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Spiderman 1 Script
Spiderman 1 Script
Aunt May: You do too much - college, a job, all this time with me... You're not Superman,
you know.
[last lines]
Peter Parker: [voiceover] Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these
words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I?
I'm Spider-man.
J. Jonah Jameson: If we can get a picture of Julia Roberts in a thong, we can certainly get a
picture of this weirdo.
Uncle Ben: I don't mean to lecture and I don't mean to preach. And I know I'm not your
father...
Peter Parker: Then stop pretending to be!
Norman Osborn: [at Peter's graduation] I know this has been a difficult time for you, but I
want you to try to enjoy this day. Commencement: the end of one thing, the start of
something new.
[first words]
Green Goblin: Back to formula!
[he hurls Doctor Strong through glass and leaps after him, baring his teeth]
Green Goblin: [hurling a pumpkin bomb at the Oscorp Board of Governors] OUT, AM I?
[He quickly sends his glider over to Mary Jane]
Green Goblin: Hello, my dear!
[MJ screams]
Green Goblin: [the Green Goblin swings Spiderman into a destroyed building, he falls to the
ground, and Green Goblin drops a bomb, injuring Spiderman incredibly, he then enters and
jumps off his glider] Misery, Misery, Misery, that's all what you've chosen. I offer you
friendship and you spat in my face.
[Green Goblin continously beats Spider-Man up, almost knocking him unconcious.
Spiderman also shoots his web but Green Goblin Stops him]
Green Goblin: You spun your last web Spider-Man, if you have not been so selfish your
little girlfriend's death would have been quick and painless but now you really pissed me off,
I'm gonna finish her, nice... and slow.
[Spider-Man face looks completely furious]
Green Goblin: MJ and I, were gonna have a... hell of a time.
Green Goblin: [Green Goblin lunged forward, trying to stab Spider-Man with a spear with
three blades but Spider-Man blocks and then pushes forward and the Goblin flies back,
Spider-Man crushes him with a brick wall, he takes Spider-Man and starts punching him
until Green Goblin can't handle it] Peter, Peter, stop, its me!
Spider-Man: [Green Goblin takes off his mask, revealing Norman Osborn] Mr. Osbourn...
Green Goblin: Oh, Peter thank God for you...
Spider-Man: You killed those people on that balcony!
Norman Osborn: The Goblin did it, I had nothing to do with it! Do let him take me again! I
beg you, protect me!
Spider-Man: You tried to kill Aunt May, you tried to kill Mary Jane.
Norman Osborn: But what about you? I tried to stop it, but I couldn't stop it, it was him
from the beginning.
[Norman pushes a button on his suit and the glider rises]
Norman Osborn: If anything ever happened to me, it was you, you Peter Parker would save
me and so you have. Thank God for you.
Norman Osborn: [Norman rises up] Give me your hand, and believe in me, as I believed in
you. I've been like a father to you. Be a son to me now.
Spider-Man: I had a father, his name was Ben Parker.
Green Goblin: Godspeed, Spider-Man
Norman Osborn: [Spider-Man gasps with a spider sense, the glider releases blades and the
glider races towards Spider-Man, he flips backwards and the gliders hurls toward Norman]
Oh!
[the blades pierce Norman into the wall behind him, he starts gagging and leans forward]
Norman Osborn: Peter, don't tell Harry.
[He dumps his body onto the glider, and dies, Peter looks down in despair]
[Spider-Man takes Norman Osborn's body to his home and places him on his bed.
Unfortunately, Harry discovers him... ]
Harry Osborn: What have you done? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
[He grabs a gun from a drawer, but finds Spider-Man gone... ]
Hoffman: Mr. Jameson they are very important clients, they can't wait.
J. Jonah Jameson: They're about to.
[first lines]
Peter Parker: [voiceover] Who am I? You sure you want to know? The story of my life is
not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale... if somebody told you I
was just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world... somebody lied.
Maximilian Fargas: Norman, the board is unanimous. We're announcing the sale after the
World Unity Festival. I'm sorry.
Henry Balkan: You're out, Norman.
Norman Osborn: Am I?
Peter Parker: Not everyone is meant to make a difference. But for me, the choice to lead an
ordinary life is no longer an option.
Mary Jane: He's saved my life twice and I've never even seen his face.
Wrestling Promoter: [after Peter lets an armed man escape with a bag full of cash] You
coulda taken that guy apart! Now he's gonna get away with *my* money!
Peter Parker: I missed the part where that's my problem.
Green Goblin: Follow the cold shiver running down your spine.
Uncle Ben: Peter, look. You're changing. I know. I went through exactly the same thing at
your age.
Peter Parker: No. Not exactly.
Peter Parker: Some spiders change colors to blend into their environment. It's a defense
mechanism.
Harry Osborn: Peter, what makes you think I would want to know that?
Peter Parker: Who wouldn't?
Peter Parker: Spider-Man wasn't trying to attack the city, he was trying to save it. That's
slander.
J. Jonah Jameson: It is not. I resent that. Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel.
Peter Parker: You know Harry... doesn't live on a little place I like to call Earth.
Norman Osborn: They're all beautiful, until they're snarling after your trust fund like a pack
of ravening wolves.
Harry Osborn: One day Spider-Man will pay. I swear on my father's grave Spider-Man will
pay.
Bonesaw McGraw: Hey freak show! You're going nowhere. I got you for three minutes.
Three minutes of ME time!
Uncle Ben: [changing a light bulb] And the Lord said, "Let there be light." And voil? There
is light. Forty soft, glowing watts of it.
Aunt May: Good boy. God will be thrilled, just don't fall on your ass.
J. Jonah Jameson: He doesn't want to be famous? Then I'll make him infamous.
Peter Parker: No matter what I do, no matter how hard I try, the ones I love will always be
the ones who pay.
Green Goblin: Had you not been so selfish, your little girlfriend's death would have been
quick and painless, but now that you've really pissed me off, I'm gonna finish her nice and
slow.
Peter Parker: I want you to know, that I will always be there for you; I will always be there
to take care of you. I promise you that. I will always be your friend.
Mary Jane: Only a friend, Peter Parker?
Peter Parker: That's all I have to give...
J. Jonah Jameson: No jobs! Freelance! Best thing in the world for a kid your age. You bring
me some more pictures of that newspaper-selling clown, maybe I'll take 'em off your hands.
But I never said you have a job. *Meat*. I'll send you a nice box of Christmas meat. It's the
best I can do - get out of here.
J. Jonah Jameson: Hoffman, run down to the patent office, copyright the name "Green
Goblin." I want a quarter every time someone says it.
Hoffman: How about "Green Meanie"?
Norman Osborn: A word to the "not-so-wise" about your little girlfriend. Do what you need
to with her, then broom her fast.
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Green Goblin: Spider-Man. This is why only fools are heroes - because you never know
when some lunatic will come along with a sadistic choice. Let die the woman you love... or
suffer the little children? Make your choice, Spider-Man, and see how a hero is rewarded!
Spider-Man: Don't do it Goblin!
Green Goblin: We are who we choose to be... now, *choose*!
Spider-Man: [referring to the Green Goblin] Whatever it is, somebody has to stop it...
Peter Parker: Let me buy you a cheese-burger - sky's the limit, up to seven dollars and
eighty-four cents.
Norman Osborn: Forty thousand years of evolution and we've barely even tapped the
vastness of human potential.
Peter Parker: I can't... tell you... everything; I mean, there's so much to tell...
Subway Guitarist: Dressed like a spider, he looks like a bug, we should all just give him one
big hug...
Mary Jane: They said I need acting lessons. Can you believe that? A soap opera told me I
need acting lessons.
Green Goblin: Spider-Man is all but invincible; but Parker, we can destroy him.
Norman Osborn: I can't.
Green Goblin: Betrayal must not be countenanced. Parker must be educated.
Norman Osborn: What do I do?
Green Goblin: Instruct him in the matters of loss and pain. Make him suffer, make him wish
he were dead.
Norman Osborn: Yes?
Green Goblin: And then grant his wish.
Norman Osborn: But how?
Green Goblin: The cunning warrior attacks neither body nor mind.
Norman Osborn: TELL ME HOW!
Green Goblin: The HEART Osborn! First, we attack his heart!
[as New Yorkers battle the Green Goblin, who's attacking Spider-Man]
New Yorker on Bridge: Leave Spider-Man alone! You're gonna pick on a guy trying to save
a bunch of kids?
New Yorker on Bridge: Yeah, I got something for your ass! You mess with Spidey, you
mess with New York!
New Yorker on Bridge: You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us.
Green Goblin: The one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail.
Uncle Ben: This guy, Flash Thompson, he probably deserved what happened. But just
because you can beat him up doesn't give you the right to. Remember, with great power,
comes great responsibility.
J. Jonah Jameson: [about Peter's pictures of Spiderman] They're crap. Crap, crap,
megacrap. I'll give you three hundred bucks for all of 'em.
Norman Osborn: [to Peter] Harry tells me you're quite the science whiz. You know, I'm
something of a scientist myself.
Peter Parker: [talking to M.J] I was in the neighborhood. I needed to see a friendly face. I
took two buses and a cab to get in the neighborhood, but...
Cop at Fire: [at a burning building, a cop approaches Spider-Man] Hold it right here, you're
under arrest! I'm taking you in!
Young Lady at Fire: [a scream is heard in the building] There's somebody still up there!
Spider-Man: I'm going.
Cop at Fire: I'll be here when you get back.
Spider-Man: Not coming back, chief.
Harry Osborn: [Flash and his gang are hassling Peter] Leave him alone.
Flash's Crony: Or what?
Flash Thompson: Or his father will fire your father!
[they laugh]
Flash Thompson: What's daddy gonna do, sue me?
Teacher: What is going on? The next person who talks will fail this course, I kid you not.
J. Jonah Jameson: Who is Spider-Man? He's a criminal that's who he is! A vigilante! A
public menace! What's he doing on MY front page?
Aunt May: [Peter breaks a lamp in his room trying to practice his web shots]
[Behind door]
Aunt May: Peter?
[Peter opens door barely to hide webs in his room]
Aunt May: What's - what's going on in there?
Peter Parker: I'm excercising. I'm not dressed Aunt May.
Aunt May: Well... you're acting so strangely Peter...
Peter Parker: Ok... thanks.