{"id":29107,"date":"2021-08-05T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T13:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/?post_type=film&p=29107"},"modified":"2024-04-19T09:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T07:34:10","slug":"big-ass-spider-mike-mendez","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/film\/big-ass-spider-mike-mendez\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ass Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Un ragno alieno alto 15 metri scappa da un laboratorio militare devastando l\u2019intera citt\u00e0 di Los Angeles. Quando anche un imponente intervento militare fallisce, sar\u00e0 l\u2019ora di unire le forze di scienziati, soldati e di Alex, uno scaltro disinfestatore nel suo giorno di pausa, per uccidere la creatura prima che la citt\u00e0 venga distrutta. Jose, una guardia giurata messicana, \u00e8 la spalla di Alex e lo accompagner\u00e0 in questa missione. Come Don Chisciotte e Sancho Panza, i due formano una coppia perfetta nella quale Alex vorrebbe interpretare l\u2019eroico cavaliere. Se riuscir\u00e0 ad uccidere il ragno, le sue fantasie di gloria si realizzeranno.
\nMike Mendez \u00e8 nato a Los Angeles nel 1973. Ha esordito alla regia nel 1996 con il film Killers, invitato al Sundance Film Festival. Nel 2002 ha prodotto per Universal Television e Showtime il documentario televisivo Masters of Horror. Successivamente ha diretto la horror comedy The Convent (2000), presentata al Sundance, e The Gravedancers (2006), proiettato in anteprima al Tribeca Film Festival. Big Ass Spider! \u00e8 il suo quinto lungometraggio.<\/p>\n

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A 50-foot-tall alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages the city of Los Angeles. When a massive military strike fails, it is up to a team of scientists, soldiers, and one clever exterminator to kill the creature before the city is destroyed. Our hero, Alex, is a blue collar Western Exterminator on his day off. Alex\u2019s side-kick, Jose, is a Mexican Security Guard who joins him along the way. They make together a bit of a Don Quixote \/ Sancho Panza duo which might actually work to a song because, as Don Quixote, Alex is a bit of a self-proclaimed Knight-in- shining-armor. Of course, once he kills the spider, he finally lives up to his own expectations.
\nMike Mendez was born in Los Angeles in 1973. In 1996 he made his first feature film Killers, that premiered at Sundance Film Festival. In 2002, he produced a documentary for Universal Television and Showtime entitled Masters of Horror. He also directed the campy horror comedy The Convent (2000), which was also accepted into Sundance, and The Gravedancers (2006), that premiered at Tribeca Film Festival . Big Ass Spider! is his 5th feature film.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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SceneggiaturaScreenplay
\nGregory Gieras<\/strong>
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\nBenji Bakshi<\/strong>
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\nMike Mendez<\/strong>
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\nCeiri Torjussen<\/strong>
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\nSxv’leithan Essex<\/strong>
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\nGreg Grunberg, Lombardo Boyar, Clare Kramer, Ray Wise, Patrick Bauchau, Lin Shaye<\/strong>
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\nKlaus von Sayn-Wittgenstein, Patrick Ewald, Shaked Berenson, Travis Stevens<\/strong>
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\nEpic Pictures, Film Entertainment Services<\/strong>
\nDistribuzione Internazionale_International Distribution
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Mike Mendez
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