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Spalding Gray is a Actor and Writer American born on 5 june 1941 at Providence (USA)
Spalding Rockwell Gray (June 5, 1941 – January 11, 2004) was an American actor and writer. He is known for the autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for the theater in the 1980s and 1990s.
Theater critics John Willis and Ben Hodges described his monologue work as "trenchant, personal narratives delivered on sparse, unadorned sets with a dry, WASP, quiet mania". Gray achieved celebrity status for his monologue Swimming to Cambodia, which was adapted into a film in 1987 by filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Other one-man shows by Gray that were captured on film include Monster in a Box, directed by Nick Broomfield, and Gray's Anatomy, directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Gray died in New York City, New York, of an apparent suicide in 2004. Steven Soderbergh made a 2010 documentary film about Gray's life entitled And Everything Is Going Fine.
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Birth name Spalding Rockwell Gray
Nationality USA
Birth 5 june 1941 at Providence (USA)
Death 11 january 2004 (at 62 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards National Book Award, Guggenheim Fellowship
Nationality USA
Birth 5 june 1941 at Providence (USA)
Death 11 january 2004 (at 62 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards National Book Award, Guggenheim Fellowship
Spalding Rockwell Gray (June 5, 1941 – January 11, 2004) was an American actor and writer. He is known for the autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for the theater in the 1980s and 1990s.
Theater critics John Willis and Ben Hodges described his monologue work as "trenchant, personal narratives delivered on sparse, unadorned sets with a dry, WASP, quiet mania". Gray achieved celebrity status for his monologue Swimming to Cambodia, which was adapted into a film in 1987 by filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Other one-man shows by Gray that were captured on film include Monster in a Box, directed by Nick Broomfield, and Gray's Anatomy, directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Gray died in New York City, New York, of an apparent suicide in 2004. Steven Soderbergh made a 2010 documentary film about Gray's life entitled And Everything Is Going Fine.
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And Everything Is Going Fine (2010)
, 1h29Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Spalding Gray
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating70%
Kate & Leopold (2001)
, 1h59Directed by James Mangold
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films
Actors Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford
Roles Dr. Geisler
Rating63%
In 1876, Prince Leopold Mountbatten, Duke of Albany (Hugh Jackman), is a stifled dreamer. His strict uncle Millard (Paxton Whitehead) has no patience for his disrespect for the monarchy, chastising him and telling him he must marry a rich American, as the Mountbatten family finances are depleted. After his uncle told him that on his "thirtieth birthday he had become a blemish to the family name", Leopold counters that the new nobility is to be found in those who pursue initiatives, hence his interest in the sciences.
How High (2001)
, 1h33Directed by Jesse Dylan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Redman, Method Man, Obba Babatundé, Melissa Peterman, Lark Voorhies, Mike Epps
Roles Prof. Jackson
Rating62%
The plot is centered on two underachieving pot smokers: Silas (Method Man) and Jamal (Redman). When Silas's friend Ivory (Chuck Davis) dies, Silas uses his ashes as fertilizer for a new batch of marijuana. While both are sitting in the parking lot before taking their "THC" (Testing for Higher Credentials, a parody of the SAT in allusion to Tetrahydrocannabinol) exams for college, neither is able to smoke his individual marijuana stash without the help of the other.
Julie Johnson (2001)
, 1h33Directed by Bob Gosse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Spalding Gray, Noah Emmerich, Mischa Barton, Welker White
Roles Mr. Tom Miranda
Rating61%
Julie Johnson is a bored New Jersey housewife who is unhappy with her life and decides to take a computer class at a local college. When her husband finds out and is unsupportive and verbally abusive, she decides that enough is enough and the couple separate. Inspired, her friend Claire leaves her husband, and, having nowhere to go, moves in with Julie and her son and daughter. Living together, Julie and Claire develop a relationship that is more than just a friendship. Problems arise when Julie, immersed in studies, makes new, scholarly, cultured friends and Claire doesn't mesh well with them.
Coming Soon (1999)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ashton Kutcher, Bonnie Root, Gaby Hoffmann, James Roday, Tricia Vessey, Mia Farrow
Roles Mr. Jennings
Rating45%
Three wealthy, savvy high school seniors, Stream Hodsell (Bonnie Root), a smart, down-to-earth strawberry blonde, sassy Jenny Simon (Gaby Hoffmann), who masks her intelligence behind a guise of fishnet stockings, and soulful Nell Kellner (Tricia Vessey) attend the prestigious and expensive Halton School in Manhattan and have everything - brains, beauty, money, popularity, powerful parents, and boyfriends like Chad (James Roday) and a garage band musician, Henry Rockefeller Lipschitz (Ryan Reynolds). They have it all but are still unfulfilled. After losing her virginity without obtaining sexual satisfaction, Stream is confused as well as unfulfilled and studies the problem with self-help books, women's magazines and the comically misinformed advice of her peers. Judy Hodsell (Mia Farrow) is Stream's distracted ex-hippie mom, Dick Hodsell (Ryan O'Neal) is her yuppie father with a new young girlfriend, Mimi (Yasmine Bleeth), and Mr. Jennings (Spalding Gray) is a feel-good career counselor.
Drunks (1997)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Lewis, Amanda Plummer, Spalding Gray, Faye Dunaway, Parker Posey, George Martin
Roles Louis
Rating63%
A group of alcoholics meet up one night at a 12-step recovery meeting.
Gray's Anatomy (1996)
, 1h20Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care
Actors Spalding Gray
Roles Self
Rating67%
Le comédien Spalding Gray parle de la maladie qu'il a eue aux yeux et des nombreux remèdes qu'il a dû utiliser pour la soigner.
Diabolique (1996)
, 1h47Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates, Spalding Gray, Shirley Knight
Roles Simon Veatch
Rating54%
The wife and mistress (Adjani and Stone) of a cruel school master (Palminteri) collaborate in a carefully planned and executed attempt to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The strain starts to tell on the two women as a retired police investigator (Bates) who is looking into the disappearance on a whim begins to think that they know more than they are telling, and further complications arise when their victim is seen, apparently alive and well by several of the pupils.
Glory Daze (1995)
, 1h40Directed by Rich Wilkes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ben Affleck, Sam Rockwell, French Stewart, Alyssa Milano, Megan Ward, Matt Damon
Roles Jack's Dad
Rating55%
The film deals with five friends who share a house (called "El Rancho") while attending art school at UC Santa Cruz. Now they are graduating, and they are struggling to cope going their separate ways. Party animal Jack (Ben Affleck) is still reeling over breaking up with his girlfriend, while also contending with his career choice to be an artist to the chagrin of his upper class parents. Rob (Sam Rockwell) is committing, although reluctantly, in moving to Los Angeles with his longtime girlfriend. Longtime student Dennis (French Stewart) has been accepted to a master's program at school in Michigan, although his mentor's influence may persuade him to stay in Santa Cruz. Mickey (Vinnie DeRamus) doesn't know how to tell his longtime friend Chelsea (Alyssa Milano) that he's in love with her while Slosh (Vien Hong) gave up his brilliant potential by dropping out and becoming a ne'er-do-well drunk with dead end jobs. The five must decide whether to continue living their glory years together for another year or carry on and follow their futures as adults.
Bad Company (1995)
, 1h44Directed by Damian Harris
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Ellen Barkin, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Langella, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Beach, Michael Murphy
Roles Walter Curl
Rating53%
Former CIA covert operative Nelson Crowe is hired by Vic Grimes for a position with his company nicknamed "The Toolshed," a firm which employs people with intelligence service backgrounds to sell their talents with regard to extortion and corporate espionage to domestic and foreign corporations. Grimes' second in command, Margaret Wells, seduces Crowe and entices him with a plot to kill Grimes so they can take over the firm.
Beyond Rangoon (1995)
, 1h40Directed by John Boorman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Political films
Actors Patricia Arquette, Frances McDormand, Spalding Gray, Adelle "Bonnie" Lutz, Tiara Jacquelina, Victor Slezak
Roles Jeremy Watt
Rating64%
Andy Bowman persuades her sister Laura to go on a trip to Burma after Laura’s husband and son are killed in a home invasion and Laura had gone into a deep depression. One night, unable to sleep because of nightmares, Laura leaves her hotel in Rangoon and gets caught up in an anti-government protest. She is very impressed by the bravery of Aung San Suu Kyi. When her tour group leaves the country, Laura cannot leave with them as her passport was stolen the previous night. While staying behind waiting for her new passport, she meets U Aung Ko, who acts as an unofficial tour guide and drives an ancient Chevy. He takes Laura out into the countryside to a Buddhist monastery. The car develops problems, but fortunately they are able to coast to the house of some of Ko’s friends and former students. Laura learns that Ko used to be a college professor, who was banned from teaching for supporting anti-government activity led by his former student Min Han. She has a breakdown and tells Ko what happened to her family. The next morning they learn that the 8888 uprising began the previous day. Ko takes Laura to a station to get train back to Rangoon. She sneaks on board, but the soldiers start beating Ko and when Min Han intervenes, Han is shot and killed. Laura gets Ko into the car and they leave, pursued by the soldiers, but Ko is shot and wounded. They end up crashing into the Irrawaddy river, but get away from the soldiers. They get on a raft taking bamboo to Rangoon. Laura, who is a doctor operates on Ko to remove the bullet. The next day the raft stops at a village. Laura goes to find drugs to treat Ko. She reluctantly accepts a pistol from one of the crew. At a clinic Laura finds the drugs she needs, but has to shoot a soldier to keep from being raped. When they arrive in Rangoon, the city is in the throes of a full-scale revolt. When Laura attempts to get into the US embassy the military tries to arrest her for helping Ko. The student demonstrators rescue her and Ko. After they witness soldiers killing civilians they get put on a truck heading for the border. Near the border the group has to abandon their truck and make run through the jungle. They meet up with a group of Karen rebels. Laura has a dream where her son Danny tells her she has to let him go. Ko urges Laura to do so, telling her, "All things pass, Laura. They are shadows as we are shadows. Briefly walking the earth, and soon gone.". The next day, Laura and her group of refugees make a harrowing river crossing into Thailand under mortar fire and reach a refugee camp. Having found a new purpose in life Laura begins helping at the camp’s hospital.
The Paper (1994)
, 1h52Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid, Robert Duvall, Jason Robards
Roles Paul Bladden
Rating66%
The film takes place during a 24-hour period. Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) is the metro editor of the New York Sun, a fictional New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. He is at risk of experiencing the same fate as his publisher, Bernie White (Robert Duvall), who put his work first at the expense of his family.
King of the Hill (1993)
, 1h49Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about children
Actors Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern
Roles Mr. Mungo
Rating72%
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Zelda (1993)
Directed by Pat O'Connor
Origin Canada
Genres Biography
Actors Natasha Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Spalding Gray, Daniel Gerroll, Robert Knepper, Marie-Josée Croze
Roles Sayre
Rating57%
The Pickle (1993)
, 1h43Directed by Paul Mazursky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about films
Actors Danny Aiello, Dyan Cannon, Shelley Winters, Clotilde Courau, Barry Miller, Jerry Stiller
Roles Doctor
Rating44%
Danny Aiello stars as Harry Stone, an NYC film director who has been living in Paris, France for the past ten years. Despite the fact that he still has a loyal fan base, his last three films were flops, and he returns to New York to hear a pitch from a studio executive. The movie turns out to be The Pickle, a science fiction film with an absurd storyline, but when the executive offers him "a ton of money," Harry immediately sells out his better judgment and agrees to direct the picture.