Trail of the Spider (2008)
Trail of the Spider transposes Western genre motifs and the suppressed racial history of the American west (where one in three cowboys were black or Mexican) onto the transforming landscape of East London. Questioning and re-imagining the Western’s portrayal of the “Vanishing Frontier” , the film extends the metaphor to the material and psychological conditions of a present day city increasingly dominated by volatile financial speculations and private interests.
Directors: David Panos, Anja Kirschner.
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Floyd as The Man with No Name |
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Claudette Bonney as Marnie |
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Darren Matthews as Turnwood |
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Robin Laine as Dr. Harwell Carver |
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John Barker as JB |
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Jessica Rattigan as Jess |
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Graham Morris Almond as Judah |
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Andrew Westcott as Benton |
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Neil Burrows as Surveyors' Assistant |
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Norman Barrow as Man on Prairie |
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Robin Freeman as Dead Man / Masked Man |
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Cameron Bain as Masked Man |
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Max Reeves as Man in Forest |
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Marlowe Chan-Reeves as Boy in Forest |
| Sound | Alberto Corazon | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Lina Lapelyte | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Seemab Gul | Prop Maker |
| Directing | David Panos | Director |
| Art | Ben Celiz | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charlotte Linton | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Crew | Nicholas Sargeant | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Sound | Emanuele Costantini | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | David Panos | Editor |
| Art | Francis Upritchard | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Nicola Holloway | Art Department Assistant |
| Sound | David Panos | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Matthew Noel-Tod | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jim Tracy | Production Manager |
| Sound | Matthew Hyland | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tian Xu | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Rebecca Fellows | Art Department Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicola Walker | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Hugo Baltazar | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alexandra Mann | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Anja Kirschner | Director |
| Writing | Anja Kirschner | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jemma Hodgetts | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Editing | David Mingay | Editorial Consultant |