Monster in a Box
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Monologuist Spalding Gray talks about the great difficulties he experienced while attempting to write his first novel, a nearly 2,000-page autobiographical tome concerning the death of his mother. Among his many asides, Gray discusses his problems in dealing with the Hollywood film industry, recounts the trips he took around the world in order to avoid dealing with his writer's block and describes his ambivalence about acting as stage manager for a Broadway production of "Our Town."
Status: Released
Released Date: 1992-05-15
Runtime: 87 mins
Director: Nick Broomfield
Writer: Spalding Gray
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy
Original title: Monster in a Box
Production Companies: Fine Line Features, Channel Four Films
Production Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom
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