Spider-Man [2002] (2 discs)

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• The World Trade Center Towers can be seen in the background of some scenes and once in the reflection of Spider-Man's eye. The makers of the film chose not to remove them digitally.
• Scenes of New Yorkers throwing trash at the Green Goblin and Spider-Man perched alongside the American flag were added after 11 September 2001 to reflect the city's sense of unity and patriotism.
• The scene in which Peter Parker catches Mary Jane's lunch on the tray involved no CGI. With the help of a sticky substance to keep the tray planted on his hand, Tobey Maguire eventually (after many takes) performed the stunt exactly as seen.
• Entered into The Guinness Book of World Records as having the "Highest Box Office Gross in a Single Day", taking in $43.6 million on its second day of release.
• When Jameson's subordinates are trying to tell him about Spider-Man, one of them says, "Eddie's been trying to get a picture of him for weeks." This is a reference to Eddie Brock, who in the comics is a rival photographer to Peter Parker and ultimately becomes the villain named Venom.
• Several names that were considered for various parts (some more seriously than others) over the years in which this project was in development include:
  Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, and Edward Norton as the Goblin; James Franco, Leonardo DiCaprio, Freddie Prinze Jr., Scott Speedman, ^[?] Jay Rodan, ^[?] Scott Leva, and Charlie Sheen as Peter Parker/Spiderman; ^[?] Marion Ross as Aunt May; ^[?] Tony Scott, Jan de Bont, James Cameron, Roland Emmerich, Ang Lee, David Fincher, and Chris Columbus as Director.
• Several names that were considered for the role of Mary Jane (some more seriously than others) over the years in which this project was in development include: Alicia Witt, ^[?] Mena Suvari, Eliza Dushku, ^[?] Elisha Cuthbert, ^[?] Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ally Sheedy, Jodie Foster, ^[?] Natasha Richardson, Phoebe Cates, ^[?] Tatum O'Neal, ^[?] Bridget Fonda, ^[?] Lori Loughlin, Diane Lane, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields, Kyra Sedgwick, ^[?] Justine Bateman, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Molly Ringwald, Jennifer Aniston, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Christina Applegate, Cameron Diaz, Alyssa Milano, Tori Spelling, Neve Campbell, ^[?] Tiffani Thiessen, Alyson Hannigan, and Drew Barrymore
• Both Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe incorporated a Yoga technique called Ashtanga into their training regimens for this film. "Ashtanga" translates into English as "Eight Legged".
• The famous line spoken by Uncle Ben ("With great power comes great responsibility") first appears in the 1976 short story {Bicentennial Man} by Isaac Asimov.
• When Peter Parker is testing out his webbing for the first time, he makes several classic comic book catch-phrases, most notably "Up, Up and Away Web!" (Superman) and "Shazam!" (Captain Marvel). Tobey Maguire ad-libbed these lines, which were not in the original script.