The Amazing Spider-Man 2


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The webslinging hero battles a powerful new enemy when a downtrodden engineer develops lethal electrical powers, which he unleashes on those he believes have betrayed him. As if that wasn't enough to keep him busy, he faces an even greater threat when he is reunited with an unstable old friend who has been charged with a sinister mission by his dying father, leading to a series of tense confrontations that threaten to change his life for ever. Superhero adventure sequel, starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Dane DeHaan


2014 HD subtitles 16x9 audio-description violent-scenes rating-with-pin
Adventure Movie/Drama Science Fiction

Cast & Crew

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Andrew Garfield (Actor) .. Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Emma Stone (Actor) .. Gwen Stacy
Jamie Foxx (Actor) .. Max Dillon/Electro
Dane DeHaan (Actor) .. Harry Osborn/Green Goblin
Felicity Jones (Actor) .. Felicia
Paul Giamatti (Actor) .. Aleksei Sytsevich
Chris Cooper (Actor) .. Norman Osborn
Sally Field (Actor) .. Aunt May
Marc Webb (Director)

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Andrew Garfield (Actor) .. Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Born: August 20, 1983 in Los Angeles
Best Known For: The Amazing Spider-Man movies.
Early-life: Andrew Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles on August 20, 1983 to Lynn and Richard. He has an English mother and an American father. His family moved to Epsom in Surrey when he was three. Andrew became interested in acting from an early age and joined a youth theatre workshop group in Epsom. He went on to attend the Central School of Speech and Drama. Early success came in 2004 when he won a Manchester Evening News award for best newcomer for his performance in Kes at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre.
Career: Garfield made his TV debut in 2005, appearing in Channel 4 teen drama Sugar Rush. Further TV work followed in Trial & Retribution, Doctor Who, Boy A and the Red Riding trilogy. In 2009, he made the switch to the big screen with a supporting role in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Roles in Never Let Me Go (2010) and The Social Network (2010) followed, and his big break came in 2010 when he was cast in the lead role in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). In 2012, he made his Broadway debut in Death of a Salesman. He returned as the web-slinger in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).
Quote: "I've realised that at the top of the mountain, there's another mountain."
Trivia: Garfield has dual citizenship in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Emma Stone (Actor) .. Gwen Stacy
Born: November 06, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona
Best Known For: The Amazing Spider-Man.
Early-life: Born Emily Jean Stone in Scottsdale, Arizona, on November 6, 1988, she began acting with the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, where she made her stage debut in a production of The Wind in the Willows. In 2004, she moved with her mother to Los Angeles, where she was home schooled so that she could attend auditions during the day.
Career: Stone changed her name to Emma when she registered for the Screen Actors Guild as an actor already existed with the name Emily Stone. She launched her TV career after winning the role of Laurie Partridge on VH1 talent competition In Search of the New Partridge Family. The subsequent TV series did not last beyond the pilot. She went on to appear in episodes of Medium, Malcolm in the Middle, Lucky Louie and Drive. She made her big-screen debut in Superbad (2007) and since then has appeared in a number of popular films such as Zombieland (2009), Easy A (2010), Crazy, Stupid Love (2011), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel and Gangster Squad (2013). She voiced the character Eep in The Croods (2013).
Quote: "I get a lot of questions about hair colour. People are very into talking about hair."
Trivia: Stone has been in a relationship with The Amazing Spider-Man co-star Andrew Garfield since mid-2011.
Jamie Foxx (Actor) .. Max Dillon/Electro
Born: December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas
Best Known For: The films Collateral and Ray.
Early-life: Born Eric Marlon Bishop on December 13, 1967, in Terrell, Texas. His parents' marriage broke up and he was adopted by his grandparents when he was seven months old. He was raised in a strict household, was a member of the church choir and scouts, and had piano lessons from the age of five. He went on to win a classical piano scholarship at the International University in San Diego.
Career: Encouraged by a girlfriend, he made his stage debut as a stand-up comic in 1989. Foxx changed his name to something androgynous after learning that women were first on the bill at open-mic nights in comedy clubs. By 1991 he was a star in the US thanks to TV show In Living Color. His first film was 1992's Toys. Since then he's had his own, self-titled show, and featured in movies The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Any Given Sunday, Ali and Collateral. His leading role in Ray Charles biopic Ray propelled him onto Hollywood's A-list. He's also released several albums, and collaborated with Kanye West on hit single Gold Digger.
Quote: "When a project becomes magic and special it means that at certain points in the script it parallels your story."
Trivia: He took his surname from one of his favourite comedians, Redd Foxx, is a big fan of wrestling and won a grand total of 22 awards for his performance in Ray, including an Oscar.
Dane DeHaan (Actor) .. Harry Osborn/Green Goblin
Born: February 06, 1986 in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Best Known For: The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Early-life: Dane William DeHaan was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on February 6, 1986 to Jeff and Cynthia. He has an older sister, Meghann. He developed his interest in acting in community theatre and went on to attend the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His first taste of professional acting was playing Haley Joel Osment's understudy on Broadway in a short-lived revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo.
Career: In 2008, DeHann made his TV debut with a guest appearance in Law & Order Special Victims Unit. His film debut came in John Sayles' Amigo (2010). Since then, the heavily in demand actor has enhanced his reputation with appearances in Chronicle (2012), Lawless (2012), Lincoln (2012), The Place Beyond the Pines (2013), Kill Your Darlings (2013) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). His TV credits include recurring roles in True Blood and In Treatment.
Quote: "I'm always looking for ways to challenge myself, and ways to do things that are kind of scary."
Trivia: He enjoys reading comic books.
Felicity Jones (Actor) .. Felicia
Born: October 17, 1983 in Birmingham
Best Known For: Like Crazy and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Early-life: Felicity Rose Hadley Jones was born in Birmingham on October 17, 1983. Felicity began acting at the age of 11 in an after-school workshop run by Central Television. She went on to play the character Ethel Hallow on TV in the The Worst Witch, and Weirdsister College.
Career: In 2003, Jones appeared in BBC drama Servants, before taking up a place at Wadham College, Oxford, where she appeared in student plays, including the title role in Attis. After graduating, she took the leading role in 2007 TV movie Northanger Abbey. In the same year, she made her stage debut in That Face at the Royal Court Theatre in London. In 2008, she appeared in the films Brideshead Revisited and Flashbacks of a Fool, an episode of Doctor Who, and a revival of Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London. The following year, she starred in five-part TV series The Diary of Anne Frank. More recent work includes the films Cemetery Junction (2010), The Tempest (2010), Like Crazy (2011), Chalet Girl (2011), The Invisible Woman (2013), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Inferno (2016) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).
Quote: "When you're a young actor, there's this pressure to rush. But I hope to be doing this into my sixties and seventies, so I'd prefer to take my time."
Trivia: For 10 years, Felicity was the voice of Emma Grundy on Radio 4 soap opera The Archers.
Paul Giamatti (Actor) .. Aleksei Sytsevich
Born: June 06, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut
Best Known For: Being the best thing in every movie he makes.
Early-life: The youngest of three children, Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti was born on June 6, 1967. He graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall prep school, majored in English at Yale, and obtained his Master's Degree in Fine Arts, with his major in drama from the Yale University School of Drama. His father, A. Bartlett Giamatti, was a professor of Renaissance Literature at Yale University, and went on to become the university's youngest president. He performed in numerous theatrical productions (including on Broadway) before appearing in some small TV and film roles in the early 1990s.
Career: Giamatti's first high-profile role was in the film adaptation of Howard Stern's Private Parts as Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton, Stern's antagonistic program director at WNBC. He appeared in a number of supporting roles in big-budget movies such as The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, and The Negotiator (all in 1998). In 1999, he played Bob Zmuda (and Tony Clifton) in the Andy Kaufman biopic, Man on the Moon. Giamatti continued to be featured in major studio releases such as Big Momma's House (2000) with Martin Lawrence, the Planet of the Apes remake (2001), and in Big Fat Liar (2002) opposite Frankie Muniz and Amanda Bynes, before his performance in the gentle drama Sideways won major critical praise. In 2006, he was the lead in M Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water, a supernatural thriller. He played Mr Hertz in the action movie Shoot 'Em Up and Santa Claus in the comedy Fred Claus. He won an Emmy and Golden Globe for his lead role in HBO's John Adams, and his most recent work includes Duplicity, The Last Station, Barney's Version (a role for which he won another Golden Globe), and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Quote: "It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - and it's flattering and all, but attention was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time. This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it."
Trivia: Giamatti made a guest appearance in the 2013 Downton Abbey Christmas special.
Chris Cooper (Actor) .. Norman Osborn
Born: July 09, 1951 in Kansas City
Best Known For: Supporting roles in a number of Hollywood films.
Early-life: Christopher W Cooper was born in Kansas City on July 9, 1951 to Mary Ann and Charles. He has an older brother, Chuck. Cooper enjoyed his first taste of acting with local community theatre group The Barn Players. He went on to study agriculture and drama at the University of Missouri. After graduating, he moved to New York to pursue a career in acting.
Career: Cooper plied his trade on the stage before making his film debut in box-office flop Matewan (1987). He had success on the small screen in the miniseries Lonesome Dove and Return to Lonesome Dove but he is better known for his supporting roles in a number of notable Hollywood films. He has appeared in The Horse Whisperer (1998), American Beauty (1999), The Patriot (2000), The Bourne Identity (2002), Adaptation (2002), Seabiscuit (2003), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), Capote (2005), The Town (2010), August: Osage County (2013) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).
Quote: "I suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'."
Trivia: Cooper won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Adaptation.
Sally Field (Actor) .. Aunt May
Born: November 06, 1946 in California
Best Known For: Playing Forrest Gump's mum.
Early-life: Sally Margaret Field was born on November 6, 1946, in California. Her father was a captain in the US army and her mother Margaret Field an actress, who appeared in many B-movies during the 1950s. Her parents divorced when she was five, and her mum married actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney, who would later encourage Field in her chosen career. She starred in various high school productions, and decided not to go to college after enrolling in a summer acting workshop at Columbia studios. In 1965, she beat hundreds of other aspiring young stars to win the title role in the TV show Gidget.
Career: Gidget lasted for only one series, but Field proved a hit with TV audiences and in 1967 was given the lead role in the sitcom The Flying Nun, which ran for three years. When that came to an end, she was afraid she would never be taken seriously and signed up to study at the prestigious Actors Studio. In 1976, she won an Emmy for her performance in TV movie Sybill and big-screen success soon followed in Smokey and the Bandit. In 1979, Field picked up the Best Actress Oscar for Norma Rae, going on to win a second five years later for Places in the Heart. Her career has since struggled to reach those heights, but Field has appeared in successful movies including Steel Magnolias, Forrest Gump and Say It Isn't So, and in 2001 won an Emmy for her recurring guest role in ER. She has since won further rave reviews for her role in US drama Brothers and Sisters. Her recent credits include Lincoln and The Amazing Spider-Man movies.
Quote: "Being an older actress, I may not be offered a whole lot of starring roles in movies, but I'm having so much fun doing things that I've never done before."
Trivia: She is an activist for gay rights.
Marc Webb (Director)