Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels (Video 2002)

Filmmaker/Comic Writer Kevin Smith interviews comic book legend Stan Lee about his life and work in comics.

Director:

Scott Zakarin

Stars:

Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, Joan Lee

Cast

Credited cast:
Stan Lee	...	Himself
Kevin Smith	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joan Lee	...	Herself

Storyline

In this video, filmmaker/comic writer Kevin Smith interviews the legendary comics writer, editor and promoter Stan Lee about his life and work. In two seperate films, "Creating Spider-Man" and "Here Come the Heroes," Stan Lee discusses the creation of his greatest character, his career in the comics field and his relationship to his creative collaborators, especially the artists and co-writers, Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 May 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

A képregény mágusa - Stan Lee és a Pókember

Filming Locations:

Santa Monica, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

DHG Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Stan Lee: [when asked about writing powerful stuff for children] I never wrote for kids, I wrote for me.

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #28.10 (2002)

User Reviews

An interesting discussion for any fan of the genre

I'm not sure how interesting this would be to anybody who does not care for comic books, but this documentary/biography, which is basically a sit down interview with Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, etc.) interviewing Stan Lee, is something I found fairly fascinating.

Stan Lee is one of the guys who created Marvel comics, home of the X-men, Spider Man, the Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, etc.

It is really fascinating to see Stan's take on what all happened. The history of Marvel comics is told through Stan Lee's answers to Kevin Smith's very informed questions, you can feel the love for the craft and medium come through in the interview and overall, although it's just two guys talking in a comic shop, you can, at times, entirely visualize what it must have been like to be at ground zero for a pioneering art form that is still going strong today.

No matter what you think of either person's art, they are both interesting folks, recommended for any fan of the genre or the movies inspired by the genre.