David O. Russell,

David O. Russell, the screenwriter-director of the generally well-received low-budget comedies Spanking the Monkey and Flirting with Disaster, in addition to the 1999 post-Persian Gulf War comedy-drama Three Kings (adapted from a story by John Ridley), had wanted Warner Bros. to distribute Soldiers Pay alongside the studio's planned 2004 rerelease of Three Kings, which stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Ice Cube.

a 1994 American black comedy film written and directed by David O. Russell

Spanking the Monkey is a 1994 American black comedy film written and directed by David O. Russell.

Martin Zeiller

A poem written by Martin Zeiller in the 17th century can still be seen beside today’s version of the monkey:

Rik Isensee

Local gay psychotherapist Rik Isensee is the author of Spank the Monkey, a compendium of racy rants, fond reminiscence, and irreverent monologues.

David O. Russell's debut film

David O. Russell's debut film, Spanking the Monkey, is a coming-of-age story that ventures into mother-son incest without sacrificing emotional honesty or comedy.

Mike Barker

The monkey's trademark grimace and pointing was the idea of writer Mike Barker.

Russell

Russell earned critical acclaim early in Russell's career in 1994 when Russell wrote and directed Russell's first feature film, Spanking the Monkey, which won the Audience Award at Sundance and two Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay.

David O. Russell’s first movie and the Academy Award-nominated documentary Children of Darkness Spanking the Monkey, winner of the Sundance Audience Award,

Having started Lord Sugar's career in commercial filmmaking, Cheryl’s credits include David O. Russell’s first movie Spanking the Monkey, winner of the Sundance Audience Award, and the Academy Award-nominated documentary Children of Darkness.

Matthew Quick Three Kings (1999) and I Heart Huckabees (2004)

Matthew Quick has written and directed Spanking the Monkey (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Three Kings (1999) and I Heart Huckabees (2004).

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond wrote the song – but the song was The Monkeys whose recording was the hit

by Osgood Perkins, which is based on the 1980 short story by Stephen King

The Monkey is an upcoming American supernatural horror film written and directed by Osgood Perkins, which is based on the 1980 short story by Stephen King.

at a boulder problem at Cambusbarron called Spank the Monkey

Not that long ago I mentioned in a blog post that I had had a look at a boulder problem at Cambusbarron called Spank the Monkey.

W.W. Jacobs

In 1902, W.W. Jacobs penned The Monkey's Paw, one of the prototype works of zombie fiction that has gone on to influence a host of stories from the low budget Canadian Vietnam veteran horror Deathdream on the cultier end of the spectrum to the bestselling paperback Pet Sematary, Stephen King's bleak homage to a very bleak little tale, and versions more or less drawn from the page are still made every so often, especially since the original is in the public domain.

Wu Ch’eng-en , a Confucian scholar and well-respected literary poet

Wu Ch’eng-en, a Confucian scholar and well-respected literary poet, wrote Monkey during the Ming dynasty.