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Former canada Independant video store The packaging is graded Very Good Cardboard case David Cronenberg's disturbing psychological drama Spider comes to DVD from Columbia Tri Star presented with a widescreen anamorphic transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound in English. English subtitles and closed captions are available. The special features start off with a feature-length commentary track by director David Cronenberg. He also hosts the bulk of the three featurettes exploring the making of the film. "In the Beginning: How Spider Came to Be" is an eight-minute segment about the process of bringing the original text to the screen and the difficulties of making a Canada/U.K. co-production; it includes comments from writer Patrick McGrath, producer Catherine Bailey, and actress Miranda Richardson. "Weaving the Web: The Making of Spider" is a nine-minute segment about the actual shooting of several key scenes; it includes comments from cast members Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave, and Ralph Fiennes. "Caught in Spider's Web: The Cast" is a 12-minute discussion about the casting with Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, and Gabriel Byrne. Finally, there are theatrical trailers for Spider, Adaptation, Punch-Drunk Love, and The Devil's Backbone. This is a welcome DVD for an award-winning film that only received a limited theatrical release in the U.S. allmovie dot com
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