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Spider-Man Series Episode 4

Raimi’s 2002 film Spider-Man went on to be the highest grossing superhero film of all time, and so a sequel was swinging into theaters just 2 years later. Spider-Man 2 brings back all the primary characters from the original, and introduces a new foe in the form of Doctor Octopus. Did Spider-Man suffer a sophomore slump? Listen to Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob to find out!

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Spider-Man 2

2004 PG-13 2h 7m

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

Release Date

June 25, 2004

Director

Sam Raimi

Writer

Alvin Sargent, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar

Stars

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Donna Murphy, Daniel Gillies, Dylan Baker, Bill Nunn , Vanessa Ferlito, Aasif Mandvi, Willem Dafoe, Cliff Robertson, Ted Raimi, Elizabeth Banks, Bruce Campbell, Gregg Edelman, Ilya Baskin, Mageina Tovah, Daniel Dae Kim, Hal Sparks, Joel McHale, Stan Lee, Kelly Connell, Brent Briscoe, Emily Deschanel, Jason Fiore-Ortiz, Scott Spiegel, Andy Bale, Christine Estabrook, Molly Cheek, John Paxton, Joy Bryant, Joanne Baron, Peter McRobbie, Timothy Jerome, Taylor Gilbert, Peter Vouras, Donnell Rawlings, Zachry Rogers, Ella Rogers, Louis Lombardi, Marc John Jefferies, Roshon Fegan, Brendan Patrick Connor, Reed Diamond, Dan Callahan, Elyse Dinh, John Landis, Tim Storms, Susie Park, Patricia M. Peters, Michael Edward Thomas, Anne Betancourt, Venus Lam, Bill E. Rogers, Joe Virzi, Tom Carey, Jopaul Van Epp, Weston Epp, Peter Allas, Brianna Brown, Bill Calvert, Tony Campisi, Joey Diaz, Chloe Dykstra, Simone Gordon, Dan Hicks, Julia Max, Savannah Pope, Timothy Patrick Quill, Jill Sayre, Rickey G. Williams, Michael Arthur, Frank Bonsangue, Cindy Cheung, Phil LaMarr, Andre M. Johnson, Peter Cincotti, Troy Metcalf, Scott Ross, Bonnie Somerville, Wesley Volcy, Lou Volpe, Garrett Warren, Joseph M. Caracciolo, David Boston, Sho Brown, Sal Ardisi, Edward Johnson, Grant Curtis, Vince Cupone, William E. Corcoran, Mohammed Hassan, Rachel Lehrer, Gene LeBell, Lorelei Llee, Joseph Nelson, Claudia Katz Minnick, Ronn Ozuk, Denney Pierce, Carla Rhodes, Randy Reinholz, Rachelle Roderick, Angel Katherine Taormina, Douglas Swander, Jimmy Star, Jack Wetherall, Ken Wharton, Henry Truong, Al Collado, Lee Cogburn, Sam Raimi, John Cameron

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Producer

Avi Arad, Lorne Orleans, Laura Ziskin

Cinematography

Bill Pope

Music

Danny Elfman

Genre

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Country

United States of America

Language