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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children, Suitable for Teens Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 06/01/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 3 Number of Discs: 3 Run Time: 2 hrs 1 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 10 Genres: Action, Fantasy, Superhero Film See Also: Spider-Man [Limited Collector's Gift Set], Spider-Man [Widescreen Special Edition], Spider-Man [Fullscreen Special Edition], Spider-Man [Superbit], Spider-Man [UMD for PSP]

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 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, All Movie Guide

Tobey Maguire - Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Willem Dafoe - Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
Kirsten Dunst - Mary Jane Watson
James Franco - Harry Osborn
Cliff Robertson - Uncle Ben

One of the biggest box-office hits of all time, director Sam Raimi's big-screen adaptation of the classic comic book -Spider-Man stars Tobey Maguire as the legendary shutterbug-cum-webslinger. Kirsten Dunst and Willem Dafoe head up the supporting cast. This three-disc Deluxe Edition DVD includes the double-disc widescreen Special Edition that was released in November 2002 as well as a new bonus disc that features a preview of 2004's Spider-Man 2. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide