Spider-Man Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Sam Raimi
Genres: Action
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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, Rovi
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