Film based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.

Special features of these DVD: widescreen presentation ; Weaving the web: subtitled factoids (pop on production notes and historical facts) ; commentary: Sam Raimi, Kirsten Dunst, Laura Ziskin, & Grant Curtis ; SFX commentary: John Dykstra & visual effects ; branching web-i-sodes ; music videos (Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott: Hero Sum 41: What we're all about) ; TV spots ; theatrical trailers ; filmographies & character files ; DVD-ROM features -- [disc two] HBO: making of Spider-Man ; Spider-mania : an E! Entertainment special ; director profile ; composer profile ; screen tests ; costume and makeup tests ; gag/outtake reel ; conceptual art and production design gallery ; historical documentary: Spider-man : the mythology of the 21st Century ; The Spider-man comic archives ; rogues gallery ; The loves of Peter Parker ; comic book artist gallery ; Activision game: hints & tips ; Dolby Digital ; scene selection.

Originally released as a motion picture by Columbia, 2002.

Director of photography, Don Burgess ; editors, Bob Murawski, Arthur Coburn ; music, Danny Elfman ; production designer, Neil Spisak ; costume designer, James Acheson ; visual effects designer, John Dykstra.

Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris.

After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-man, Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, he swears to use his "spider-skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and a budding romance with a beautiful former-classmate, MJ.

MPAA rating: PG-13 : for stylized violence and action.

DVD.

Audio tracks in English and French ; subtitled in English, French and Spanish ; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.