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DVD: Spider-Man - Limited Edition Collector's Gift Set (2002) Click HERE for ... Prices (new/used) Availability Additional Images Similar Links More Reviews Additional Information Cast: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson Director: Sam Raimi Encoding: Region 1 (US and Canada only) PLEASE NOTE: Some Region 1 DVDs may contain Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE). Some, but not all, of our international customers have had problems playing these enhanced discs on what are called "region-free" DVD players. For more information on RCE, click here. DVD Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Box set, Dolby MPAA Rating: PG-13 Studio: Columbia Tri-Star DVD Features: TV spot(s) Gift Set includes: Spider-Man widescreen 2-disc DVD Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels DVD Collectible reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15, which introduced the Spider-Man character Collectible senitype featuring a film cel from the movie personally selected by the director with this comments Limited edition off-set lithograph reproduction by John Romita Sr. and John Romita Jr. (Spider-Man artists) Spider-Man DVD includes: Commentary by director Sam Raimi, Kirsten Dunst, producer Laura Ziskin, and co-producer Grant Curtis SFX commentary by special effects designer John Dykstra and visual effects crew "Weaving the Web": subtitled pop-on production notes and historical facts Branching web-isodes Music videos: Hero (Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott), What We're All About (Sum 41) TV spots Filmographies and character files HBO Making of Spider-Man Spider-Mania, an E! Entertainment Special Director profile: Sam Raimi Composer profile: Danny Elfman Screen tests for Tobey Maguire, J.K. Simmons, and CGI Spider-Man Costume and makeup tests Gag/outtake reel Conceptual art and production design gallery Comic book artist pin-up gallery "Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century" historical documentary The Spider-Man Comic Book Archives Rogues Gallery The Loves of Peter Parker Activision game hints and tips DVD-ROM features Widescreen anamorphic format Number of discs: 2 Other Formats: VHS | VHS widescreen | DVD | DVD widescreen Customers who bought this DVD also bought: The Star Wars Series. The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Extended Edition) DVD ~ Elijah Wood Monsters, Inc. DVD ~ John Goodman The Harry Potter Feature Films Series. Review Amazon.com For devoted fans and nonfans alike, Spider-Man offers nothing less--and nothing more--than what you'd expect from a superhero blockbuster. Having proven his comic-book savvy with the original Darkman, director Sam Raimi brings ample energy and enthusiasm to Spidey's origin story, nicely establishing high-school nebbish Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) as a brainy outcast who reacts with appropriate euphoria--and well-tempered maturity--when a "super-spider" bite transforms him into the amazingly agile, web-shooting Spider-Man. That's all well and good, and so is Kirsten Dunst as Parker's girl-next-door sweetheart. Where Spider-Man falls short is in its hyperactive CGI action sequences, which play like a video game instead of the gravity-defying exploits of a flesh-and-blood superhero. Willem Dafoe is perfectly cast as Spidey's schizoid nemesis, the Green Goblin, and the movie's a lot of fun overall. It's no match for Superman and Batman in bringing a beloved character to the screen, but it places a respectable third. --Jeff Shannon More Reviews