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Spiderhead
Sign in to saveSpiderhead is a 2022 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on the 2010 dystopian short story "Escape from Spiderhead" by George Saunders. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and Jurnee Smollett. The story follows inmates in a luxurious prison who participate in experiments involving mind-altering drugs. Principal photography took place in Australia in 2020.
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5.8A prisoner in a state-of-the-art penitentiary begins to question the purpose of the emotion-controlling drugs he's testing for a pharmaceutical genius.
Cast
- Chris Hemsworth as Steve Abnesti
- Miles Teller as Jeff
- Jurnee Smollett as Lizzy
- Mark Paguio as Mark Verlaine
- Tess Haubrich as Heather
- BeBe Bettencourt as Emma
Themes
- dystopia
- psychological stress
- prison escape
- psychological thriller
- inmate
- based on short story
- psychotronic
- drug testing
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Key facts
- Film.image
- Spiderhead.jpg
- Film.caption
- Promotional release poster
- Film.director
- Joseph Kosinski
- Film.cinematography
- Claudio Miranda
- Film.editing
- Stephen Mirrione
- Film.music
- Joseph Trapanese
- Film.distributor
- Netflix
- Film.runtime
- 107 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $100 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 599209
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- publication date
- 2022-06-17
- title
- Spiderhead
- review score
- 54/100
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Spiderhead is a 2022 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on the 2010 dystopian short story "Escape from Spiderhead" by George Saunders. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and Jurnee Smollett. The story follows inmates in a luxurious prison who participate in experiments involving mind-altering drugs. Principal photography took place in Australia in 2020.
Spiderhead premiered in Sydney on June 11, 2022, and was released on Netflix on June 17. The film received mixed reviews from critics.