Spanking the Monkey
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
David O. Russell
Jeremy Davies
Alberta Watson
Benjamin Hendrickson
Carla Gallo
Matthew Puckett
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Having just completed his freshman year at MIT, Ray discovers he will have to forfeit his prestigious summer internship in order to care for his mother, who's laid up in bed with a broken leg she suffered in a suicide attempt. Yearning to break free, Ray gets caught up in a sequence of tragicomic events that spin out of control and take him perilously close to the edge of insanity--including the fact that he must resolve a growing attraction toward his homebound mother.
Director
David O. Russell
Cast
Jeremy Davies
Alberta Watson
Benjamin Hendrickson
Carla Gallo
Matthew Puckett
Judette Jones
Elizabeth Newitt
Liberty Jean
Zak Orth
Josh Philip Weinstein
Judah Domke
Nancy Fields
Carmine Paolini
Archer Martin
Neil Connie Wallace
Lleana Stratton
Jed Resnick
Angela Grillo
Jim Marcus
Richard Husson
Ty-ranne Grimstad
William Keeler
Dean Silvers
John Schmerling
Matthew Puckett
Crew
Susan Block
Chad Braden
Stanley Buchtal
Orla Byrne
Allison Emmert
Ashley Fierman
Carolyn Greco
Angela Grillo
Janet Grillo
Janet Grillo
Kimberly K Hammond
Rio Hernandez
Cheryl Miller Houser
Scott Jaeger
Carol Jennings
Quinton Johnson
Gary Kauffman
Jami Kibel
Linda Krantz
Jeff Kushner
Claudio Laumere
Edward Lehane
Douglas Luka
Sean Madden
Pam Martin
Michael Mayers
Nicole Monte
John Morrisseau
Todd Nicky
John O'rourke
Drew Olsen
Evelyn Ortman
Evelyn Ortman
Ellen Parks
Dan Projansky
John Resnick
David O. Russell
David O. Russell
Tim Schellang
Mark Schmidt
Margaret Schnipper
Hilary Schroeder
Chris Sferuzza
Dean Silvers
Carola Spadoni
Emelia Stockdale
Natascha Tillmanns
William Tzouris
Vincent Vinetti
Steve Visscher
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video December 21, 1994
Released in United States September 1994
Released in United States Summer July 15, 1994
Shown at Atlanta Film & Video Festival (opening night) June 8-20, 1994.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-20, 1994.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Open Zone) September 15-24, 1994.
Shown at Stockholm International Film Festival (On the Cutting Edge) November 11-20, 1994.
Shown at USA Film Festival in Dallas April 21-28, 1994.
Feature directorial debut for David O. Russell who graduated from Amherst College in 1981 and whose previous work includes the shorts "Bingo Inferno" (USA/1986) and "Hairway to the Stars" (USA/1989).
DuArt color
Released in United States January 1994 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 20-30, 1994.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival Tokyo April 14-19, 1994.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at USA Film Festival in Dallas April 21-28, 1994.)
Released in United States June 1994 (Shown at Atlanta Film & Video Festival (opening night) June 8-20, 1994.)
Released in United States Summer July 15, 1994
Expanded Release in United States July 22, 1994
Winner of the Audience Award at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival.
Expanded Release in United States July 22, 1994
Released in United States April 1994
Released in United States January 1994
Released in United States July 28, 1994
Released in United States June 1994
Released in United States November 1994
Released in United States July 28, 1994 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States September 1994 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Open Zone) September 15-24, 1994.)
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-20, 1994.)
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at Stockholm International Film Festival (On the Cutting Edge) November 11-20, 1994.)
Released in United States on Video December 21, 1994
