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Superman (1978) -- An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero.
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7.3/10   47,048 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jerry Siegel (creator: Superman) &
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Release Date:
15 December 1978 (USA) more
Tagline:
You'll Believe a Man Can Fly! more
Plot:
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 14 nominations more
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(330 articles)
Post-Christmas Sales: Superman DVD Box Set 75% off
 (From Comicmix. 26 December 2009, 5:42 AM, PST)

Christmas and new year TV films
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Christopher Reeve Will Be Missed more (394 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Superman - Le film (Canada: French title)
Superman: The Movie
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MPAA:
Rated PG for peril, some mild sensuality and language.
Runtime:
143 min | USA:127 min (1980 video release) | USA:151 min (2000 restoration)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints) | Mono

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Jeff East tore several thigh muscles when performing the stunt of racing alongside the train. more
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Continuity: On the DVD, there is a scene not in previous releases where Superman is talking to Jor-El at the fortress. His hair is much longer in that scene than in the rest of the movie. It is the same length as in the screen tests. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Jor-El: This is no fantasy - no careless product of wild imagination. No, my friends. These indictments that I have brought to you today, specific charges herein against the individuals. Their acts of treason, their ultimate aim of sedition. These... are matters of undeniable fact. I ask you now to pronounce judgement on those accused.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (1999) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
CAN YOU READ MY MIND more

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38 out of 55 people found the following review useful.
Christopher Reeve Will Be Missed, 11 October 2004
Author: departed07 from United States

I thought I would pay tribute to one of Christopher's Reeve's best role ever; and that role is Superman. As many comic book fans follow, the film tells the story of Clark Kent who was born on Krypton and was transported into Earth after the planet exploded and loses his real family. As a new family finds him in the field going home, the couple take Clark as their own son and raise him. What the couple know about Clark is that he has a gift to do things twice as fast than any other ordinary human being; but as time goes by, Clark loses his father of a stroke and decides to take a life of his own as he works for the Metropoltian Newspaper, he meets Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) and he has a crush on her, even saving the woman from being killed. Just like any comic book movie, there is always a villain; with Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor in a campy role along with Ned Beatty as Otis, the sycophant with no sense, these two plan to destroy the world with nuclear weapons. Christopher Reeve doesn't get into the Superman Costume until 45 minutes into the film in which he saves Lois in one scene, busts bad guys and becomes and icon to the public. Superman is the finest comic book movie, and I only wish Christopher Reeve's family the best.

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