A Quick Tip by TheJohn

Based on the classic Marvel Comics series, Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN deftly details the origin of the web-slinging superhero. When awkward New York City teenager Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) attends a class field trip to a laboratory, he gets bitten by a genetically altered spider while taking photos of his longtime crush, the lovely Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst). Soon he discovers this bite has given him remarkable powers--heightened strength, dexterity, and awareness, along with the ability to cling to walls and shoot webs from his wrists. Hoping to win Mary Jane's heart using his new talents, Peter becomes distracted from home life with his doting Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) and Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson), ultimately leading to tragedy--and his new role as the crime-fighting Spider-Man. Meanwhile Harry Osborn (Willem Dafoe), the industrialist father of Peter's friend Norman (James Franco), undergoes a transformation of his own, bringing about the creation of Spider-Man's arch-nemesis: The Green Goblin...                                            

Cast: Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, Rosemary Harris, James Franco, Tobey Maguire, Bill Nunn, Cliff Robertson, Stanley Anderson, Jack Betts, Elizabeth Banks, Bruce Campbell, Michael Papajohn, Gerry Becker, J.K. Simmons, Ron Perkins, Ted Raimi, Joe Manganiello, Randy Savage, Myk Watford

Director: Sam Raimi

Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Release Date: 2002, May 3, 2002

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Screen Writer: Stan Lee, David Koepp, Steve Ditko

DVD Release Date: November 1, 2002

Runtime: 2hrs 1min

Studio: Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures