Spider-Man 2

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Early in the film, Peter tries selling some pictures to J. Jonah Jameson, only for the editor to dis [...]	D
The high-speed balls of webbing Spider-Man fires at his enemies in this movie are known to comic fan [...]	D
There are several visual references to Spider-Man (2002) in this film: Peter running into a burning [...]	D
Michael Chabon's proposed script had several major changes from the final product which would have b [...]	D
Michael Chabon submitted a draft screenplay which featured a younger Doc Ock becoming infatuated wit [...]	D
One of the things that attracted Alfred Molina to the character of Doctor Octopus was his twisted, s [...]	D
Phil LaMarr auditioned to play the elevator passenger. Hal Sparks got the role and LaMarr settled fo [...]	D
One of the Daily Bugle newspapers features a headshot of Spider-Man that is actually from a promotio [...]	D
Sam Raimi: [internal conflict] When Octavius laments that Peter was correct about misinterpreting th [...]	D
Peter's coffee date with Mary Jane is similar to a scene from 'The House of Luthor', the first seaso [...]	D
The first, and as of 2020, only live action Spider-Man film to win an Oscar.	D
One of the Amazed Kids that witnessed Peter flip over a car, was played by Roshon Fegan. Roshon went [...]	D
The elevator scene between Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man costume and Hal Sparks was improvised and all [...]	D
The noise we hear whenever the spider web touches something (walls, Doctor Octopus, etc.) was made b [...]	D
Peter has his first proper battle against Doctor Octopus while he is accompanying Aunt May to the ba [...]	D
Rosemary Harris later appeared with Marisa Tomei, one of her successors as Aunt May Parker, in Onora [...]	D
Kirsten Dunst dyed her hair red for the film, as opposed to wearing a wig like in the first film.	D
Each one of Doc Ock's tentacles are controlled by four people, who rehearsed each scene with Alfred [...]	D
The precious substance that Doc Ock uses to power his fusion device - tritium - does actually exist [...]	D
(at around 27 mins) The violinist Elyse Dinh begins playing the old theme song for Spider-Man (1967) [...]	D
The DVD tie-in comic also includes the cover of 'The Commuter Cometh!' (Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #26 [...]	D
Doc Ock's upper tentacles were each made of 76 individual pieces.	D
According to the novelization, David Koepp contributed to the script, but he's uncredited on the fil [...]	D
Sam Raimi: [drink] the alcohol Maker's Mark appears in most of Raimi's movies	D
Jerry O'Connell auditioned to play John Jameson.	D
The plotline about Spider-Man retiring from his crime fighting career to enjoy a normal life, and in [...]	D
(at around 15 mins) In one scene, Peter asks Mary Jane if she's still in the village. Kirsten Dunst [...]	D
An early storyline idea that was thrown out was for Harry to put a price on Spidey's head.	D
Filming was put on hiatus for eight weeks in order to build Doc Ock's pier lair. In total, it took 1 [...]	D
The train fight between Spider-Man and Doc Ock was filmed in Chicago, as that city still has extensi [...]	D
Sam Raimi originally intended the film to maintain an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 like Spider-Man (2002). [...]	D
When J. Jonah Jameson is needing a name for Doctor Octavius, one suggestion from Hoffman is the titl [...]	D
According to an interview with Kirsten Dunst, early storyline included the Black Cat as a major char [...]	D
Following Octavius's escape, Hoffman and Jameson discuss what they should call him. Before settling [...]	D
The scene where Mary Jane refuses to pick up the phone when Peter calls, and he imagines telling her [...]	D
Phil LaMarr: (at around 1h 35 mins) a passenger on the elevated subway train.	D
As seen in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), universe where this Spider-Man lives is not the "prime" u [...]	D
The artist's rendition of Dr. Octopus when he appears on the front page of the Daily Bugle is how he [...]	D
Harry Osborn believes Spider-Man murdered his father, and this creates a widening rift between him a [...]	D
(at around 27 mins) One of the posters for Mary Jane's production of "The Importance of Being Earnes [...]	D
On 30 June 2004, the film broke a record for highest one-day opening on a Wednesday: $40,442,604	D
One of the headstones in the background of the graveyard scene contains the name of Production Desig [...]	D
The band Dashboard Confessional agreed to write a song for the end credits if they could have an adv [...]	D
Rosemary Harris enjoyed doing her own stunts. Contrarily, Alfred Molina didn't because he claims he' [...]	D
(at around 1h 14 mins) Before Doc Ock approaches Harry about the Tritium, Harry is looking at pictur [...]	D
When Jonah Jameson is looking for suggestions on a villain name for Otto Octavius, one employee sugg [...]	D
In the comics, Harry learned of his father's double life on the night he died. He found Norman's sec [...]	D
Took the record for highest one-day opening on a Wednesday from Il Signore degli Anelli - Il ritorno [...]	D
The production was unusually lucky for such a big movie filming on numerous outdoor locations in tha [...]	D
30 "nondescript" cars were purchased for use by the film's stunt drivers to wreck during action sequ [...]	D
Danny Elfman, who did the film score (for this and several other films by Sam Raimi) had some sort o [...]	D
Set 2 years after the events in the first film.	D
(at around 59 mins) Careful inspection of the Daily Bugle front page that reads, "Spidey and Ock Rob [...]	D
Sam Raimi officially signed on to direct on 1 April 2002, more than a month before Spider-Man (2002) [...]	D
Costume designer James Acheson made subtle changes to Spider-Man's costume from the previous film. T [...]	D
Many fans including Sam Raimi himself and Tobey Maguire, prefer this film more than the first or thi [...]	D
According to DP Bill Pope, even though the film primarily uses Super 35, 16 large format cameras wer [...]	D
Sam Raimi chose Alfred Molina after Raimi's wife watched Frida (2002).	D
Gwen Stacy, one of Peter's girlfriends in the comic-book, is supposed to be one of the students in P [...]	D
Doc Ock's strength comes from his arms but it's never explained how he can take superhuman punches f [...]	D
(at around 1h 3 mins) When Peter dumps his Spider-Man suit in a garbage can, it's a recreation to a [...]	D
As with Spider-Man (2002), much of the inspiration came from the original Silver Age stories of the [...]	D
According to the novelization: when Spider-Man shows up at Doctor Octavius' failed experiment, Harry [...]	D
In a deleted scene at a men's club, John Jameson introduces Mary-Jane to his father. He's slightly s [...]	D
Donna Murphy only appears in two scenes, but she still receives prominent billing.	D
The gear that Alfred Molina's character had to wear weighed 75 pounds.	D
John Landis: one of the doctors killed in the "birth of Doc Ock" sequence. This is also the second t [...]	D
(at around 1h 25 mins) When trying to get his powers back, Peter says he needs to get a "strong focu [...]	D
Scott Spiegel: screenwriter of Sam Raimi's La casa 2 (1987) is the man on the balcony who tries to e [...]	D
(at around 1h 50 mins) The extreme close-up shot of Dr. Octopus sinking in water is entirely digital [...]	D
Comic artist Alex Ross provided the paintings that recap the events of Spider-Man (2002), similar to [...]	D
In an early exchange between Mr Aziz and Parker, Aziz says "Look, you're my only hope". A tongue in [...]	D
Approximately $54 million was spent on digital effects alone.	D
The two boys who give Spider-Man back his mask after the opening train scene are played by Tobey Mag [...]	D
Alfred Molina thought the crew on Spider-Man 2 (2004) were the hardest working group of people he's [...]	D
(at around 1h 10 mins) When May and Peter visit Uncle Ben's grave, the name "Schmidt" can be seen on [...]	D
Mary Jane playing in "The Importance of Being Earnest" was performed and filmed at the Ivar Theater [...]	D
The extended cut of the movie features a scene where Peter sketches an image of his own face with ha [...]	D
Harry is seen wearing a green bowtie at the failed wedding at the end. This detail is similar to the [...]	D
(at around 28 mins) In a scene in which Peter Parker runs down an alley to become Spider-man, poster [...]	D
Tobey Maguire's agent asked for $25 million or 10% of the gross, whichever was better, from Columbia [...]	D
In the original script, a man called Jack Albright kidnaps Otto Octavius in a giant robot. He gets s [...]	D
Sam Raimi: [screaming woman] When Doc Ock and Spider-man are fighting after the bank robbery, a blon [...]	D
The first time Peter Parker shown, he is riding a moped similar to the scooter he rode in the Silver [...]	D
For the hospital scene, the production crew had to build tentacles that were 13 feet long. When look [...]	D
The movie was sent to cinemas under the name "Spray Paint" to try and avoid the attention of pirates [...]	D
Peter tells Mary Jane that he saw her billboard on Bleecker Street. 177a Bleecker Street is the addr [...]	D
Director Sam Raimi felt that the film had to thematically explore Peter's internal conflict with his [...]	D
For his stunt sequences as Peter Parker, Tobey Maguire's glasses contain no glass. This was less for [...]	D
(at around 23 mins) When Peter runs down the stairs to avoid the Russian landlord, the landlord says [...]	D
Putting knives inside Doc Ock's tentacles was of Sam Raimi's idea, and never featured in the comics. [...]	D
Veteran screenwriter Alvin Sargent, 73 at the time the film was made, was brought in to perform a sc [...]	D
Although Spider-Man, in the comics, fought the Chameleon first, Sam Raimi was attached to the idea o [...]	D
The violinist who crops up throughout the movie, serenading Spider-Man had an additional scene that [...]	D
Following the first film's record-breaking $115 million opening weekend, Sony assigned the sequel a [...]	D
Sam Raimi wanted the movie to be set in an "idealized" New York City, including elevated trains. The [...]	D
(at around 1h 9 mins) When Jonah Jameson offers the scruffy man $50 for the Spider-Man costume he fo [...]	D
Mary Jane is a absent-minded in Peter's surprise birthday party because Kirsten Dunst had a cold whe [...]	D
(at around 55 mins) The lines of poetry that Peter quotes to MJ ('Day by day he gazed upon her / Day [...]	D
(at around 47 mins) The bank used for the big action sequence where Spidey fought Doc Ock is the sam [...]	D
(at around 1h 55 mins) Toward the end of the movie, it was rumored that The Punisher (2004) was noti [...]	D
The train fight between Doc Ock and Spider-Man was the idea of director Sam Raimi and the first majo [...]	D
The movie's finale sees Spider-Man fighting Doc Ock in a warehouse on the Manhattan waterfront where [...]	D
When Doctor Octopus carries his tentacles, it is props. When the tentacles carry the Doctor, it is c [...]	D
Willem Dafoe was not originally supposed to return for this movie, but he was walking back to his ap [...]	D
According to Stan Lee, Spider-Man wears a mask so his enemies couldn't see his fear.	D
Hal Sparks: (at around 29 mins) The man who meets Spider-Man inside the elevator (and compliments hi [...]	D
The movie ends with Peter and Mary Jane finally getting together. M.J. references her pet name for P [...]	D
Alfred Molina was in the play "Fiddler on the Roof" as Tevye while shooting this movie. In one wall- [...]	D
(at around 1h 4 mins) Tobey Maguire is a vegetarian, so for the scene in which he is supposedly eati [...]	D
The earliest example of Peter losing his powers was in the 'Unmasked by Doctor Octopus!' story that [...]	D
In the early stages, the puppeteers had to practice with vacuum hoses when getting ready to design D [...]	D
Alfred Molina who plays Dr. Octopus, actually gave names to his four mechanical tentacles (Larry, Ha [...]	D
(at around 9 mins) On the Director's Commentary, Sam Raimi remarked that in the scene when Peter is [...]	D
In the original script, Rosie was killed by an arc of energy from the ball Octavius created.	D
One of the images of Spider-Man that Harry is looking at when Doc Ock visits his penthouse is a recr [...]	D
At one time during pre-production, Sam Raimi had 12 storyboard artists working for him.	D
(at around 1h 17 mins) At the apartment fire later in the movie, the guy (played by Michael Edward T [...]	D
(at around 1h 9 mins) The guy beat up in the alley that Peter walked away from was originally suppos [...]	D
Another one of Spidey's trademarks in the comic book is his homemade tracking device he can pin on p [...]	D
Filming began before an official script was completed.	D
Composer Christopher Young was called in at the very last minute to re-score this movie.	D
You can see one of Doc Ock's arm curl to his back in preparation for its attack later in the scene b [...]	D
According to Alfred Molina, the stunt team would often trick him into performing a stunt.	D
For the Chicago Loop fight between Spider-Man and Doc Ock, the production actually bought a train ca [...]	D
(at around 26 mins) The actor who plays the Usher who stops Peter from entering the theater for Mary [...]	D
If you look closely at Peter's apartment, you can see the picture he took of Mary-Jane just before h [...]	D
If you look carefully, Dr. Curt Connors has only one arm. He lost an arm in a war zone overseas. He [...]	D
(at around 40 mins) The hospital scene started out as a test shoot, but it came together so well the [...]	D
Filming was originally scheduled in February 2003, but Tobey Maguire injured his arm, causing filmin [...]	D
The moped Peter Parker rides throughout the movie is a Puch Newport. During driving scenes it has an [...]	D
Joey King's favorite superhero is Spider Man. She would later star with James Franco in Il grande e [...]	D
The scene where Doc Ock kidnaps Mary Jane was inspired by 'Unmasked by Doctor Octopus!' storyline fr [...]	D
The third and last Sam Raimi film to be nominated for an Oscar - after Soldi sporchi (1998) and Spid [...]	D
(at around 48 mins) When Ock robs the bank, Spider-Man throws a bag of coins at the end of his strin [...]	D
100 minor alterations were made to the Spider-Man suit since the first film. 35 suits were made over [...]	D
The band "3 doors down" wrote the song "Let Me Go" for this film and was going to be the main song t [...]	D
Peter's landlord Mr. Ditkovitch is named for Steve Ditko, original illustrator of Spider-man.	D
Production began on the sequel almost immediately after Spider-Man (2002) was completed.	D
The interior of Aunt May's house is the same sets built for the first Spider-Man (2002) movie.	D
With a budget of $200,000,000, the movie shared the record for the most expensive US-movie ever made [...]	D
The coins in the vault (Saint Gaudens) were supposedly found on a sunken ship, and are nearly a cent [...]	D
It was generally agreed when looking back at the first film that the key component it missed was ver [...]	D
The third highest grossing film of 2004, surpassed first by Shrek 2 (2004) and second by Harry Potte [...]	D
One of Peter's teachers at his university is Doctor Curt Connors, played by Dylan Baker. Connors was [...]	D
Ivan Raimi did some uncredited script doctoring on this film.	D
Both this and Gli Incredibili - Una 'normale' famiglia di supereroi (2004) are 2004 superhero movies [...]	D
Motorcycle chains and piano wires make the sounds of Doc Ock's tentacles. In the scene when he tears [...]	D
The finale took 8 days to film.	D
In the first film Harry Osborn and Peter Parker moved into a spacious apartment paid for by Norman O [...]	D
(at around 40 mins) In the hospital scene, there are many homages to the Evil Dead films. The most n [...]	D
EASTER EGG: On the second disc, go to "Making the Amazing", arrow up and the upper right tentacle (F [...]	D
Near the end of the movie, Doc Ock (played by Alfred Molina) says, "I will not die a monster." In Mo [...]	D
Each of Doc Ock's tentacles were 13 feet long when fully expanded. They were also fully articulated.	D
Five different video games were developed and released for the film "Spider-Man 2." Rather, the than [...]	D
An additional fight scene between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus on a collapsing water tower was stor [...]	D
The train fight between Spider-Man and Doc Oc was filmed in the Chicago loop as trains are no longer [...]	D
(at around 20 mins) The scene where Peter is having dinner with Doctor Octavius and his wife was int [...]	D
All visual effects shots were completed in 16 weeks.	D
(at around 41 mins) The nurse being dragged along the floor by one of Doc Ock's tentacles, scraping [...]	D
Alfred Molina lost some weight for the role of Doctor Octopus, considering he had had to gain some f [...]	D
The hospital scene was supposed to be more violent and bloody but it was tamed down to keep a PG-13 [...]	D
Sam Raimi: [POV shot] (at around 41 mins) The view from Dr. Octopus' tentacles attacking the doctors [...]	D
(at around 5 mins) Stan Lee originally filmed the cameo of the man who shouts: "Hey, Spider-Man stol [...]	D
All Daily Bugle newspapers are chronologically and correctly dated to follow the movie's plot each d [...]	D
The original title for this second spin was "The Amazing Spider-Man", a title eventually used when t [...]	D
Alfred Molina reprised his character for the MCU movie Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), 17 years afte [...]	D
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar's initial script draft had Spider-Man doing battle with Doctor Octopus [...]	D
The deli where Mary Jane tries to confront Peter was a 360-degree set (no "missing fourth wall") at [...]	D
The train sequence alone required over 100 visual effects.	D
Opening sequence features artwork by artist Alex Ross, which recaps the events in Spider-Man (2002).	D
Like Spider-Man (2002), the DVD release of this movie includes a "Spider Sense" subtitles track whic [...]	D
(at around 1h 30 mins) The car that Doc Ock throws at the deli is a 2004 Saturn Ion Quad coupe. Satu [...]	D
The full-scale interior of Doc Ock's pier lab was built at Sony's stage 30, which is called the "Est [...]	D
Although Dr. Curt Connors appears in this film, the character of Otto Octavius in this film is actua [...]	D
The film features two other villains from the comics. John Jameson (son of J. Jonah Jameson) is the [...]	D
A special camera system was constructed called the Spydercam which allowed filming to create the eff [...]	D
It was Neil Spisak's idea to use a collapsed pier as Doc Ock's lair to reflect a warped version of D [...]	D
Chris Cooper, Robert De Niro, David Duchovny, Ed Harris, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sam Neill were al [...]	D
For the sequence where Aunt May is taken hostage and later aids Spider-Man, Rosemary Harris performe [...]	D
The scene involving Doc Ock lighting up a cigar is similar to a panel from 'Turning Point' (Amazing [...]	D
According to Michael Chabon, early drafts of the script prior to his involvement featured Doc Ock, B [...]	D
Testing with focus groups was done to help determine the film's title, at one point the titles under [...]	D
Like in 'Spider-Man No More!', Peter in the movie grows increasingly frustrated with Jameson's campa [...]	D
The last time Doc Ock is seen in the movie he is sinking along with his fusion device. This recalls [...]	D
Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credi [...]	D
(at around 34 mins) Real needles were used in the scene when Dr Octavius first attaches the tentacle [...]	D
In the script: Peter rents above a TV repair shop. He doesn't live with Harry anymore since Norman's [...]	D
(at around 16 mins) In a line of dialogue cut from the finished film, when MJ tells Peter she's seei [...]	D
(at around 1h 3 mins) The alley where Peter dumps his Spider-Man suit is supposed to be the same one [...]	D
(at around 33 mins) Doc Ock's lab where he has his initial accident is actually Anthology Film Archi [...]	D
Shot on over 100 sets and locations.	D
Similarities to Superman II (1980): *Lex Luthor, who Superman defeated in the previous film, returns [...]	D
Pre-production, scripting and casting were all finished within a year of the first film's release.	D
Featured in "The A to Z of Superhero Movies: From Abar to ZsaZsa via the MCU", written by Rob Hill.	D
Later Peter has to cover the party at the planetarium. There, his spirits hit a new low when he lear [...]	D
For the chase in act 2, director Sam Raimi wanted the crooks to drive a convertible with a large, le [...]	D
The address of Joe's Pizza is given in the comics as the address of Spider-Man's ally Doctor Strange [...]	D
At one point in the promotional marketing of the film, bases featuring the "Spider-Man 2" logo were [...]	D
(at around 24 mins) When Peter flips over an oncoming car, Tobey Maguire performed the stunt himself [...]	D
Mary-Jane Watson is performing in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" as the ingÃ©nue [...]	D
A meme circulating around the internet features a picture of the train passengers lifting Spider-Man [...]	D
Doc Ock's pier lab is supposed to be an old building that is slowly sinking into the river (exterior [...]	D
According to the events of the MCU film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Doc Ock got pulled into the [...]	D
In the movie, Octavius creates his mechanical arms to aid in his experiments, just like he did in th [...]	D
When it was released in 2004, it was the second widest release of all time with 4,152 theaters right [...]	D
Sam Raimi: (at around 9 mins) near the beginning of the movie, when Peter is on campus, he drops his [...]	D
Weston Epp, Jopaul Van Epp: (at around 1h 40 mins) The two boys who hand Spider-Man his mask on the [...]	D
EASTER EGG: On the second disc of the DVD, go to the Gallery section and press up. Spidey-Sense will [...]	D
Sam Raimi: [car] (at around 1h 10 mins) Raimi's 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 car, nicknamed The Classic, [...]	D
Peter drives a 1977 Puch Newport moped. Cyril O'Neil, the film's Picture Car Coordinator, managed to [...]	D
The main villain in the movie is Otto Octavius, aka Doctor Octopus, who debuted in the comics back i [...]	D
Took the record for biggest opening day ever with $40.4 million from its predecessor Spider-Man (200 [...]	D
Alfred Molina is a big fan of Marvel Comics, and was excited about his role in the film.	D
Tritium is not as rare as it is described in the story and it can be created artificially. Tritium i [...]	D
(at around 17 mins) Mr Ditkovich's line "If promises were crackers my daughter would be fat" was ori [...]	D
Production designer Neil Spisak and his art department had to dress more than 100 sets and locations [...]	D
As part of the special edition, Spider-man 2.1, Aerosmith performed and recorded a remade version of [...]	D
When Harry throws the knife, it shatters the mirror, causing Norman's screaming face to be replaced [...]	D
Peyton List's film debut.	D
Sam Raimi originally wanted the main stunt co-ordinator to be Siu-Tung Ching, who was uncredited on [...]	D
In the script, Doctor Octopus isn't totally happy with what's happened to him, but whenever his old [...]	D

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