1980 American film
Running time | 13:04 |
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Country | United States |
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Language | English |
Viva Spider-Man is a student film and Spider-Man fan film created in 1980[2] based on the animated series Spider-Man from 1967.[3] It is based on the episodes "King Pinned"[4] and "Criminals in the Clouds".[5] The film's creator, Jim Kreig would later go on to be a writer for Spider-Man: The Animated Series.[1][6][7]
Plot
The film begins in a diner where Peter Parker and a female friend, Susan, are talking. Susan sees a basketball player from their high school, Roy Robinson, whom she says she likes. Peter gets upset at this and starts saying bad things about him, and Susan storms off. Peter begins to daydream about by Susan, and becoming better than Robinson. He decides to go to his gym coach to get on the school basketball team to impress to Susan, figuring his secret spider-like powers will make him a star player, but the coach refuses to give him a tryout, saying the team roster is full but offering Peter the role of waterboy.
Later that night, two criminals breaks into Robinson house and kidnaps him while he sleeps. Meanwhile, at the Daily Bugle, Peter overhears a conversation between J. Jonah Jameson and Wilson Fisk (Kingpin) where he tells Jameson to come to him, Peter dons his Spider-Man suit and swings to the Kingpin's office.
Kingpin threatens Jameson, that if he doesn't retract what he writes in his papers Robinson will be killed. Spider-Man then beats up the criminals who kidnaped Robinson but gets knocked out by the Kingpin. When he awakens he defeats the Kingpin, who triggers a time-bomb attached to Robinson in the Acme Warehouse across town. Spider-Man chooses to let the Kingpin escape in order to race to save Robinson from the bomb, then bring him to his basketball match. Robinson thanks Spider-Man but says that his arms are too numb from captivity to shoot the ball properly, so Spider-Man decides to help him out by discreetly firing his webbing at Robinson's final three-point shot to propel it into the net. Robinson's victory impresses Susan and she goes out with him, while Peter is berated by the basketball coach for seemingly not attending the game and missing his school's big win.
Peter later contemplates his bad luck, despite the fact that when he is Spider-Man, he is the world's greatest hero.
Cast
- James Krieg as Peter Parker
- Captain Haggerty as Kingpin
- Ray Sutton as J. Jonah Jameson
- Thomas Wherle as Roy Robinson
- Joan Passanto as Susan
- Roswell Smith as Coach
- Greg Spence/Mark Weeks/Sven Davison/Jeremy Rodgers/Jack Douglass/David Fogg as Spiderman
See also
References
- ^ a b "Viva Spider-Man 1989 – Fan Film Follies". Fan Film Follies. 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Viva Spider-Man 1989 fan film – YouTube". 17 May 2012.
- ^ "Man Behind 1969 Spider-Man Fan Film Went on to Make He-Man Cool". Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "The Best Place to Buy Comics & Pop-Culture Products Online". expertcomics.com.
- ^ "Viva Spider-Man 1989 Fan Film | DevilDucky". Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Marvel Animation Age Presents: Spider-Man: The Animated Series". marvel.toonzone.net.
- ^ "Convergence culture" (PDF). transmediastudies.files.wordpress.com. 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
External links
- Viva Spider-Man, on YouTube
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