK

Mark Geeson
dressing props: UK

Christopher Geggie
property master

Matthew Gray
draughtsman: UK

Margaret Graysmark
construction buyer: UK

Tony Graysmark
construction manager: UK

Robert Hill
chargehand stand-by

Jon Hunter
second assistant art director

Paul Jefferson
head carpenter

Henry Jesiak
assistant property master

Bryce Johnston
carpenter: UK

Cheryl Ladrillo
on-set painter

Carolyn 'Cal' Loucks
assistant set decorator

Charlie McGinlay
painter: UK

Hugh McKenzie
carpenter: UK

Michael J. Meade
property buyer

John Mister
plasterer: UK

Laura Moneta
assistant head painter

James Muir
stand-by stagehand: UK

Ian Nelmes
key scenic artist

Joseph Newman
stand-by carpenter: UK

John Porter
carpenter: UK

Albert Roper
stand-by painter: UK

Randy Ross
head painter

Keith Shannon
plasterer: UK

Michael Sherwin
mouldmaker

Adrian Start
head painter: UK

Matthew Start
painter: UK

Angelo Stea
on-set dresser

Remo Tozzi
draughtsman: UK

Keith Vowles
storeman: UK

Abbie Weinberg
assistant art director

John Wells
chargehand dresser: UK

Laurence Wells
dressing props: UK

Lotta Wolgers
art department runner: UK

Stephanie Yarymowich
second scenic artist

Sound Department

Christian T. Cooke
sound re-recording mixer

Eliot Crackower
re-recording assistant

Tony Currie
sound editor

supervising sound editor

Robert Farr
adr recordist, adr mixer

Glen Gauthier
production sound mixer

Cornelia Mariana Gavrilescu
foley recording asisstant

Wayne Griffin
supervising sound editor

Goro Koyama
foley artist

Andy Malcolm
foley artist

Ron Malligers
foley mixer

Craig Mann
re-recording assistant

Joanne McLeish
assistant sound effects editor

John Midgley
sound mixer: UK

Paul Munro
sound maintentance

June Prinz
boom operator: UK

Steve F.B. Smith
stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Orest Sushko
sound re-recording mixer

Steve Switzer
boom operator

Don White
foley recording mixer

Rebecca Wright
foley assistant

David Yonson
adr recordist

Gren-Erich Zwicker
assistant dialogue editor

Special Effects

Fiona MacPherson
special effects shop coordinator

Rob Sanderson
special effects key technician

Alan Senior
special effects supervisor: UK

Chris Watson
special effects technician: UK

Daniel White
special effects coordinator: Canada

Visual Effects

Stanley Monahan
optical effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Scotty Allan
gaffer

Allan Angus
electrician

Pierre Berube
best boy rigging electric

Russel Bowie
first assistant camera

Don Caulfield
electrician

Alan Coates
generator operator: UK

Darcy Gasparovic
second assistant camera

Glen Goodchild
best boy grip

Wayne Goodchild
key grip

Greg Grainger
grip

Duane Gullison
best boy electric

Rawdon Hayne
assistant camera

Nick Kenealy
video assist operator: UK

Jim Krauter
dolly grip

Stephen Lee
video assist operator: London

Roger Lowe
rigging gaffer: UK

Jim MacCammon
electrician

Iain Mackay
camera trainee: UK

Ronald Meeks
head rigger: UK

Monty Montgomerie
grip

Peter Mountain
still photographer

Gary Nagle
electrician: UK

Andrew W. Peart
video operator

Phil Penfold
best boy electric: UK

Larry S. Prinz
gaffer: UK

Nick Ray
key grip: UK

Takashi Seida
still photographer

Sky Sharrock
clapper loader: UK

Davidson Tate
rigging gaffer

Dan Thomas
electrician: UK

Jason Vettese
camera trainee

Alan Williams
stand-by rigger: UK

Malcolm Wilson
rigger: UK

Paul Zoskey
24 frame video operator

Casting Department

Vanessa Baker
adr voice casting

Deirdre Bowen
casting: Canada

Brendan Donnison
adr voice casting

Pippa Hall
casting: Boy Spider

Julie Harkin
casting assistant

Zameret Kleiman
extras casting

Lucy Townsend
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Natalie Bronfman
costume coordinator

Matthew Campbell
assistant costume supervisor

Nigel Egerton
assistant costume designer: UK

Brenda Gilles
costume supervisor

Andrew Hunt
costume assistant: UK

Alison Mitchell
costume assistant: UK

Vanessa Munro
wardrobe mistress: UK

Editorial Department

Ricardo Olivero
color timer

Catherine Rankin
negative cutter

Tad Seaborn
assistant editor

Michael Toll
dailies telecine assistant

Music Department

Brian Arbuckle
composer: song "Choral Fantasy" Trailer

Jim Bruening
music production assistant

Jennifer L. Dunnington
music editor

Jeff Grace
music crew

Greg Laporta
music programmer

Kevin Mahonchak
music preparation

Sandra Park
music contractor

Michael Tremante
music co-producer

John Wriggle
music coordinator

Transportation Department

Martin Birmingham
production driver

Joe Hall
transportation coordinator

Jazz Helie
transportation coordinator

Ian Lisi
driver: grip

Garry Phaneuf
transportation captain

Other Crew

Nicole Achim
production controller

Ian Aegis
location manager: UK

Vicki Allen
floor runner

Victoria Allen
floor runner: UK

Anna Beben
production coordinator

Colin Bishop
projectionist: Mr. Youngs Preview Theatre

Rupert Bray
location scout: UK

David Broder
location manager

James Chasey
stand-in

Rachel Clarke
second assistant accountant

Sean Coyne
key craft service

Linda Drew
assistant: Ms. Richardson

Prudence Emery
unit publicist

Annie Gilhooly
production coordinator

Brenda Gilles
set supervisor

Helen Gregory
assistant production coordinator

James Griffiths
production office runner

Lon J. Hall
legal counsel: Canada

Allin Kempthorne
stand-in

Emily Man
assistant: Ms. Bailey

Jill McCullough
dialogue coach

Blanche McDermaid
script supervisor

Susan Merritt
production accountant

Kelly Messias
assistant: Mr. Fiennes

Stephen Naulls
assistant accountant

Derry Neilan
projectionist: Mr. Youngs Preview Theatre

Ben Ockrent
production office runner

Davina Pardo
assistant: Mr. Cronenberg

Beth Partridge
stand-in

Julie Pereira
assistant production coordinator

Agnes Pifeteau
projectionist: Mr. Youngs Preview Theatre

Alan Pinniger
location manager: UK

George Ploszczansky
assistant location manager: Toronto

Bob Presner
completion bond

Barbara Pullan
location manager

John Rakich
location production assistant

John Roy
accountant

Adam Samuelson
louma crane technician

Peter Silverhall
stand-in

Sue Sparling
first assistant accountant

Clea Tammes
assistant: Mr. Roeg

Douglas Thompson
production assistant

Anna Worley
script supervisor: UK

Production Company

Capitol Films

Artists Independent Productions

Odeon Films

Media Suits

Catherine Bailey Ltd.
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CBL
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Grosvenor Park Productions
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Davis-Films
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Metropolitan Films
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Redbus Pictures
-

Téléfilm Canada

Distributor

Arti Film

Columbia TriStar Film

Finnkino Oy

Monopole-Pathé

Buena Vista International
-

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)

E Stars Films

Emerald

Fandango
-

Manga Films

Media Suits
-

Metropolitan Filmexport

Movie Star
,

Odeon Films
-

Redbus Film Distribution

Scanbox Entertainment

Sony Pictures Classics

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Yleisradio (YLE)
)

Special Effects

ASA Visual Effects
-

Miscellaneous

Casting Collective
extras casting

Cuppa Coffee Animation
opening title sequence

Film Effects
opticals

Footsteps Post-Production Sound
foley recorded at

Hand Prop
props supplied by

Lee Lighting
lighting

Malde & Co.
production auditors

Mr. Youngs Preview Theatre
dailies

Panavision UK
camera equipment provided by

Starcraft
craft services

Tattersall Casablanca
re-recorded at






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