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Directed by | Nick Broomfield |
Written by | Spalding Gray |
Produced by | Jon Blair Norman I. Cohen Renée Shafransky |
Starring | Spalding Gray |
Cinematography | Michael Coulter |
Music by | Laurie Anderson |
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Running time | 87 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $311,245 |
Monster in a Box is a monologue originally performed live on stage by the writer Spalding Gray then subsequently made into a 1992 film starring Gray and directed by Nick Broomfield. [1]
A follow-up to Gray's earlier work, Swimming to Cambodia , [2] the work consists of a long-form monologue by Gray detailing the trials and tribulations he encountered while writing his first novel, Impossible Vacation . [1]
The soundtrack for the film was composed by Laurie Anderson. [1]
A book version of the monologue was published in 1992. [3]
New York magazine praised the film saying, "Monster in a Box is subtly and intricately woven and often very funny." [4]