Spiderman-2 is a 2004 English-language Action Adventure movie written by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Michael Chabon, Alvin Sargent, Avi Arad, Joseph M. Caracciolo, Grant Curtis, Kevin Feige, Lorne Orleans and Laura Ziskin. The movie is directed by Sam Raimi and produced by Avi Arad, Laura Ziskin and Lorne Orleans. Set two years after the events of Spider-Man, the film finds Peter Parker struggling to stop scientist Dr. Otto Octavius from recreating the dangerous experiment that killed his wife and left him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles, while also dealing with an existential crisis between his dual identities that appears to be stripping him of his powers. Spiderman-2 features Tobey Maguire in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Donna Murphy and J.k. Simmons. The screenplay is written by Alvin Sargent which is inspired from Spider-Man by Stan Lee Steve Ditko. The music was composed by Danny Elfman. Cinematography was done by Bill Pope and editing by Bob Murawski. The movie has a running time of 127 minutes. It was released on 23rd July 2004 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Spiderman-2 was made on a budget of $200 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $788 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Sony Pictures Releasing. At the 2005 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Set two years after the events of Spider-Man, the film finds Peter Parker struggling to stop scientist Dr. Otto Octavius from recreating the dangerous experiment that killed his wife and left him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles, while also dealing with an existential crisis between his dual identities that appears to be stripping him of his powers.