Spanking the Monkey

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Spanking the Monkey is a 1994 dark comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell that explores taboo family dynamics and psychological tension.

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instanceOf film
awardReceived Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature NERFINISHED
budget low-budget independent production
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director David O. Russell NERFINISHED
distributor Fine Line Features NERFINISHED
filmingStyle independent film
follows David O. Russell short films
genre dark comedy
drama film
hasCastMember Alberta Watson NERFINISHED
Benjamin Hendrickson NERFINISHED
Carla Gallo NERFINISHED
Jeremy Davies NERFINISHED
Spencer Chandler NERFINISHED
Zachary LeVine NERFINISHED
hasSoundtrackComposer Tomandandy NERFINISHED
hasSubject family dysfunction
incest
mental health
hasWriter David O. Russell NERFINISHED
inception 1994
mainTheme psychological tension
taboo family dynamics
motionPictureRating R
narrativeLocation suburban United States
notableFor controversial depiction of taboo family relationships
launching David O. Russell’s feature film career
originalLanguage English
partOfFilmographyOf David O. Russell NERFINISHED
productionCompany Fine Line Features NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1994
releaseEvent Sundance Film Festival premiere
runtime approximately 99 minutes
screenplayBy David O. Russell NERFINISHED
writer David O. Russell NERFINISHED

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Fine Line Features notableRelease Spanking the Monkey
David O. Russell wrote Spanking the Monkey
Jeremy Davies notableWork Spanking the Monkey
Jason Kliot notableWork Spanking the Monkey