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Superman (also marketed as Superman: The Movie) is a 1978 superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero Superman, played by Christopher Reeve. It is the first of four installments in the Superman film series starring Reeve as Superman.
Dec 15, 1978 · With Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty. An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
- (188K)
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Richard Donner
- 1978-12-15
- Glenn Ford - PA Kent
- Ned Beatty - Otis
- Jackie Cooper - Perry White
- Marlon Brando - Jor-El
- Margot Kidder - Lois Lane
- Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor
- Susannah York - Lara
- Phyllis Thaxter - MA Kent
- Terence Stamp - General Zod
- Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent/Superman
By the time he took on the role of Clark Kent’s adoptive father, Glenn Ford was decades into an illustrious career as both a leading and supporting actor. After hitting the big time in the 1940s Rita Hayworth vehicle Gilda, Ford went on to star in 3:10 To Yuma, Cimarron, Is Paris Burning?, and Ransom!. After his turn Pa Kent, Ford continued to act ...
A standing need of supervillains throughout comics is a stable of henchmen. From Captain Hook’s Smee to Bond villain Karl Stromberg’s Jaws, no baddie is complete without a dimwit to push around and do the heavywork for him. And in Superman, Lex Luthor had Otis. Otis was bumbling, goofy, and served as comic relief for a film which really didn’t need...
Serving as the boss as both the awkward and bumbling Clark Kent and the dogged and go-getting Lois Lane could not be a job for the timid. Enter Jackie Collins, who, at the age of eight, received his only Oscar nomination in a lifetime of acting for his role in the 1931 movie Skippy. He played the iconic newspaperman in all four of the Christopher R...
Marlon Brando was a notoriously difficult actor. Particularly later in his career, Brando would refuse to learn lines, make ridiculous demands of directors and costars, and generally force chaos and terror wherever he went. He also turned in brilliant performance after brilliant performance, earning the legendary status he achieved. While his time ...
One of the true highlights of Supermanwas the bright, quick-talking interpretation of Lois Lane by Margot Kidder. Kidder’s manic delivery and lust-driven swooning over the Man of Steel served as a perfect foil to Clark Kent’s awkward bumbling. In the scene where Superman takes Lois flying for the first time, Margot steals the show. Kidder’s persona...
Gene Hackman was already a bankable star when he accepted the role of Lex Luthor, so much so that he wanted to dictate terms to director Donner. Hackman refused to shave his head to play the customarily bald baddie, but also refused to shave his mustache-all the rage in 1977. In order to convince him to do so, Donner made a bargain - if Hackman wou...
While Clark Kent loved his adoptive mother Martha, he first had Lara-his birth mother and protector on Krypton. Lara has a minor but pivotal role in the film, preparing Kal-El for departure to Earth, all the while lamenting the isolation and outsider status her son will suffer as a result of his inherent gifts. Susannah York, the actor who played L...
Like Brando and Cooper, Thaxter was an established star of the Golden Age of cinema long before being cast as Ma Kent. Starring alongside the likes of Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, and Katharine Hepburn, she charmed her way through the celluloid delights of the 1940s and 1950s, later branching out into television. Her credits include virtually every ...
One of the finest character actors of our time, Terence Stamp signed on to play the primary antagonist in Superman - General Zod. Zod and his accomplices were co-conspirators against the Kryptonian Council, and were sentenced to The Phantom Zone for their deeds. However, with the destruction of Krypton, they are able to escape, and Zod chooses to t...
When Clark Kent was cast to play the Man of Steel, he was a virtual unknown. With only a few credits to his name, and with a less-than-muscular build, the producers of the film initially offered the role to Clint Eastwood, James Caan, and Robert Redford. Each passed, and since Reeve had delivered an impressive screen test he was offered the role. I...
Cast & Crew. Superman (Christopher Reeve) learns of a plot to destroy the West Coast.
David Newman. Screenplay. Tom Mankiewicz. Writer. Written by John Chard on April 13, 2020. Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
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