Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man, is desperately trying to balance his dual identities. He can't keep up at college, pay his rent, or seem to make amends with his estranged best friend Harry and his beloved Mary Jane is more skeptical than ever. Peter begins to notice that he's losing some of his powers
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Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man, is desperately trying to balance his dual identities. He can't keep up at college, pay his rent, or seem to make amends with his estranged best friend Harry and his beloved Mary Jane is more skeptical than ever. Peter begins to notice that he's losing some of his powers and wonders if the cost of being a superhero isn't too high. Meanwhile Peter's idol, the renowned scientist Otto Octavius, has turned into a maniacal cyborg after a failed science experiment. Peter realizes he must decide between the ordinary life he so desires and the responsibilities of retaining his secret identity to stop "Doc Ock" and save New York City from destruction.
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Statement of Responsibility:
Columbia Pictures presents a Marvel Enterprises/Laura Ziskin production ; produced by Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad ; screen story by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and Michael Chabon ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; directed by Sam Raimi
Title:
Spider-man 2
[videorecording]
Publisher:
Culver City, Calif. :, Columbia Pictures :, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,, c2004
Edition:
Widescreen special ed
Characteristics:
2 videodiscs (ca. 128 min.) :,sd., col. ;,4 3/4 in.
Notes:
Based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004
Special features: disc one: commentary with director Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, producer Avi Arad and co-producer Grant Curtis; technical commentary; Spidey sense 2 (trivia track with "pop-up" facts and trivia); blooper reel (8 min.); four web-i-sodes (featurettes: 9 min.); music video "Ordinary" by Train (4 min.); previews. Disc two: "Making the Amazing" (12-part documentary: 126 min.); "Hero in crisis" (looks at Peter Parker and his personal battles: 15 min.); "Eight arms to hold you" (documentary about Doc Ock: 22 min.); "Interwoven : the women of Spider-Man" (a look into the lives of Mary Jane, Aunt May and the other women in Peter Parker's life: 16 min.); "Enter the web" (multi-angle look behind-the-scenes at the climactic Pier sequence captured in real-time; 15 min. each); art gallery; Activision's Spider-Man 2: spinning the game; weblinks
Contents:
Making the amazing
Hero in crisis
Eight arms to hold you
The women of Spider-man
Credits:
Director of photography, Bill Pope ; editor, Bob Murawski ; music by Danny Elfman ; costume designers, James Acheson, Gary Jones ; visual effects designer, John Dykstra ; production designer, Neil Spisak ; visual effects supervisors, Greg Anderson, Eric Durst, John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk ; special effects supervisor, Steve Johnson.
Performers:
Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Donna Murphy.
Summary:
Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man, is desperately trying to balance his dual identities. He can't keep up at college, pay his rent, or seem to make amends with his estranged best friend Harry and his beloved Mary Jane is more skeptical than ever. Peter begins to notice that he's losing some of his powers and wonders if the cost of being a superhero isn't too high. Meanwhile Peter's idol, the renowned scientist Otto Octavius, has turned into a maniacal cyborg after a failed science experiment. Peter realizes he must decide between the ordinary life he so desires and the responsibilities of retaining his secret identity to stop "Doc Ock" and save New York City from destruction.
Audience:
MPAA rating PG-13 for stylized action violence
CHV rating PG not recommended for young childrenviolencefrightening scenes
System Details:
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround, mastered in High Definition
Other Language:
In English (5.1 surround, Dolby surround), dubbed French (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby surround) with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
Subject Headings:
Spider-Man (Fictitious character) Drama
Watson, Mary Jane (Fictitious character) Drama
Crime prevention Citizen participation Drama
College students Conduct of life Drama
Spider-Man (Fictitious character) Drama
Genre/Form:
Spider-Man films
Superhero films
Action and adventure films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Fiction films
Film sequels-lcgft
Feature films
Topical Term:
Spider-Man (Fictitious character)
Watson, Mary Jane (Fictitious character)
Crime prevention
College students
Spider-Man (Fictitious character)
Additional Contributors:
Ziskin, Laura
Arad, Avi
Gough, Alfred
- 1967-
Millar, Miles
Chabon, Michael
Sargent, Alvin
Raimi, Sam
Maguire, Tobey
- 1975-
Dunst, Kirsten
- 1982-
Franco, James
- 1978-
Molina, Alfred
- 1953-
Harris, Rosemary
- 1930-
Murphy, Donna
Elfman, Danny
Lee, Stan
- 1922-
Ditko, Steve
Publisher No:
05149
15906
ISBN:
1404956433
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OK movie. It had it's funny or cool moments but otherwise I don't think I'd watch it again.Not all of it anyway.
this book is really nice!1
Very well done movie I would recommend this movie for all to see. No fast forwarding on this one. A++ DVD
cant wait to see the new spiderman out in theatres!! :D
awesome flickl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spider-man 2 was not as good as the first one, but it is a key movie in the trilogy. Would I buy it? Probably not, unless I was a collector. Overall,not a bad movie.
it is my life now or never i aint going live ............. sorry bon jovi
Better than the first movie.
skipped a few times