Monologuist Spalding Gray talks about the great difficulties he experienced while attempting to write his first novel, a nearly 2,000-page autobiographical tome concerning the death of his mother. Among his many asides, Gray discusses his problems in dealing with the Hollywood film industry, recounts the trips he took around the world in order to avoid dealing with his writer's block and describes his ambivalence about acting as stage manager for a Broadway production of "Our Town."
Unfortunately the movie Monster in a Box is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Nick Broomfield | Director |
| Production | Norman I. Cohen | Associate Producer |
| Production | Rieta Oord | Producer |
| Production | Renée Shafransky | Producer |
| Sound | Laurie Anderson | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Graham Hutchings | Editor |
| Camera | Michael Coulter | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ray Oxley | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Prashker | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Rieta Oord | Production Manager |
| Writing | Spalding Gray | Writer |
| Production | Jon Blair | Producer |
