| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Tobey Maguire |
Peter Parker/Spider-Man
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| Willem Dafoe |
Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
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| Kirsten Dunst |
Mary Jane Watson
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| James Franco |
Harry Osborn
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| Cliff Robertson |
Uncle Ben
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| Rosemary Harris |
Aunt May
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| J. K. Simmons |
J. Jonah Jameson
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| Joe Manganiello |
Flash Thompson
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| Gerry Becker |
Maximilian Fargas
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| Bill Nunn |
Robbie Robertson
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| Jack Betts |
Henry Balkan
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| Stanley Anderson |
General Slocum
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| Ron Perkins |
Dr. Mendel Stromm
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| Randy Savage |
Bone Saw McGraw
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| Bruce Campbell |
Announcer
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| J.K. Simmons |
J. Jonah Jameson, Daily Bugle Editor
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| Michael Papajohn |
Carjacker
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| K.K. Dodds |
Simkins, Daily Bugle Reporter
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Box Sets; Fantasy; Sci-Fi; Sci-Fi / Fantasy |
| Director |
Sam Raimi |
| Producer |
Ian Bryce; Laura Ziskin |
| Writer |
Stan Lee; Steve Ditko |
| Studio |
Columbia Pictures |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG13 |
| Running Time |
2 hr 1 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
7.4 |
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| Plot |
| After incorporating elements of comic book style and design into many of his films, director Sam Raimi helms this straight-ahead, big-budget comic book adaptation, which also marks acclaimed young actor Tobey Maguire 's first dip into live-action blockbuster filmmaking. Spider-Man follows the template of the original Stan Lee /Steve Ditko source material, with hero Peter Parker an orphaned, intellectual teen loner living in Queens with his aunt ( Rosemary Harris ) and uncle ( Cliff Robertson ), and dreaming of the girl next door, Mary Jane ( Kirsten Dunst ). On a field trip to a Columbia University lab, Peter is bitten by a genetically altered spider and overnight he gains superhuman strength, agility, and perception. At first, Peter uses his powers for material gain, winning a wrestling match with a purportedly lucrative prize. But when Peter apathetically fails to stop a burglar from robbing the wrestling arena, a tragedy follows that compels him to devote his powers to fighting crime -- as the superhero Spider-Man. When he's not busy fighting crime in a spider suit, Peter moves into an apartment with his best friend, Harry ( James Franco ), and begins work as a photographer at the Daily Bugle. Meanwhile, his do-gooder alter ego finds a nemesis in the form of the Green Goblin ( Willem Dafoe ), a super-powered, megalomaniacal villain who happens to be the alter ego of the Harry's father, weapons-manufacturing mogul Norman Osborn. Spider-Man was written by the prolific blockbuster scribe David Koepp ( Jurassic Park , Panic Room ). -- Michael Hastings |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| UPC |
043396096615 |
| Release Date |
2002 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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