Axiom Films Spanking The Monkey

One of Americas 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. The film also displays much of what has become Russells trademark idiosyncratic, offbeat humour, later seen in Flirting With Disaster, the iconoclastic Three Kings and the existential comedy I love Huckabees, marking him as a special director with cult appeal.Looking forward to a prestigious summer internship in Washington, D.C., pre-med college student Raymond (Saving Private Ryans Jeremy Davis) has his dreams put on hold when hes forced to stay at home caring for his invalid mother (Alberta Watson, The Sweet Hereafter, TVs 24.) Constantly harassed by his domineering, travelling salesman father, Raymond struggles to deal with his mothers bed-ridden anxieties and his first, s Lees meer over de Axiom Films Spanking The Monkey van axiom films in de productgroep entertainment