# Opening to Spider-Man 2002 DVD (Full Screen Version, Both Discs)

"Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Does whatever a spider can" "Spider-Man" is the first film in the 2000's "Spider-Man" trilogy, based on the Marvel Comics character by Stan Lee (who served as an executive producer) and Steve Ditko. The movie was directed by Sam Raimi, written by David Koepp, and starred Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, and Rosemary Harris. Development on a "Spider-Man" movie began as early as 1975, with considered directors including Tobey Maguire, James Cameron, and Joseph Zito. However, it went into development hell for years, with Orion Pictures, The Cannon Group, Carolco Pictures, and MGM being potential distributors, until the film rights were gained by Sony in 1999, to be released under their Columbia banner. That was when development on the movie started making significant progress. Many notable directors were considered to direct it, including Roland Emmerich, Ang Lee, Chris Columbis, Barry Sonnenfeld, Tim Burton, Michael Bay, Jan de Bont, M. Night Shyamalan, Tony Scott, and David Fincher, before they decided to bring in Sam Raimi. The movie received positive reviews from critics and audiences, who praised the direction, story, performances, visual effects, action sequences, and Danny Elfman's music score (considered to be one of his best). The movie was also a major box office success, grossing $825 million on a $139 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing superhero film at the time, as well as the third…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 2002
- By: Columbia Pictures
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/opening-to-spider-man-2002-dvd-full-screen-version-both-discs)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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