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Spanking the Monkey is a american film of genre Drama directed by David O. Russell released in USA on 15 january 1994 with Jeremy Davies
Spanking the Monkey (1994)
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Add to a movie listSpanking the Monkey is a 1994 American black comedy film written and directed by David O. Russell. The title is a slang phrase for masturbation and is used in the film by one of the teenage characters. It was filmed in Pawling, New York.
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Susan Aibelli, a married, lonely woman, suffers a leg injury at home just as her husband is about to leave on his job as a travelling salesman and her son, Raymond, is about to leave for the summer on a medical internship. Raymond is then forced to stay at home to take care of her as his father cannot. He loses both the internship and his girlfriend. These troublesome events leave him emotionally confused as he and his mother are left alone together, and they develop an incestuous relationship.Actors
Jeremy Davies
(Ray Aibelli)
Alberta Watson
(Susan Aibelli)
Benjamin Hendrickson
(Tom Aibelli)
Carla Gallo
(Toni Peck)
Zak Orth
(Curtis)
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