Spun is a 2002 American crime comedy-drama directed by Jonas Åkerlund, and starring Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, Mickey Rourke, Mena Suvari, John Leguizamo, Patrick Fugit, Eric Roberts, Chloe Hunter and Debbie Harry. It is Åkerlund's début as a feature-film director, having already become known for his work in music videos. The film was shot in 22 days, and centers on various people involved in a methamphetamine drug ring. The film blends elements of dark comedy and drama in its storytelling. Its title is a reference to the slang term for the way users feel after going multiple days without sleep while on a methamphetamine binge.
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... The original music for Spun was written by Billy Corgan ... The soundtrack to the film features songs by artists such as Iron Maiden (performed by The Djali Zwan), Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, Blues Traveler, Bathory (for whom Åkerlund played drums for early on), Richie Havens, Phantom Planet (with which Jason Schwartzman played drums at the time), Per Gessle (male half of Roxette), Paola, and Satyricon, whose video for the song "Mother North" appears in the movie ...
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... Spun Gold is the fourteenth studio album by American country artist Barbara Mandrell ... Spun Gold produced two major hit singles on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 1983 ...
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Famous quotes containing the word spun:
“Burning in the bride bed of love, in the whirl-
Pool at the wanting centre, in the folds
Of paradise, in the spun bud of the world.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“This Frey seems thus to us:
Hells Spider gets
His intrails spun to whip Cords thus,
And wove to nets,
And sets.”
—Edward Taylor (1645–1729)