Spider

2002 film directed by David Cronenberg

Movie Film Q930777

Facts

34 properties

Instance of: film
Award received: Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film^[1]
Director: David Cronenberg^[2]
Genre: drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film, psychological drama film, independent film, mystery film^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Publication date: 2002, June 10, 2004^[36]^[37]
Screenwriter: Patrick McGrath^[3]
Based on: Spider^[11]
Producer: David Cronenberg, Samuel Hadida, Catherine Bailey^[22]^[23]^[24]
Nominated for: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film, Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor^[46]^[47]
Duration: +98
After a work by: Patrick McGrath^[50]
Assessment: Bechdel test, reverse Mako Mori test, Mako Mori test
CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve
Cast member: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave, John Neville, Bradley Hall, Gary Reineke, Sara Stockbridge, Nicola Duffett, Philip Craig^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Color: color^[32]
Composer: Howard Shore^[4]
Costume designer: Denise Cronenberg
Country of origin: Canada, United Kingdom, France^[33]^[34]^[35]
Director of photography: Peter Suschitzky^[26]
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics^[38]
Distribution format: video on demand^[28]
FSK film rating: FSK 12^[51]
Film editor: Ronald Sanders^[45]
Has characteristic: film based on a novel^[49]

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Main subject: coming to terms with the past, childhood trauma, parental death, delusion^[41]^[42]^[43]^[44]
Make-up artist: Stephan Dupuis
Medierådet rating: For ages 11 and up
Narrative location: London, East End of London^[39]^[40]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[27]
Production company: Grosvenor Park Productions^[25]
Production designer: Andrew Sanders
Review score: 85%, 7.5/10, 83/100^[29]^[30]^[31]
Set in environment: halfway house
Title: Spider^[48]

🏷️ Also known as

en Spider ar العنكبوت ar عنكبوت (فيلم) fa عنکبوت ja スパイダー/少年は蜘蛛にキスをする ko 스파이더 pl Pająk ru Паук uk Павук zh 童魘 zh 蜘蛛夢魘 zh 蜘蛛梦魇

🔖 Identifiers · 71

AllMovie title ID: v265465
Allcinema film ID: 240704
AlloCiné film ID: 29004
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.51qh54j684it4gsf8hvixei2z
BBC programme ID: b00ctzgj
BFI National Archive work ID: 150618472
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 7267
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 182116748
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): spider
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 701939
CineMagia title ID: 4835
Cineplex Germany film ID: 132064

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Ciné-Ressources film ID: 79085
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 58797
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 8120
DNF film ID: 36547
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 9220, 24930
Douban film ID: 1305408
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 63k (4.3k–70k, n=3)
EDb film ID: t0009731
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/187F-DD28-C05B-6401-8C10-H
ElFilm film ID: 274812
Elonet movie ID: 1104351
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: spider
European Film Awards ID (archived): 9482
Exploitation mark number: 106710
FilmAffinity film ID: 191875
FilmVandaag ID: film/2436
Filmfront film ID (archived): 1731
Filmová databáze film ID: 28347
Filmweb.no film ID: 78618
Filmweb.pl ID: Pajak
Freebase ID: /m/03krmz
Garance item ID: 7838953
IMCDB work ID: 278731
IMDb ID: tt0278731
ISAN: 0000-0000-2BE6-0000-Z-0000-0000-6
ITunes movie ID: 1663623874, 297664240
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film/spider
KINENOTE film ID: 33156
Kinobox film ID: 32745
Kinopoisk film ID: 837
LUMIERE film ID: 18883
Larousse ID: film/wd/129
LdiF ID: 522419
Letterboxd film ID: spider
MUBI film numeric ID: 2461
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 33954
Metacritic ID: movie/spider
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv32476
MovieLens movie ID: 6197
MovieMeter film ID: 3144
Moviepilot.de film ID: spider-2
Netflix ID: 60025620
NientePopCorn movie ID: spider
OFDb film ID: 22636
OMDb film ID: 9613
Plex media key: 5d776833103a2d001f56732a
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/1120292-spider
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 12007
Scope.dk film ID: 1928
Swedish Film Database ID: 52099
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 444248
TMDB movie ID: 9613
TV.com ID (archived): movies/spider-2002
The Numbers movie ID: Spider
TheTVDB movie ID: 8626
Trakt.tv ID: movies/spider-2002
Trakt.tv film ID: 4889
Unifrance film ID: 23503
ČSFD film ID: 1802

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 8

Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave, John Neville, Sara Stockbridge, Nicola Duffett, Gary Reineke

Genre 4

drama film, independent film, thriller film, mystery film

Country of origin 3

France, Canada, United Kingdom

Main subject 2

delusion, childhood trauma

Narrative location 2

London, East End of London

Nominated for 2

European Film Award for Best Non-European Film, Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor

Producer 2

David Cronenberg, Samuel Hadida

After a work by 1

Patrick McGrath

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Composer 1

Howard Shore

Costume designer 1

Denise Cronenberg

Director 1

David Cronenberg

Director of photography 1

Peter Suschitzky

Distributed by 1

Sony Pictures Classics

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Ronald Sanders

Instance of 1

film

Make-up artist 1

Stephan Dupuis

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Screenwriter 1

Patrick McGrath

Set in environment 1

halfway house

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FAQs

What awards did Spider receive?

Honors received include Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film^[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Spider — director (P57): David Cronenberg. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-13. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Spider — screenwriter (P58): Patrick McGrath. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Spider — composer (P86): Howard Shore. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Spider — genre (P136): drama film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-13. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Spider — genre (P136): psychological thriller film. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Spider — genre (P136): thriller film. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Spider — genre (P136): psychological drama film. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Spider — genre (P136): independent film. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Spider — genre (P136): mystery film. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Spider — based on (P144): Spider. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Spider — cast member (P161): Ralph Fiennes. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-13. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Spider — cast member (P161): Miranda Richardson. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-13. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Spider — cast member (P161): Gabriel Byrne. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-13. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Spider — cast member (P161): Lynn Redgrave. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-13. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Spider — cast member (P161): John Neville. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-13. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Spider — cast member (P161): Bradley Hall. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Spider — cast member (P161): Gary Reineke. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-13. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Spider — cast member (P161): Sara Stockbridge. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 2016-07-13. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Spider — cast member (P161): Nicola Duffett. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Spider — cast member (P161): Philip Craig. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Spider — producer (P162): David Cronenberg. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Spider — producer (P162): Samuel Hadida. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Spider — producer (P162): Catherine Bailey. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Spider — award received (P166): Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Spider — production company (P272): Grosvenor Park Productions. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Spider — director of photography (P344): Peter Suschitzky. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Spider — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Spider — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Spider — review score (P444): 85%. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Spider — review score (P444): 7.5/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Spider — review score (P444): 83/100. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Spider — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Spider — country of origin (P495): Canada. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Spider — country of origin (P495): United Kingdom. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Spider — country of origin (P495): France. Unifrance. Retrieved 2019-06-04. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Spider — publication date (P577): 2002. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Spider — publication date (P577): June 10, 2004. kinokalender.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27. kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Spider — distributed by (P750): Sony Pictures Classics. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Spider — narrative location (P840): London. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Spider — narrative location (P840): East End of London. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Spider — main subject (P921): coming to terms with the past. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Spider — main subject (P921): childhood trauma. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Spider — main subject (P921): parental death. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Spider — main subject (P921): delusion. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Spider — film editor (P1040): Ronald Sanders. europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Spider — nominated for (P1411): European Film Award for Best Non-European Film. europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved 2019-12-16. europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Spider — nominated for (P1411): Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor. europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17. europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ Spider — title (P1476): Spider. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ Spider — has characteristic (P1552): film based on a novel. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ Spider — after a work by (P1877): Patrick McGrath. wikidata.org.
[51] ↑ Spider — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 12. wikidata.org.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID → 182116748

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Garance item ID → 7838953

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IMCDB work ID → 278731

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Original language of film or TV show → English

Distributed by → Sony Pictures Classics

Instance of → film

Composer → Howard Shore

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