Description
The Superman myth is well told, from his birth on the doomed planet Krypton to his childhood in a small Kansas town and beyond, in
Richard Donner's blockbuster. 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.
Details
Released: Tue 28 Nov 2006
Catalogue Number: 113101
Rating: 

- Costume Designer: Yvonne Blake
- Director: Richard Donner
- Distributor: Warner Home Video
- Editor: Stuart Baird
- Makeups: Basil Newall, Philip Rhodes
- Producer: Pierre Spengler
- Production Designer: John Barry
- Screenwriters: Robert Benton, David Newman, Leslie Newman, Mario Puzo
- Special Effectss: Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Denys N. Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic
- Feature:
- Audio Commentary - 1. Richard Donner - Director, Tom Mankiewicz - Creative Consultant
- Making-of - 1. THE MAGIC BEHIND THE CAPE
- Audio Commentary - 2. MAKING SUPERMAN: FILMING THE LEGEND
- Audio Commentary - 3. SCREEN TESTS
- Audio Commentary - 4. TAKING FLIGHT: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERMAN
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical
- Alternate Audio Track - 1. Alternate dialogue and scoring
- Isolated Audio Track - 1. John William's Score in Dolby Digital 5.1
- Highlights
- Storyboards
- Trailers
- Audio:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
- Discs: 1
- Format: NTSC
- Layers: 1
- Release Year: 1978
- Running Time: 151 minutes
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