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MOVIES
- TRIAL OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK (1989) - SPIDER-MAN: SINS OF THE FATHER (1999) -
- JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK (2001) - DAREDEVIL vs. SPIDER-MAN (2003) - DAREDEVIL (2003) -


Below you'll find some general information about movies the character Daredevil has appeared or starred in. You'll also find links to the entries at the Internet Movie Database for any of the movies or DVDs below that have entries there. The Internet Movie Database is a truly wonderful site for any information you might want on movies, actors, actresses, etc. I highly recommend bookmarking their site for future use! You'll also find links to Barnes & Noble for those DVDs and videos which are available for purchase.

The entry for the Daredevil movie below is rather brief. In addition to that entry, there is a full page (with more probably coming) on the movie. Click here to explore the Daredevil movie in a little more depth.

Daredevil (2003)

Daredevil - The Movie - Rated: [PG-13]**    {IMDB}
Jul 2003, 1 hr 43 mins., $29.98 (also in VHS)
UPC 24543077886

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Daredevil DVD Elektra's father wants out of crime. The Kingpin hires Bullseye to kill both Elektra and her father. Elektra becomes more and more involved with Matt Murdock. Bullseye kills Elektra's father, but makes it look like Daredevil did it. Daredevil and Elektra fight. Bullseye and Elektra fight. Bullseye and Daredevil fight. Daredevil and the Kingpin fight.
While the movie is fun, the amount of "extras" packed into this 2 disc set puts most DVDs to shame. The only thing missing is a director's cut with a lot of the deleted scenes added back in, but there are rumors that may come within a year or so down the road.
For more information (casting, bloopers, reviews, merchandise, etc.) on the Daredevil movie, click here.

**Please note: while rated PG-13, Kevin Smith's language on disc 2 in the Men Without Fear feature would bring the rating to R.
Contents (Disc 1):
Main Feature
Full-length director & producer commentaries
Spanish, English, French language choices
Enhanced viewing mode - with behind the scenes footage available during the film
On-screen trivia track
DVD-ROM: Comic book chronology, web links, etc. (requires PC with DVD-ROM capability)
DD DVD disc 1
DD DVD disc 2 Contents (Disc 2):
Men Without Fear: Creating Daredevil
(excellent documentary featuring the comic book's writers & artists)
Shadow World Tour - compares DD's senses to how they are portrayed in the comics
Modelling Sheets - character sheets from the comics
Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making Daredevil - another excellent documentary
Jennifer Garner screen test
Multi-angle dailies - a peek behind multiple cameras
Featured Villain: Kingpin
Daredevil: HBO First Look Special - hosted by Jennifer Garner
Moving Through Space: A Day with Tom Sullivan (blindness consultant for the movie)
Theatrical Trailers
Music Videos - "Won't Back Down", "For You", "Bring Me To Life", music promo spot
Still Gallery - story boards, costumes, set design, production stills, props

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man (2003)

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man - Rated: [NR]
Feb 2003, 80 mins., $19.98 (also in VHS)
ISBN 0-7888-4071-1, UPC 786936203196
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Daredevil vs. Spider-Man DVD I'm not exactly sure why the title is Daredevil "VERSUS" Spider-Man since they're actually helping each other out...probably just a sales gimmick. Anyway, this DVD collects most of the DD appearances in cartoons so far plus a 1966 Spidey episode and a special Soapbox by Stan Lee. While not officially rated, I think it would have a G rating. Also, I'm not sure which features the VHS version doesn't include.
The Spider-Man, Animated Series episodes were also collected in the Spider-Man: Sins of the Father video (listed below on this page). For more details on the Fantastic Four episode and the Spider-Man episodes, please check out the Media:Animation page.
DD vs. Spidey disc Contents:
Framed (Spider-Man, The Animated Series - Season 3, episode 6)
The Man Without Fear (Season 3, episode 7)
The Ultimate Slayer (Season 3, episode 8 - No DD appearances)
Tombstone (Season 3, episode 9 - No DD appearances)
Special Features:
Fantastic Four episode (Marvel Action Hour)
King Pinned (1966 Spider-Man vs. Kingpin cartoon - no DD appearances)
Stan Lee's Soapbox
Spanish Language Track

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Rated: [R]      {IMDB}
Feb 2002 (DVD), 1 hr. 44 mins., $19.98 (also in VHS)
UPC 786936169195

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Jay and Silent Bob movie poster Written & Directed by: Kevin Smith
Jay: Jason Mewes
Silent Bob: Kevin Smith
Daredevil: ?

Features: Audio commentary: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes
Behind-the-scenes featurette
Deleted scenes with intros by Smith & guests
Music videos: Afroman's "I Got High", Stroke 9's "Kick Some Ass"
Still galleries
Cast and crew filmographies
Original theatrical trailer

Very brief cameo with Daredevil doing a flip to avoid Jay and Silent Bob. Apparently in the DVD he has a much longer cameo: a 2 minute fight scene with a bunch of thugs.

Spider-Man: Sins of the Father (1999)

Spider-Man: Sins of the Fathers - Rated: [NR]    {IMDB}
1999, ~80 mins., $?.?? (VHS only?)
UPC 62582800233
videotape Contents:
Season 3 - unknown number of episodes

I haven't been able to find any indication of this coming out on DVD as well. I'm also unsure as to exactly how many of the chapters from the Sins of the Fathers episodes were collected on this video. "Sins of the Fathers" apparently refers to all of season 3, which includes 14 episodes. By the amount of time listed for this video on one website, I'm assuming only 4 of the episodes are included. I'm not even sure if the Daredevil episodes are amongst them. I'm basically waiting for one of you well-informed fans to give me more information on this video! For more information on the two episodes that do feature Daredevil, please check out the Media:Animation page. Also note, four of the episodes were also collected in the Daredevil vs. Spider-Man collection mentioned above.

Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989)

Incredible Hulk Collection - Rated: [PG]      {IMDB}
May 2003 (DVD), 3 hrs. 9 mins. (2 movies), $29.98
UPC 13131243291

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Incredible Hulk Collection DVD Contents:
"The Incredible Hulk Returns" (guest-starring Thor)
"The Trial of The Incredible Hulk" (guest-starring Daredevil)
Features:
Original full-frame presentations
Muscling in on Movies: an all-new interview with Lou Ferrigno
The Marvelous World of Stan Lee: an all-new interview with Stan Lee
Stand Tall: an all-new 84 minute documentary with Lou Ferrigno
Poster & still galleries
Talent bios
Trial of the Incredible Hulk: DVD-ROM - original screenplay
8 page booklet
"The Trial of the Incredible Hulk" (New World Television) originally aired 7 May 1989 and was later released on video.
Written by: Gerald DiPego (Death of the Inc. Hulk, Phenomenon)
Directed by: Bill Bixby
Hulk/David Banner: Lou Ferrigno/Bill Bixby
Daredevil/Matt Murdock: Rex Smith
Kingpin (Wilson Fisk): John Rhys-Davies (Sliders, Indiana Jones movies)

David Banner travels to New York where he inadvertantly becomes a witness to a mob hit. Unfortunately, the killers rough up David as well which gets him angry enough to change into the Hulk. During the fracas, a bystander is shot and David is put in custody as a witness when the police find him after he changes back. His lawyer is the blind Matt Murdock who tries to persuade him to testify in order to link the crime he witnessed to the mob boss Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin. To help in this case and protect his needed witness, Murdock stalks the night as Daredevil, a superhero who was blinded as a child by nuclear waste, but had his senses raised to superhuman sharpness along with a radar sense to compensate. Together the pair must find the evidence they need to bring down the Kingpin without the gangster doing the same to them.
(Summary from Internet Movie Database)
Rex and Ferrigno in costume
StreetHawk videotape Note: some of you may remember Rex Smith from his stint as "Streethawk" in 1985. He played a crimefighter on a superpowered motorcycle with Joe Regalbuto (Frank Fontana from Murphy Brown) as his tech expert buddy who designed the bike. His other credits include host of TV's Solid Gold for 2 years, a top ten hit (1979) with "You Take My Breath Away", and the lead in the film version of Pirates of Penzance (1983) opposite Linda Ronstadt, also starring Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury. Smith was outstanding in Pirates of Penzance & continues to do stage/musical work. Personally, I enjoyed him in Streethawk as well. I always wished that Streethawk would have continued & Knight Rider would have bit the dust instead. Streethawk was much more believable, and the acting & scripts were better as well.


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