The very first glimpse at what would become one of the most darling superhero movies of all clock time is also a very uncanny one — because for years , it was really unacceptable to see it . While in the two decades since Sam Raimi ’s Spider - Man first hit theaters it has re - emerged online , it ’s suddenly off the World Wide Web ( sorry not sorry ) in a quality unlike anything we ’ve had before .
The infamous World Trade Center teaser ( a scene which was n’t meant to be in the film itself ) represent our first look at what Raimi was going for with his take on Spider - Man — and using the Twin Towers as a piece of iconic New York imagery in such a room made the hometown connectedness between Spidey and the city immediately and evocatively .
Alas , the teaser was only in theaters for a smattering of calendar month ; after the tragic terror flak of 9/11 , Sony and countless other studio apartment raced to pluck content that featured the now - destroyed towers in the New York skyline . The original teaser , as well as a bill featuring the towers reflecting in Spidey ’s lenses , vanished from theatre of operations .
The infamous shot that led to the teaser being pulled from theaters.Image: YoshiKiller2S (YouTube)
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In the years since , the trailer has made its way online for people to get a coup d’oeil at its strange situation in cinematic history — but it ’s all been in , putting it diplomatically , varying character . That changed this week , when seemingly out of nowhere , a 4 K regaining from the original 35 mm celluloid version of the teaser has murder YouTube , yield us the original tantalization in a quality unseen in 18 class :
It ’s an amazing look at a little piece of moving-picture show history — totally of its clip even without the context of the World Trade Center ( god , the consumption ofLunatic Calmis highly early - aughts , is n’t it ? ) , but at last restored to its original glory .
The original, pulled teaser poster for Spider-Man.Image: Sony Pictures
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