SPIDER & ROSE, released in Australia in 1994 and in the US in 1996, is a road movie about a feisty 70-year-old woman paired with a impudent, punky 21-year-old guy. The story of vastly different people developing a friendship when forced to spend time together has been told countless
times. But writer-director Bill Bennett has injected this particular version with witty dialogue, unique characters, stylish camerawork and some stunning surprises.
One year after a car accident that killed her husband and put her in the hospital, Rose (Ruth Cracknell) plans to return from Sydney to her son's country farmhouse. Spider (Simon Bossell), in his last day as an ambulance ...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
94 mins