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THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ( 1997)
Director : Robert Mandel


Script
Set two years after the last film , Peter's life has changed dramatically since the cliffhanger ending of The Amazing Spider-Man.
With Mary Jane linked Billionaire Playboy Tony Stark , the odds of Peter and MJ getting back together have dimmed .
At the same time , he's moved back in with Aunt May after his living arrangement with Flash Thompson fell through over Spider-Man's true identity.
And with the Daily Bugle staff having scattered , Peter works at Columbia University, taking over the duties once held by his mentor Otto Octavius , who vanished, after his near fatal disfigurement .
However, Peter's old mentor and friend re-emerges two years later , now, as Doctor Octopus seeking vengeance against Adrian Toomes , as he begins his bid for Mayor .
Helping Ock are three of his former students : Football player Aleksei aka The Rhino, Kickboxer Angelia aka Stunner , and Otto's righthand tech expert , Carloyn Trainer .
Complicating matters, is Toome's daughter, Felicia , who soon presents a romantic alternate to Peter , whose spent two years trying to get over MJ.
Now , Peter must face a man he considered a father figure, while protecting a loathsome CEO , and his innocent daughter , all the while having to contend with Ock's former students, all of whom , Peter was friends with in the past.
The Producers want to play up The Luke vs Vader type vibes , as mentor and protege battle .
Otto has fallen from grace , and what is left is a criminal mastermind ,who knows Peter's true identity, his weaknesses, and his vulnerabilities .
But as Peter must come to terms with Doctor Octopus , MJ's new fling, Tony Stark, ironically takes an interest in Peter and becomes an unexpected ally.
Stark is played as a man who is more than meets the eye and who clearly has a few secrets of his own.
Stark who eventually buys the Bugle out from under Toomes , and by the end of the hints that he may know Peter's true identity .
By the end of the film, Ock is defeated and his rivarly with Spider-man is cemented , and though he still knows Spider-Man's true identity, he decides to keep it to himself , as a constant ace card he holds over Peter .
With Stark and Otto knowing Peter's secret, the hero ultimately confesses the truth to Mary Jane and Flash Thompson.
With the truth now out the door is left open for the Peter and MJ reconciling , while Peter and Flash bury the hatchet , while Flash comically comes to terms with being the biggest fan of a guy he's been rivals with since elementary school .
Toomes is ultimately exposed and ruined for his role in The Hobgoblin crime spree in the last film, and he is ultimately sent to jail along with Ock, while Felicia , though drawn to Peter , resents Spider-Man for ruining her father .
The Cast


Spider-Man / Peter Parker : Brendan Fraser

Mary Jane Watson : Nicole Kidman


Felicia Toomes : Cameron Diaz


Doctor Octopus / Otto Octavius : Edward Herrmann


Adrian Toomes : James Rebhorn


Tony Stark : Treat Williams


Carolyn Trainer : Melinda Clarke


Stunner / Angelia Brancale : Cory Everson


Rhino / Aleksei Sytsevich : Andrew Brynarski
Aunt May : Maggie Smith
Captain Barbera : Dean Stockwell
J. Jonah Jameson : Alan Arkin
Flash Thompson : Eric Bruskotter
Glory Grant : Vanessa Estelle Williams
Robbie Robertson : Joe Morton