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Unable to convince the ruling council of Krypton that their world will destroy itself soon, scientist Jor-El takes drastic measures to preserve the Kryptonian race: He sends his infant son Kal-El to Earth. There, gaining great powers under Earth's yellow sun, he will become a champion of truth and justice. Raised by the Kents, an elderly farm couple, Clark Kent learns that his abilities must be used for good. The adult Clark travels to Metropolis, where he becomes a mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet...and a caped wonder whose amazing feats stun the city: Superman! Meanwhile, Lex Luthor, the world's greatest criminal mind, is plotting the greatest real estate swindle of all time. Can't even the Man of Steel stop this nefarious scheme? Actors: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper Directors: Richard Donner Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Language: English Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Studio: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: May 1, 2001 Run Time: 143 minutes DVD Features: Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Incorporates Added Scenes 3 Behind-the-Scenes Documentaries: The Magic Behind the Cape (Special Effects) Making Superman: Filming the Legend (Production and Release) Taking Flight: The Development of Superman (Preproduction) Feature-Length Audio Commentary by Director Richard Donner and Creative Consultant Tom Mankiewicz Superman, Lois Lane, & Ursa Screen Tests Audio Outtakes: Alternate Scoring for 8 Sequences 2 Deleted Scenes TV SpotsRead full review
Unable to convince the ruling council of Krypton that their world will destroy itself soon, scientist Jor-El takes drastic measures to preserve the Kryptonian race: He sends his infant son Kal-El to Earth. There, gaining great powers under Earth's yellow sun, he will become a champion of truth and justice. Raised by the Kents, an elderly farm couple, Clark Kent learns that his abilities must be used for good. The adult Clark travels to Metropolis, where he becomes a mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet...and a caped wonder whose amazing feats stun the city: Superman! Meanwhile, Lex Luthor, the world's greatest criminal mind, is plotting the greatest real estate swindle of all time. Can't even the Man of Steel stop this nefarious scheme?
I am sure I will like the new movie with the new Chris Reeve lookalike, but this one is a definite classic, especially in the opening scenes on Krypton and then the early life of Superman. Then things start moving along at a fast pace with Superman's career as Clark Kent in Metropolis. The scenes with Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor are classic comic villainy. The movie is a great classic with outstanding pre-CGI Age special effects. Great blue screen and animation effects. Look Ma--no wires! You will truly believe a man can fly with the viewing of this great, touching classic telling of the Superman story, pretty close to the original comic book storyline. In fact, this movie is better than what they have done to Superman in the comics in the 80's and 90's, trying to reinvent the character. I am of the old school that believes "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!" This movie tells the tale properly and with a lot of fun and visual wizardry mixed in. You will love it. I didn't like the Superman movies after this one II, III and IV were just a shadow of the original. The stories were way off. This movie stands as THE Superman movie of the 20th century and the new movie coming out June 28 will stand out as the Superman movie of the 21st.Read full review
Since "ACTION COMICS #1" in 1938, We have seen the Kal-El from planet Krypton go from a tough-skinned person who is extremely nimble, observant, and fast, who can jump great heights and distances to actually becoming a god-messiah with powers over life, who can turn back time and raise the dead! This installment of tomato-soup-er-man features an excellent musical score, and an all-star cast. - Very entertaining and humorous interpretation!
This extended version of the classic 1978 SUPERMAN:THE MOVIE has 10 minutes of added footage from the archives that have been incorporated into the already classic motion picture. Christopher Reeves gives a performance and portrayal of Superman like no other actor has ever given of the comic book character ever since Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster created Superman in 1938. A great cast of actors such as Marlon Brando playing Superman's father Jor-El and Gene Hackman's unforgettable portrayal of Lex Luthor have already blessed this flick along with state of the art special effects. During that time in 1978 these effects were top notch for a motion picture considering there wasn't computer animation to enhance special effects that are used in today's movies such as Jurassic Park (1993) or Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2003), Lord of the Rings (2004) and Superman Returns. So for a very entertaining movie for action, comedy and family fun entertainment, Superman:The Motion Picture the Extended Version has all that. Furthermore: John Williams created an excellent sound track for this motion picture and it is being used in SUPERMAN RETURNS due out on dvd on 11/28/06. For further reviews or background research check out the website supermantv.net. CAST: Superman/Clark Kent.........................................Christopher Reeve Lex Luthor..................................................Gene Hackman Jor-El......................................................Marlon Brando Lois Lane...................................................Margot Kidder Perry White.................................................Jackie Cooper Jonathan Kent...............................................Glen Ford Otis........................................................Ned Beatty Lara........................................................Susannah York General Zod.................................................Terence Stamp Jimmy Olson.................................................Mark McClure Miss Tessmarker.............................................Valerie PerrineRead full review
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