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Spanking the Monkey is a 1994 American black comedy film [3] written and directed by David O. Russell. It was filmed in Pawling, New York. [4] Plot. Ray Aibelli has finished his first year of college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Spanking the Monkey is a 1994 Black Comedy film and the directorial debut of David O. Russell. College student Ray Aibelli (Jeremy Davies) is preparing to leave on a prestigious medical internship when his mother Susan (Alberta Watson) breaks her leg.
A black comedy in the truest sense of the term, SPANKING THE MONKEY tells the tale of Ray (Jeremy Davies), a pre-med freshman who must forfeit a summer internship in order to care for his ailing mother (Alberta Watson).
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One of America's most acclaimed contemporary screenwriters and directors, David O. Russell made his feature film debut in 1994 with the black comedy Spanking The Monkey, which won The Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and caused a stir with its incestuous subplot and portrayal of adolescent restlessness.
Jul 28, 1994 · By PETER RAINER. July 28, 1994 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. “Spanking the Monkey,” the first feature by writer-director David O. Russell, is an odd choice for a debut film--even by the odd...
Aug 10, 1995 · Russell's success, however, is in creating a film that avoids being freaky or an exercise in titillation by employing a mixture of sympathetic writing and black, black comedy.
