In Richard Donner's blockbuster, the Superman myth is well told, from his birth on the doomed planet Krypton to his childhood in a small Kansas town and beyond. After he comes of... more
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fiction/fantasy extravaganzas in the late 1970s. In 1978 Superman was the last of these, a gigantic hit unfairly overshadowed by Star Wars (1977) and Close Encounters of the T...
fiction/fantasy extravaganzas in the late 1970s. In 1978 Superman was the last of these, a gigantic hit unfairly overshadowed by Star Wars (1977) and Close Encounters of the T...
Advantages: The great super-hero movie ever made. Disadvantages: They never matched it with Superman II, III or IV
...and is given the tag Superman by love interest Lois Lane. However, super criminal Lex Luthor has plans to destroy all of California in a landscam deal and has discovered a way to prevent Superman stopping him.
[Principal cast and crew]
• Producer (Presents credit): Alexander Salkind
◦ Marlon Brando: Jor-El
◦ Gene Hackman: Lex Luthor
• Director: Richard Donner
◦ Christopher Reeve: Superman / Clark Kent
◦ Ned ... ...is, without doubt, the best Superman ever, blending his invulnerable macho charisma with the almost inept and wimpish Clark Kent to brilliant and humorous effect. He IS Superman. Christopher Reeve actually looks as well as acts different while playing his alter egos and makes the entire outlandish premise just that little bit more believable.
The turmoil Superman feels within is expressed neatly during the film and we see that, even if it looks ...
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Actor(s): Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Susannah York, Trevor Howard, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford
Director(s): Richard Donner
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: Parental Guidance
Production Year: 1978
Running Time: 2 hours 26 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: Action adventure based on the comic strip hero who is adopted at birth by a local couple and goes on to become saviour of the planet.
In Richard Donner's blockbuster, the Superman myth is well told, from his birth on the doomed planet Krypton to his childhood in a small Kansas town and beyond. After he comes of age, young Clark Kent, as his Earth parents have named him, learns the truth of his alien birth on a voyage of discovery to the Arctic. It is there that he learns--through a link to his long-dead birth parents--of his superhuman abilities and his responsibility to preserve and protect "truth, justice and the American Way." Once he adjusts to life in the big city, Metropolis, he discovers that hiding his superpowers as mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve) isn't easy as he flirts with hard-nosed Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) and battles supervillain Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman). The film's all-star cast includes Jackie Cooper, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford, Terence Stamp, and Valerie Perrine, among others, all camping it up wonderfully.
Technical information
Special Features: Feature Length Commentary By Director Richard Donner And Tom Mankiewicz, Ten Added Scenes, Music Only Track, Taking Flight The Development Of Superman Documentary, Making Superman Filming The Legend Documentary, The Magic Behind The Cape, Three Screen Tests, Additional Music Cues, Deleted Scenes, Vintage TV Spot, Trailer, Storyboard To Screen For DVD ROM, Interactive Menus, Scene Access
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English French
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