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©2002
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2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-Man, Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, he swears to use his "spider-skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and a budding romance with a beautiful former-classmate, MJ
Special features: Disc 1: "Weaving the web": subtitled factoids; Commentary by director Sam Raimi, Kirsten Dunst, producer Laura Ziskin & co-producer Grant Curtis; SFX commentary by special effects designer John Dykstra & visual effects crew; branching web-i-sodes; music videos: Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott "Hero" and Sum 41 "What we're all about"; TV spots; theatrical trailer; filmographies & character files; DVD-ROM: comic/feature comparison; record your own commentary; countdown to Spider-Man 2; weblinks
Special features: Disc 2: HBO making-of Spider-Man; Spider-mania: an E! Entertainment special; Director profile: Sam Raimi; Composer profile: Danny Elfman; Screen tests: Toby Maguire, J.K. Simmons & CGI Spider-Man; costume and make up tests; Gag/outtake reel; conceptual art & production design gallery; Historical documentary - Spider-Man: the mythology of the 21st century; the Spider-Man comic archives; Rouges gallery; The loves of Peter Parker; Comic book artists gallery; Activision game: hints & tips; DVD-ROM: Activision PC game; 2 playable levels; 3 exclusive Marvel dot.comics; Spider-Man: Blue #1, Black cat #1 & Peter Parker: Return of the Goblin; Spider-Man visualizer
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002
Director of photography, Don Burgess ; editors, Bob Murawski, Arthur Coburn ; music, Danny Elfman ; production designer, Neil Spisak ; costume designer, James Acheson ; visual effects designer, John Dykstra
Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris
MPAA rating: PG-13; stylized violence and action
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1), Dolby Digital 5.1.043396096615
English or French soundtracks; subtitles in English, French or Spanish