Superman: The Movie
Made in 1978 staring Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman,
Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard,
Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence
Stamp, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York, Jeff East, Marc McClure, Sarah Douglas,
Harry Andrews, Vass Anderson, John Hollis, James Garbutt, Michael Gover,
David Neal, William Russell, Penelope Lee, John Stuart, Alan Cullen, Lee
Quigley, Aaron Smolinski, Diane Sherry, Jeff Atcheson, Brad Flock, David
Petrou, Billy J. Mitchell, Robert Henderson, Larry Lamb, James Brockington,
John Cassady, John F. Parker, Antony Scott, Ray Evans, Sue Shifrin, Miquel
Brown, Vincent Marzello, Benjamin Feitelson, Lise Hilboldt, Leueen Willoughby,
Jill Ingham, Pieter Stuyck, Rex Reed, Weston Gavin, Steve Kahan, Ray Hassett,
Randy Jurgensen, Matt Russo, Colin Skeaping, Bo Rucker, Paul Avery, David
Baxt, George Harris II, Michael Harrigan, John Cording, Raymond Thompson,
Oz Clarke, Rex Everhart, Jayne Tottman, Frank Lazarus, Brian Protheroe,
Lawrence Trimble, Robert Whelan, David Calder, Norwich Duff, Keith Alexander,
Michael Ensign, Larry Hagman, Paul Tuerpe, Graham McPherson, David Yorston,
Robert O'Neill, Robert MacLeod, John Ratzenberger, Alan Tilvern, Phil Brown,
Bill Bailey, Burnell Tucker, Chief Tug Smith, Norman Warwick, Chuck Julian,
Colin Etherington, Mark Wynter, Roy Stevens, Kirk Alyn, Bruce Boa, Richard
Donner, Noel Neill
This is the story of Superman from his
father trying to convince council of Krypton that their world is about
to self distract, through the beginning of Superman's life as a super hero
on earth. Superman's early life on earth is covered very briefly, only
covering his landing in a field and being found by the Kent's, then a short
couple of scenes as a teenager before traveling north to raise his fortress
of solitude. From there he travels to Metropolis, where he becomes a mild
mannered reporter for the Daily Planet. When Lois gets he trouble he starts
his life as Superman. About the same time Lex Luthor (who considers himself
to be the world's greatest criminal mind) is planning a major criminal
act and must now find a way to get Superman out of the way in order to
make it work.
Except for the ending I liked this movie,
it was fun and exciting. The DVD is two sided, with one side showing the
movie, plus a commentary and a direct link to scenes added back in which
were not in earlier versions. The second side has the other bonus materials.
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The infant Kal-El (Superman's Krypton name)
is seen nude from the rear as he is placed in the ship which will take
him to earth. When he arrives on earth, at about the age of three or four,
he is seen nude from the front in two short shots.
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Superman: The Movie, Marlon Brando,
Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford,
Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell,
Terence Stamp, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York, Jeff East, Marc McClure,
Sarah Douglas, Harry Andrews, Vass Anderson, John Hollis, James Garbutt,
Michael Gover, David Neal, William Russell, Penelope Lee, John Stuart,
Alan Cullen, Lee Quigley, Aaron Smolinski, Diane Sherry, Jeff Atcheson,
Brad Flock, David Petrou, Billy J. Mitchell, Robert Henderson, Larry Lamb,
James Brockington, John Cassady, John F. Parker, Antony Scott, Ray Evans,
Sue Shifrin, Miquel Brown, Vincent Marzello, Benjamin Feitelson, Lise Hilboldt,
Leueen Willoughby, Jill Ingham, Pieter Stuyck, Rex Reed, Weston Gavin,
Steve Kahan, Ray Hassett, Randy Jurgensen, Matt Russo, Colin Skeaping,
Bo Rucker, Paul Avery, David Baxt, George Harris II, Michael Harrigan,
John Cording, Raymond Thompson, Oz Clarke, Rex Everhart, Jayne Tottman,
Frank Lazarus, Brian Protheroe, Lawrence Trimble, Robert Whelan, David
Calder, Norwich Duff, Keith Alexander, Michael Ensign, Larry Hagman, Paul
Tuerpe, Graham McPherson, David Yorston, Robert O'Neill, Robert MacLeod,
John Ratzenberger, Alan Tilvern, Phil Brown, Bill Bailey, Burnell Tucker,
Chief Tug Smith, Norman Warwick, Chuck Julian, Colin Etherington, Mark
Wynter, Roy Stevens, Kirk Alyn, Bruce Boa, Richard Donner, Noel Neill
