Along Came a Spider (2001)

Director:

Lee Tamahori

Writers (WGA):

James Patterson (novel)
Marc Moss (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Crime | Mystery | Drama

Tagline:

The game is far from over.

Plot:

A congressman's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school by an insider who calls Det. Alex Cross, sucking him into the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner.

Plot Keywords:

School | Sequel | Disguise | Telephone Box | Ransom

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Morgan Freeman	...	Alex Cross
Monica Potter	...	Jezzie Flannigan
Michael Wincott	...	Gary Soneji
Dylan Baker	...	Ollie McArthur
Mika Boorem	...	Megan Rose
Anton Yelchin	...	Dimitri Starodubov
Kimberly Hawthorne	...	Agent Hickley (as Kim Hawthorne)
Jay O. Sanders	...	Kyle Craig
Billy Burke	...	Ben Devine
Michael Moriarty	...	Senator Hank Rose
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Elizabeth Rose
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Vickie
Scott Heindl	...	Floyd the Fisherman
Christopher Shyer	...	Jim
Jill Teed	...	Tracie
Ian Marsh	...	Sam
Raoul Ganeev	...	Bodyguard
Samantha Ferris	...	Mrs. Hume
Ocean Hellman	...	Amy Masterson
Tom McBeath	...	Country Chief Cabell
Tamara Taggart	...	Reporter
Suzette Meyers	...	Reporter
Brian Arnold	...	Reporter
Chris Robson	...	Reporter
Jonathan Walker	...	Reporter
Debra Donohue	...	Reporter
Mila Dobrozdravich	...	Hannah
Aaron Joseph	...	Kennedy
Ravil Isyanov	...	Lermontov
Ronin Wong	...	Medical Examiner
Campbell Lane	...	Mathias
Charles Andre	...	Diplomatic Patrol Officer
Claire Riley	...	News Anchor
Paul Carson	...	News Anchor
Donna Lysell	...	News Anchor
Kevin Hayes	...	News Co-Anchor
Steve Makaj	...	News Co-Anchor
Nathaniel DeVeaux	...	Coast Guard Captain (as Nathaniel Deveaux)
Wynn Hall	...	Watergate Employee (as Nguyen Hall)
Charles Andison	...	McArthur Entourage
Tarie Tennessey	...	McArthur Entourage
Darryl Scheelar	...	McArthur Entourage
Craig March	...	McArthur Entourage
Darryl Dillard	...	D.C. Policeman
Carter Jahncke	...	Man Who Can't Answer Phone
Jim Hild	...	Potentially Evil Guy on Train
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Greg Cool	...	possible suspect on lightrail (uncredited)
Rick Kain	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Charles A. Lindbergh	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kyley Statham	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Lee Tamahori

Writing credits (WGA)
James Patterson		(novel)
Marc Moss		(screenplay)

Produced by
David Brown	....	producer
Morgan Freeman	....	executive producer
Marty Hornstein	....	executive producer
Joe Wizan	....	producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Matthew F. Leonetti

Film Editing by
Neil Travis

Casting by
Denise Chamian

Production Design by
Ida Random

Art Direction by
Sandy Cochrane
Eric Hunsaker

Set Decoration by
Elizabeth Wilcox

Costume Design by
Sanja Milkovic Hays

Makeup Department
Deena Adair	....	hair stylist: Mr. Freeman
Ian C. Ballard	....	hair department head (as Ian Ballard)
Heather Barreca	....	assistant hair stylist (as Heather Tilson)
Wyatt Belton	....	hair stylist: Washington DC
Rosalina Da Silva	....	chief makeup artist
Stan Edmonds	....	makeup department head
Michael Hancock	....	makeup artist: Mr. Freeman
Tone Rorvik	....	assistant makeup artist (as Tone Rorvick)
Michael Westmore	....	prosthetics makeup designer
Debra Wiebe	....	assistant hair stylist (as Debra Weibe)
Nicole Wise	....	assistant hair stylist
Debi Young	....	makeup artist: Washington DC
Shannon Coppin	....	first assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Richard J. Gelfand	....	unit production manager: Washington, D.C. (as Richard Gelfand)
Casey Grant	....	unit production manager (as B. Casey Grant)
Marty Hornstein	....	unit production manager: Los Angeles
Stewart Bethune	....	unit production manager: re-shoot (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Barry	....	second assistant director
Jim Brebner	....	first assistant director
Silver Butler	....	dgc trainee
Kevin Fair	....	second second assistant director
Jeff Mosuk	....	additional third assistant director
Darren Robson	....	third assistant director
Robert Schick	....	second second assistant director: Washington D.C. (as Bob Schick)
Tarnya Cook	....	assistant director: reshoot (uncredited)
Johanne Glyn-Jones	....	additional assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Nancy Anna Brown	....	set designer
Ron Clifford	....	construction foreman (as Ronald W. Clifford)
Dave Emmonds	....	head greensman
Bill Forster	....	construction foreman
Steve George	....	property master
Haida Harper	....	assistant property master
Craig Henderson	....	construction coordinator
Leah Hong	....	graphic designer
Patrick Kearns	....	on-set dresser
Teresa Kelly	....	scenic artist
Kristina Kilpe	....	on-set dresser: Washington DC
Bryan Korenberg	....	property master
Gwendolyn Margetson	....	assistant art director
Garry Frank Patt	....	construction foreman (as Garry Patt)
Paul S. Power	....	storyboard artist
James Summers	....	scenic artist
Joyce Woods	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Eric Batut	....	production sound mixer
Dean Beville	....	sound effects editor
Peter Brown	....	sound effects editor (as Peter Allen Brown)
Anne Couk	....	first assistant sound editor
Scott Curtis	....	foley editor
Jason England	....	dialogue editor (as Robert Jason England)
Paula Fairfield	....	sound effects editor
Roger Fearing	....	assistant sound editor
Tammy Fearing	....	adr editor
Stephen Hunter Flick	....	supervising sound editor
Dana LeBlanc Frankley	....	assistant adr editor (as Dana LeBlanc)
Dana Gustafson	....	foley editor (as Dana A. Gustafson)
Michael Hamm	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Ethan Holzman	....	assistant sound editor
William Jacobs	....	sound effects editor
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ryan Juggler	....	assistant sound editor
Martin Lopez	....	sound effects editor (as Martin Jacob Lopez)
Charles Maynes	....	sound effects editor
Ron Meredith	....	assistant sound editor
Jon Michaels	....	assistant sound editor
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Frank A. Montaño	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Frank Montano)
Rory O'Neill	....	sound assistant: day call
Vic Radulich	....	dialogue editor
Karen Schell	....	sound
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Thomas W. Small	....	supervising foley editor (as Thomas Small)
Frank Smathers	....	dialogue editor (as Frank T. Smathers)
Mike Szakmeister	....	supervising dialog editor (as Michael Szakmeister)
Robert Ulrich	....	supervising adr editor
Kelly Zombor	....	boom operator
Wendy Czajkowsky	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Jamie Hardt	....	sound intern (uncredited)
Greg ten Bosch	....	sound intern (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Michael Cassidy	....	special effects assistant: Washington D.C.
Steve Newburn	....	technician: Steve Johnson's XFX
William H. Orr	....	special effects coordinator
Clay Scheirer	....	special effects foreman (as Clayton Scheirer)
Matt Singer	....	technician: Steve Johnson's XFX

Visual Effects by
Erik Akutagawa	....	scanning and recording operator
Lee Berger	....	visual effects executive producer: Rhythm & Hues
Dawn Bowery	....	Inferno artist
Megan Bryant	....	scanning and recording operator
Pascal Chappuis	....	digital artist: lighting
Yeen-Shi Chen	....	digital modeler
Jeffrey Cilley	....	scanning and recording operator (as Jeffery Cilley)
Lisa Clarity	....	digital artist: lighting
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Brian Dowrick	....	CG animator
Phil Holland	....	scanning & recording operator
Adam Howard	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Imhof	....	digital modeler
Liz Kapinski	....	digital supervisor (as Liz Kupinski)
Derek Ledbetter	....	visual effects
Joe Mancewicz	....	animation setup
Scott O'Brien	....	CG animator
Hideki Okano	....	visual effects animator
Hans Rijpkema	....	set-up (as Hans Rijpkema)
Robert Rioux	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Mike Sandrik	....	digital artist: lighting
Craig Seitz	....	digital compositor
Adam Stern	....	digital artist
Joe Strasser	....	texture painter
Bert Terreri	....	visual effects producer
Eric Tsai	....	set-up
Chien-Hsiung Wang	....	digital modeler
Bill Westenhofer	....	visual effects supervisor
Scot Byrd	....	publicist: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Brandon Craig	....	render supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Charles Andre	....	stunts
Guy Bews	....	stunts
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunts (as Jophery Brown)
Peter Bucossi	....	stunt coordinator: Washington D.C. unit (as Peter Boccusi)
Victor Chan	....	stunts: Washington D.C. unit
John Copeman	....	stunts: Washington D.C. unit
Marny Eng	....	stunts
Frank Ferrara	....	stunts: Washington D.C. unit
Jery Hewitt	....	stunts: Washington D.C. unit
Chuck Jeffreys	....	stunts: Washington D.C. unit
Janet Paparazzo	....	stunts: Washington D.C. unit
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunt coordinator (as Melissa Stubbs)
Jeff Ward	....	stunts: Washington D.C. unit
Kym Washington	....	stunts: Washington D.C. unit
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunt double: Morgan Freeman (uncredited)
Douglas Chapman	....	stunt double: Michael Wincott (uncredited)
Kelsi Chartrand	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Choe	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michael Langlois	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mary-Ann Message	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Rick Pearce	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunt double: Monica Potter (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Stephen Arnott	....	grip
Roger Bailey	....	generator operator
Greg Beaton	....	assistant camera
Greg Beaton	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Al Campbell	....	key grip: re-shoots
John Clothier	....	camera operator
John Clothier	....	steadicam operator
Rob Coughlin	....	electrician
Enrique del Rio	....	second assistant camera
George Dunagan	....	assistant chief lighting technician: Washington D.C.
Douglas R. Field	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Doug Field)
Jim Filippone	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Gil Forrester	....	dolly grip
David Goyer	....	rigging gaffer
Rob Graham	....	video playback operator
Stuart Haggerty	....	lamp operator
Kevin Haverty	....	clapper loader: additional photography
Elizabeth House	....	second assistant camera
David Insley	....	camera operator: Washington D.C.
Jay Kemp	....	rigging gaffer: Washington D.C.
Richard Klompus	....	video assist: Washington D.C.
Joseph Lederer	....	still photographer
Taggart Lee	....	camera operator: additional unit
John Le Roy	....	key grip: second unit
John Le Roy	....	key rigging grip: second unit
Don Linsley	....	second company rigging grip: Washington D.C.
Carol Macdonald	....	second assistant camera: enhancements
Prem Marimuthu	....	electrician
Stan McClain	....	aerial camera operator
Stan McClain	....	aerial director of photography
Klaus Melchior	....	video playback coordinator
Dave Mikutsky	....	electrician: Washington D.C.
Kelly Moore	....	lamp operator
Rod Newby	....	rigging generator operator: Canada
Tom Nichols	....	grip: Washington D.C.
Cam North	....	first assistant camera
James Salberg	....	dolly grip: re-shoots
Ian Seabrook	....	focus puller: additional photography
Aki Shigematsu	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Ted Spiegler	....	chief rigging electrician: Washington D.C.
Stuart Stein	....	second assistant photographer: Washington D.C. (as Stu Stein)
Bruce W. Talamon	....	still photographer: Washington D.C. (as Bruce Talamon)
Richard Walden	....	camera operator: additional photography
Mark Walpole	....	camera loader: Washington D.C.
David Kohler	....	lamp operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Stuart Aikins	....	casting: Canada
Andrea Brown	....	extras casting
Sean Cossey	....	casting associate: Canada
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Michael Hothorn	....	casting assistant
Carol Ness	....	extras casting: Washington D.C.
Dagmar Wittmer	....	extras casting: Washington D.C.

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Isabel Bloor	....	set costume supervisor
Johnetta Boone	....	costume supervisor: Washington D.C.
Luisa Dalmagro	....	set costumer
Jessica Fasman	....	costumer: Mr. Freeman
Irena Stepic	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Jason Dale	....	assistant editor
Nicolas De Toth	....	additional editor
Adam M. Duthie	....	assistant editor
Dana L. Marker	....	negative cutter
Dennis McNeill	....	color timer (as Denny McNeill)
Cedric Nairn-Smith	....	apprentice editor
Sarah Thiessen	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Robert Bayless	....	assistant music editor (as Bob Bayless)
Bruce Botnick	....	music mixer
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Norman Dlugatch	....	music technical engineer (as Norm Dlugatch)
Robert Garrett	....	preview music editor
Jerry Goldsmith	....	conductor
Kenneth Hall	....	supervising music editor (as Ken Hall)
Mark McKenzie	....	orchestrator
Paul Wertheimer	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Lawrence Albright	....	transportation captain
Robert Gaskill	....	driver: Mr. Freeman
Kim Harmer	....	picture car coordinator
Ken Marsden	....	transportation co-captain
Wayne Nelson	....	transportation coordinator: Washington D.C.
Rob Vreugde	....	transportation coordinator
Gilbert Young	....	transportation captain: Washington D.C.
Blake Zickefoose	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Allison Adams	....	production assistant: Washington D.C.
Michael Alvarado	....	production assistant (as Miguel Alvarado)
Angela Athayde	....	additional production assistant
Angela Athayde	....	set production assistant: USA
Inge Bailey	....	assistant: Mr. Hornstein
Doreen Beaulac	....	first assistant accountant
Matthew J. Birch	....	production coordinator: Washington D.C.
Ron Blecker	....	technical advisor
Seana Carroll	....	production assistant: Washington D.C.
Jason Collier	....	trainee location manager
Dan Crosby	....	marine coordinator
Brett Davies	....	production office assistant: Vancouver
Jessica Dewey	....	assistant: Ms. Potter
Katherine Dorrer	....	assistant production coordinator: Washington D.C.
Brian Feeney	....	office production assistant: Washington D.C.
Brian Feeney	....	production assistant: Washington D.C.
Jim Filippone	....	aerial coordinator
Carol Flaisher	....	location manager: Washington D.C.
Jay Floyd	....	clearance administrator
Crystal Hawkins	....	production accountant
Danny Ho	....	computer playback operator
Alan Jacques	....	projectionist
Jina Johnson	....	production assistant
Carol Keith	....	production coordinator
David Kurvers	....	computer playback operator
Cheri Larsen	....	production assistant
Stephanie Lovell	....	set production assistant: Washington D.C.
Terry Mackay	....	assistant location manager
Helen Medrano	....	first assistant accountant (as Helen Ruiz)
Nolan B. Medrano	....	assistant accountant
Yvonne Melville	....	production coordinator
Lee Anne Muldoon	....	unit publicist
Chooch Paglaro	....	computer playback operator
Karen Pelrine	....	assistant production coordinator
Quentin Pierre	....	personal assistant: Mr. Freeman
Dru Ransom	....	assistant: Mr. Wizan
Jonathan Reich	....	assistant location manager: Washington D.C.
Michael Riley	....	title designer
Ruben Flores Rios II	....	production assistant: Washington D.C.
Helena Rogozinski	....	production assistant: Washington D.C.
Diane Rosenberg	....	production secretary
Gil Seltzer	....	production assistant: Washington D.C.
Lynne Spencer	....	production coordinator
Jason Tamez	....	production secretary
Gerry Therrien	....	animal coordinator
Sasha Turjak	....	assistant: Mr. Tamahori
Xan Valan	....	key set production assistant
Christine Wilson	....	script supervisor
Shayne A. Wilson	....	accounting clerk
Doris Wood	....	executive assistant: Mr. Brown
Robert Zorella	....	additional set production assistant
John Marston	....	location projectionist: Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Christopher Scott	....	set production assistant: Washington D.C. (uncredited)

Production Companies

• AZL Productions KG
• David Brown Productions
• MFP Munich Film Partners GmbH & Company I. Produktions KG
• Paramount Pictures
• Phase 1 Productions
• Revelations Entertainment

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• CBS Television (2005) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Non-USA) (theatrical)
• Eagle Pictures (2001) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (Brazil) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (video)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (video)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Rhythm and Hues (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Alpha Cine Motion Pictures Laboratory  dailies
• Central Casting  extras casting: Washington
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Howard Anderson Company, The  titles and opticals
• Imaginary Forces  title design: main titles
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation
• Molokai Productions  video playback
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage M  music recorded and mixed at
• Paramount Studios  digital sound editing (as Paramount Pictures)
• Tomkats Catering  catering: Washington
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Im Netz der Spinne (Germany)
Masque de l'araignée, Le (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA | Germany | Canada

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Portugal:M/12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Australia:M (TV rating) | Canada:14A | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:16 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:16 | Iceland:16 | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #37942) | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

AZL Productions KG

Trivia:

The scene where Alex Cross pays the kidnapper by throwing the bag containing the ransom from the window of a transit train is taken from James Patterson novel 'Roses are red' which starred Alex Cross investigating another of his "best enemies", Kile Craig, aka "The Mastermind".

Goofs:

Factual errors: While going through the files on the computer at Megan's desk, Agent Hickley describes GIFs to Dr. Cross as being made up of billions of ones and zeros. In fact, even just one billion binary bits (ones and zeros) would be over 100 megabytes - at least a hundred times the size of typical GIF images.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Tracie: Tonight was your first night at the club, wasn't it?
Jim: No. I've been there a few times before.
Tracie: Really? Well, how come I haven't seen you?
Jim: I noticed you the first night I walked in. You always stand out.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The King of Queens: Dougie Nights (#4.15)" (2002)