7.1
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.
Christopher Reeve
Clark Kent / Superman
Margot Kidder
Lois Lane
Gene Hackman
Lex Luthor
Marlon Brando
Jor-El
Ned Beatty
Otis
Jackie Cooper
Perry White
Glenn Ford
Pa Kent
Trevor Howard
1st Elder
Jack O'Halloran
Non
Valerie Perrine
Eve Teschmacher
Maria Schell
Vond-Ah
Terence Stamp
General Zod
Phyllis Thaxter
Ma Kent
Susannah York
Lara
Jeff East
Young Clark Kent
Marc McClure
Jimmy Olsen
Sarah Douglas
Ursa
Harry Andrews
2nd Elder
Diane Sherry Case
Lana Lang
Vass Anderson
3rd Elder
John Hollis
4th Elder
James Garbutt
5th Elder
Michael Gover
6th Elder
David Neal
7th Elder
William Russell
8th Elder
Penelope Lee
9th Elder
John Stuart
10th Elder
Alan Cullen
11th Elder
Aaron Smolinski
Baby Clark Kent
Billy J. Mitchell
1st Editor
Robert Henderson
2nd Editor
Larry Lamb
1st Reporter
John Cassady
3rd Reporter
John F. Parker
4th Reporter
Harry Scott
5th Reporter
Ray Evans
6th Reporter
Miquel Brown
8th Reporter
Vincent Marzello
1st Copy Boy
Benjamin Feitelson
2nd Copy Boy
Lise Hilboldt
1st Secretary
Leueen Willoughby
2nd Secretary
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
Weston Gavin
Mugger
Steve Kahan
Officer 1
Ray Hassett
Officer 2
Randy Jurgensen
Officer 3
Matt Russo
News Vendor
Colin Skeaping
Pilot
Bo Rucker
Pimp
Paul Avery
TV Cameraman
David Baxt
Burglar
George Harris II
Patrolman Mooney
John Cording
2nd Hood
Oz Clarke
4th Hood
Rex Everhart
Desk Sergeant
Jayne Tottman
Little Girl
Frank Lazarus
Air Force One Pilot
Brian Protheroe
Co Pilot
Lawrence Trimble
1st Crewman
Robert Whelan
2nd Crewman
David Calder
3rd Crewman
Norwich Duff
Newscaster
Keith Alexander
Newscaster
Michael Ensign
Newscaster
Larry Hagman
Major
Paul Tuerpe
Sgt. Hayley
Graham McPherson
Lieutenant
David Yorston
Petty Officer
Robert O'Neill
Admiral
Robert MacLeod
General
John Ratzenberger
1st Controller
Alan Tilvern
2nd Controller
Phil Brown
State Senator
Bill Bailey
2nd Senator
Burnell Tucker
Agent
Chief Tug Smith
Indian Chief
Norman Warwick
Superchief Driver
Chuck Julian
Assistant
Mark Wynter
Mate
Roy Stevens
Warden
Noel Neill
Ella Lane (uncredited)
Kirk Alyn
Sam Lane (uncredited)
Tony Selby
Hood (uncredited)
Bruce Boa
General (extended version) (uncredited)
David de Keyser
Warden (voice) (uncredited)
Richard Donner
Man in Street (extended version) (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Policeman (uncredited)
Alan Harris
Man on Daily Planet Rooftop (uncredited)
Shane Rimmer
Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
Marco St. John
Mugger's Arm in Alley (uncredited)
Barrie Holland
New York Businessman (uncredited)
Director
Richard Donner
Characters
Jerry Siegel
Characters
Joe Shuster
Screenplay
David Newman
Screenplay
Robert Benton
Screenplay
Leslie Newman
Screenplay, Story
Mario Puzo
Writer
Tom Mankiewicz
April 13, 2020
9
Man of Steel - Film Full of Love
The planet Krypton is doomed, all life there is soon to be over. Jor-El, knowing that the planet Earth has the same atmosphere, rockets his baby son there post haste. On Earth, the infant grows up to find that he has super human powers that must be hidden from the ordinary Earthlings, he hides away as mild mannered reporter Clark Kent and transforms into Superman whenever evil and wrong doing needs taking care of.
I would think most people have either seen Superman:The Movie, or at the least heard everything about it. It's one of those films that sticks out in cinema history as a defining point, and some like me would say a high point as well. I recently revisited the film for the first time in about 5 years and had such a wonderful time with it, the moment John Williams exhilarating score kicks in a get goosebumps and start to believe a man can really can fly.
The expectation level on release of the film in 1978 was enormous, one can not understate the hugely iconic love that the DC Comic character of Superman had. A worldwide search for the right actor to don the red and blue cape was underway, Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Ryan O'Neal, Nick Nolte and Charles Bronson were all at times linked with the hot role, whilst James Caan and Robert Redford are confirmed to have passed after being offered the job. All of those great names now seem remarkably stupid choices, and that is purely down to the man that did take on the gargantuan role that was bursting at the seams with expectation. That Superman:The Movie worked (and still does with each passing decade) is down to the wonderful efforts of Christopher Reeve.
Reeve positively nailed both sides of the character, making it his own, he is all muscles and square jaw in the cape and then showing wonderful comic ability as the bumblingly frustrating Clark Kent. Sure the supporting cast all contribute grandly, but Reeve carries the picture and lifts it to triumphant heights. Gene Hackman has the time of his life camping it up as super villain Lex Luthor, Ned Beatty & Valerie Perrine flesh out Luthor's cohorts with comedy and sexiness respectively, whilst Margot Kidder is a pure joy as core character of the piece, Lois Lane. Asked to play a love interest but a fiercely strong woman at the same time, Kidder breezes through it and radiates a beauty that couples nicely with Reeve's broadness. Marlon Brando was paid $4 Million for what is little more than a prologue walk on part, but the big name he brought to the party ensured the paying customer went through the doors in droves, but on leaving the cinema it was Reeve's name that most were talking about.
Full of outlandish sequences and cheeky comic book ideals, Superman is lasting the test of time as an endearing classic of the genre, it may have been surpassed by quite a few of the more modern exploits by Spiders and Bats, but it was once the Daddy of them all. From x-ray eyes to catching bullets, to pushing nuclear missiles into space and wooing Lois in the sky, Superman:The Movie is a special treat, and oh how I love you so. 9/10
Christopher Reeve RIP.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$55,000,000.00
Revenue:
$300,500,000.00