SPIDER-MAN recorded for Lincoln Center?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/1/14 at 5:57pm

I'm about to read Berger's "Song of Spider-Man" and a thought occured: has SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK been recorded for the Lincoln Center Library? And if so, was it 1.0 or 2.0? Two decades from now, when a curious theatre student is interested in seeing for themselves just what this legendary saga looked like, will they be able to go to the Library and watch it?

One of my nerdy joys was going to the Library and watching BIG - THE MUSICAL after reading Isenberg's "Making It Big." I hadn't seen it on stage, and because it is rarely produced, I was grateful to be able to catch it at the Library. It was an educational aide in understanding the show (whereas I was able to see the revival of FOLLIES after reading Chapin's "Everything Was Possible," which of course trumps sitting in that box at Lincoln Center).

Just curious.

[sondhead]

Posted: 1/1/14 at 6:10pm

All the NYPL catalog lists is a DVD of the promo reel.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/1/14 at 7:15pm

I still think the producers should film it themselves and have it broadcast in movie theaters and later released on DVD. They probably won't make anything close to 75 million, but a theatrical release has the potential to make more money in one night than the Broadway show ever could and that combined with DVD sales could eventually bring them close.

[WJR2]

Posted: 1/1/14 at 7:40pm

I think it's a real shame that 1.0 was never recorded… there isn't even a good bootleg of it! Bummer…

[tmbyru]

Posted: 1/1/14 at 8:22pm

In Berger's book he writes about how Julie wanted 1.0 recorded and it never happened which is a shame. I saw 1.0 and although it was messy, I prefered it to 2.0 and now there is no record of it.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/1/14 at 8:26pm

I agree that they should spend the money to record it and put it in theaters and release it to DVD. Like CATS said, it won't make anywhere near 75 million, but it might put a small dent in that number.

And there are boots of 1.0 out there.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 1/1/14 at 8:48pm

I believe there must be, I haven’t come across one yet, all I have is 2 full show video recording of 2.0 (one with Reeve and one with Matthew)

[chewy5000]

Posted: 1/1/14 at 10:17pm

The costs of recording it would probably just be throwing good money after bad, though.

[cmorrow]

Posted: 1/2/14 at 11:10am

I work at the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center, and can confirm that Spider-Man has not been recorded for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT). As someone else noted earlier, all we have is a brief promo DVD.

[WJR2]

Posted: 1/2/14 at 11:16am

Jordan -- The only one I can find is the awful 3/4 lap shot one. You must know something I don't! Lucky.
As tmbyru said, while 1.0 wasn't necessarily completely coherent, I much prefer it to the theme park version of 2.0