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Spider Man
Review By Peter
Veugelaers
- Words escape me ... ecstasy
"Spider-Man" sounds like the
old "loser finds his place in the world scenario", played out in Jim
Carey comedies and in nerd flicks.
Peter Parker (aka Spiderman) is picked
on and can’t sweep the girl of his dreams off her feet (Kirsten Dunst).
While at school a laboratory spider, genetically enhanced, accidentally bites
Peter and he metamorphosises into the legendary super hero and fights off the
evil of the city and gets the girl....more
Peter Parker is your average teenager, until he's
bitten by a genetically altered spider while on a field trip. He
develops arachnid-like traits, including superhuman strength, webs
that shoot from his wrists and a "spider sense" that
warns him when danger is near. These new powers are put to the
test when his best friend's father turns into the Green Goblin and
tries to kill him.
Forty years after his comic-book debut, the web-slinger finally
swings into theaters in this big-budget adventure from director
Sam Raimi. Will the movie live up to fan expectation and hype?
With a cast this talented (and photogenic), "Spider-Man"
should catch moviegoers like flies in a web.
Spider Man (2002) - Cast
Spider Man (2002) - Interview with Toby Maguire
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Web Slinging Tidbits
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Ever since the web-slinger made his comic-book debut in 1962,
Hollywood's been trying to make a movie about him. But bringing the
beloved character to the big screen required superhero-like effort.
Here are 11 behind-the-scenes tidbits to share while you're waiting in
line.
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For nearly a decade, "Titanic" director
James Cameron tried to make his own version of
"Spider-Man" featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger as villain
Doctor Octopus. Thanks to miles of legal red tape, it never took
flight.
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In the original "Spider-Man" comic,
Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider. For the film, the
arachnid is genetically engineered.
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Similarly, the comic-book character created
web-shooters that shot a synthetic web. In the film, Peter gains
the ability to organically shoot webs from his wrists.
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Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and director Sam
Raimi have already signed on for a sequel, due in 2004.
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Look for cameos from "Spider-Man"
creator Stan Lee, "Evil Dead" star Bruce Campbell--as a
wrestling announcer--and director Sam Raimi's brother, Ted.
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Many actors were rumored to be vying for the
coveted wall-crawling role, including Heath Ledger, Chris
O'Donnell, Jude Law and Freddy Prinze Jr. But when Sam Raimi saw
Maguire in "The Cider House Rules," he knew he'd found
his Spider-Man.
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To convince Sony Pictures that Tobey Maguire was
right for the part, Raimi filmed a fully produced sequence that
also featured Eliza Dushku (who co-starred with Kirsten Dunst in
"Bring it On").
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Four of the $100,000 Spider-Man costumes
disappeared from the set during production, but it wasn't too big
a problem--they made 23 total.
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Though the scenes of the World Trade Center were
pulled from the movie's trailer after the Sept. 11 attacks, the
buildings remain in the finished version of the film.
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Composer Danny Elfman has worked on three previous
Raimi films--"A Simple Plan," "Army of
Darkness" and "Darkman." He also had a cameo in
"The Gift."
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John Malkovich was originally attached to play the
Green Goblin, but chose to star in "Ripley's Game"
instead.
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