" He demanded that his reporters get "the inside dope on this guy.Has he got a family? Where does he live? What does the ""S"" stand for?...Where does he come from? Does he have a girlfriend?" Lois received a note from her "FRIEND" - to meet her at her apartment at 8 pm that evening, and she awaited his arrival wearing a gorgeous, light blue evening gown on her penthouse""s outdoor terrace.A confrontational message was sent to Spider-Man: "Stop us if you can." Red-suited Spider-Man sought Harry""s help ("She needs us"), but he declined - although after he learned from his butler Bernard the truth of his father""s death ("he died by his own hand"), he reversed his mind and joined Spider-Man as a team ("You came") to save him from death (the newscaster had just warned: "It could be the end of Spider-Man") in a brutal fight against Venom and Sandman.It was one of he first films with the theme of city-dwellers against the powerful forces of nature.The exciting box-office hit, most remembered for its inspired banjo duel and the brutal, violent action (and sodomy scene), was based on James Dickey""s adaptation of his own 1970 best-selling novel (his first) of the same name - he contributed the screenplay and acted in a minor part as the town sheriff.He shot the alien thug under the table with his concealed weapon, and then fled to his ship, where the fat, slug-like Jabba with a gang of pirates, including another bounty hunter named Boba Fett (Mark Austin), demanded a long-overdue payment (with 15% interest).