Directed by:
Richard DonnerCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthComposer:
John WilliamsCast:
Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine (more)VOD (3)
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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). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Christopher Reeve
USA
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Noises Off... (1992)
Marlon Brando
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Gene Hackman
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Unforgiven (1992)
Ned Beatty
USA
Best movies:
Toy Story 3 (2010)
All the President's Men (1976)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Jackie Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Glenn Ford
Canada
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Gilda (1946)
The Big Heat (1953)
Trevor Howard
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Gandhi (1982)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Margot Kidder
Canada
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
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Jack O'Halloran
USA
Best movies:
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Superman (1978)
March or Die (1977)
Valerie Perrine
USA
Best movies:
Lenny (1974)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
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Maria Schell
Austria
Best movies:
Gervaise (1956)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Cimarron (1960)
Terence Stamp
UK
Best movies:
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Wall Street (1987)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Phyllis Thaxter
USA
Best movies:
Act of Violence (1948)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
The Breaking Point (1950)
Susannah York
UK
Best movies:
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Freud (1962)
Marc McClure
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Jeff East
USA
Best movies:
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
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Superman (1978)
Sarah Douglas
UK
Best movies:
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
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Harry Andrews
UK
Best movies:
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
John Stuart
UK
Best movies:
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Superman (1978)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Lise Hilboldt
USA
Best movies:
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The Hunger (1983)