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Monster in a Box
Monster in a Box

Monster in a Box

He Survived Swimming to Cambodia. Now the Adventure Continues.

Genres

Comedy

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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."

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$311245

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

15 May 1992

Country

United States of America

Cast

Spalding Gray

Spalding Gray

Self

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