With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)

The life and career of the comic book writer and editor.

Directors:

Terry Dougas, Nikki Frakes

Stars:

Avi Arad, Jim Goodkind, Jeremy Piven

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Avi Arad	...	Self
Jim Goodkind	...	Self
Jeremy Piven	...	Self
Sean Astin	...	Self
Michael A. Helfant	...	Self (as Michael Helfant)
Joe Quesada	...	Self
Dick Ayers	...	Self
Paris Hilton	...	Self
Brett Ratner	...	Self
Kenneth Branagh	...	Self
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Self
Mike Richardson	...	Self
Ian Bryce	...	Self
Kenneth Johnson	...	Self (as Ken Johnson)
Cliff Robertson	...	Self

Storyline

A feature length documentary on the life and creations of Stan Lee. Stan Lee is the co-creator of Spider-Man, Hulk, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Iron Man and over 200 other characters that can be found in comic books, movie screens, and in retail stores around the world.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to x men | comic book | writer | editor | comic book writer | 

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Taglines:

The incredible story behind the REAL superhero

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Goofs

A clip of Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show" is identified by caption as being from 1994. In reality, Carson retired from "The Tonight Show" in May, 1992.

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Quotes

Stan Lee: I don't know what the universal conception of creator is. Steve definitely felt that he was the co-creator of Spider-man. That was really, and once he said it I realized that it meant a lot to him, that was fine with me. So I said, "Fine, I'll tell everybody that you're the co-creator." But that didn't quite satisfy him. So I sent him a letter, I put it in writing, To whom it may concern: This is to state that I consider Steve Ditko to be the co-creator of Spider-man, or something like that. ...

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Crazy Credits

Images of various scenes and characters from Marvel comic books move into the background, eventually coming together to form a portrait of Lee at the end of the credits, then the individual images separate.

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Connections

Features Time Jumper (2009)

User Reviews

A Great Story of A Great Man with Great Power

Behind every great man there's a great woman.... That's my shortest summary of this documentary film. My favorite parts were the ones with Stan and his wife Joan. Their interactions were priceless!

The film sincerely showed many aspects of Stan's life, including some hardships he's gone through and also a lot about his personal life. It takes you to his study where he writes, and you even get to see his kitchen! Stan is so humble and always smiling, but he has gone through some very tough times, too. I learned a great deal of life lessons from watching this film, such as "work hard to accomplish your dream", "keep on working", "always be kind to people", "be honest", etc...

I thought it was a very well done movie!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

True Believer: The Father of Super Heroes

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

1821 Pictures, Emerging Entertainment, POW! Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color