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Arachnophobia
Eight legs, two fangs, and an attitude.
( Comedy / Horror )


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MPAA Rating:
PG-13

US Runtime: 109 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jul 20, 1990   [USA]
 
Director: Frank Marshall   [Director]
 
Writers: Don Jakoby   [Screenplay]
Don Jakoby   [Story]
Wesley Strick   [Screenplay]
Al Williams   [Story]
 
Producers: William S. Beasley   [Associate Producer]
Robert W. Cort   [Co-Executive Producer]
Ted Field   [Co-Executive Producer]
Don Jakoby   [Co-Producer]
Kathleen Kennedy   [Producer]
Frank Marshall   [Executive Producer]
Steven Spielberg   [Executive Producer]
Richard Vane   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Mikael Salomon   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Michael Kahn   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Trevor Jones   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: James D. Bissell   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Jennifer L. Parsons   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Mike Fenton   [Casting]
Valorie Massalas   [Casting]
Judy Taylor   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Amblin Entertainment   (US)
Hollywood Pictures   (US)
Tangled Web Productions
 


Plot Summary:

    A new species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to a California town in a coffin and starts to breed, leaving a trail of deaths that puzzle and terrify young Dr. Ross Jennings, who is newly arrived in town with his family.

Cast:

Jeff Daniels
Ross Jennings
Harley Jane Kozak
Molly Jennings
John Goodman
Delbert McClintock
Julian Sands
Dr. James Atherton
Brian McNamara
Chris Collins
Stuart Pankin
Sheriff Parsons
Henry Jones
Dr. Sam Metcalf
Peter Jason
Henry Beechwood
Mark L. Taylor
Jerry Manley
James Handy
Milton Briggs
Roy Brocksmith
Irv Kendall
Kathy Kinney
Blaire Kendall
Mary Carver
Margaret Hollins
Garette Ratliff Henson
Tommy Jennings
Marlene Katz
Shelley Jennings
 
Jane Marla Robbins
Edna Beechwood
Theo Schwartz
Bunny Beechwood
Cori Wellins
Becky Beechwood
Chance Boyer
Bobby Beechwood
Frances Bay
Evelyn Metcalf
Lois De Banzie
Henrietta Manley
Warren Rice
Dick Manley
Robert Frank Telfer
Mayor Bob
Michael Steve Jones
Irv's Assistant
Fiona Walsh
Little Girl
Terese Del Piero
Mom
Nathaniel Spitzley
Todd Miller
Jay Scorpio
Mover
Mai-Lis Kuniholm
Girlfriend
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc
Helicopter Pilot
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Juan Fernández
Miguel Higueras (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


John Robotham
Stunts
Chuck Waters
Stunt Coordinator
 
Spice Williams-Crosby
Stunts
 

Sound Crew:


Richard Friedman
Supervising ADR Editor
Hilda Hodges
Foley Artist
David J. Hudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Jackson
Boom Operator
Ron Judkins
Sound Mixer
 
R.J. Kizer
Supervising ADR Editor
Tom C. McCarthy
Supervising Sound Editor
Mel Metcalfe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Terry Porter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Alison Savitch
Visual Effects Coordinator
David Sosalla
Visual Effects Supervisor
 
Matt Sweeney
Special Effects Supervisor
Chris Walas
Creature Effects Technical Director
 
 

Art Department:


Max E. Brehme
Set Dresser
Jackie Carr
Set Decoration
Mike Carrillo
Set Dresser
Ernie Depew
Construction Coordinator
Tim Donelan
Leadman
Gus Feederle
Assistant Property Master
 
Louis S. Fleming
Property Master
Don Kaeding
Set Dresser
Gary F. Kieldrup
Assistant Property Master
Edward T. McAvoy
Assistant Art Director
Suzanne Lee Peck
Art Department Coordinator
 

Directing Crew:


Bruce Cohen
First Assistant Director
 
David D'Ovidio
Second Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Rebecca Baehler
Camera Loader
Dwight Campbell
Gaffer
Jesse Chavez
Best Boy Grip
Richmond G. Cogswell
Video Assist Operator
Ian Fox
First Assistant Camera
Jack Glenn
Grip
Eric J. Goldstein
Camera Operator
 
Bobby Huber
Key Grip
Paul Iski
Grip
Jimmy Leavens
Dolly Grip
David Luckenbach
Second Assistant Camera
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Still Photographer
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc
Pilot
 

Casting Department:


Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
 
 

Other Crew:


Randy McDonald
Cableman
 
 

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