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Superman: The Movie, 1978

Starring: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder

Directed by: Richard Donner

Written by: Mario Puzo

Language: English

Country: Canada, UK, USA

Runtime: 143 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:7.3

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Superman: The Movie can be described as stylized, exciting, and feel good. The plot revolves around secret identities, superhuman powers, and unfulfilled love. The main genres are adventure, fantasy, and action. In terms of style, Superman: The Movie has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. The storytelling is fast paced. Visually, Superman: The Movie involves special effects. It is adapted from a comic. The movie has received attention for being a classic, essential viewing, and a blockbuster. Superman: The Movie is well suited for kids, a family outing, and teens. Note that it involves mild violent content.

Summary of Superman: The Movie

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.

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Language:	English
Country:	Canada, UK, USA
Release date:	10 December 1978
Runtime:	143 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Awarded Best Visual Effects at the 1978 Academy Awards

Zoran Perisic for Best Visual Effects at the 1978 Academy Awards

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Christopher Reeve

as Superman / Clark Kent

Margot Kidder

as Lois Lane

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Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder in Superman: The Movie (1978)

Christopher Reeve in Superman: The Movie (1978)

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Estimates of the movie's costs range between $35-and $70-million; whatever the price, it was not too much to pay. As gods go, Superman is one of the godliest; his movie is one of the best. Full Review

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by: Jay Scott

Variety

Magnify James Bond's extraordinary physical powers while curbing his sex drive and you have the essence of Superman, a wonderful, chuckling, preposterously exciting fantasy. Full Review

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by: Staff (Not credited)

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Seeing Superman all the way through for the first time makes me realize how perfectly cast Christopher Reeve was. Now I understand why so many people see him as THE Superman. Sure, he's not the biggest guy in the world. In fact, by today's Arnold... Read and rate it

09.October.2009
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by: Ethan Clapham
Ethan Clapham rated this movie6/10Okay

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