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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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Spiderhead is a 2022 American science fiction thriller film directed by Joseph Kosinski. The screenplay was written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The cast includes Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller. The film was produced by Eric Newman, Chris Hemsworth, and Rhett Reese. It was distributed by Netflix in the United States.
The movie has a runtime of 107 minutes according to TMDb and 106 minutes according to IMDb. It was released on Netflix on June 17, 2022, with a TMDb release date of June 15, 2022. The film is available via video on demand. Production companies involved include Grand Electric and The New Yorker Studios.
Review scores for the film are 38% and 54/100. TMDb lists a vote average of 5.791, while IMDb gives it a rating of 5.5. The film is categorized under genres including action, crime, and drama. Keywords associated with the work include dystopia, psychological stress, prison escape, and inmate.
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Film · TMDB
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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Joseph Kosinski
- Screenwriter
- Paul Wernick
- Cast member
- Jurnee Smollett
- Composer
- Joseph Trapanese
- Producer
- Rhett Reese
- Cinematographer
- Claudio Miranda
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 599209
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2022-06-17
- original broadcaster
- Netflix
- title
- Spiderhead
- film editor
- Stephen Mirrione
- review score
- 54/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- distributed by
- Netflix
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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.
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