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)
Plots(1)
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
David Baxt
Best movies:
The Shining (1980)
Batman (1989)
Superman (1978)
Tony Selby
UK
Best movies:
Press for Time (1966)
Superman (1978)
Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
David Calder
UK
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
United (2011) (TV movie)
Vass Anderson
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Superman (1978)
Made in Britain (1982) (TV movie)
Miquel Brown
Canada
Best movies:
Wit (2001) (TV movie)
Superman (1978)
French Kiss (1995)
Harry Fielder
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Chuck Julian
Best movies:
Snatch (2000)
Superman (1978)
The War Lover (1962)
Bruce Boa
Canada
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Omen (1976)
William Russell
UK
Best movies:
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Alan Cullen
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Superman (1978)
Robert Henderson
USA
Weston Gavin
USA
Best movies:
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Superman (1978)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Rex Reed
USA
Best movies:
Superman (1978)
Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
Hurry Sundown (1967)
Michael Gover
Denmark
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Superman (1978)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Penelope Lee
UK
Best movies:
Superman (1978)
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (1985) (TV movie)
David Neal
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Middlemarch (1994) (series)
Bo Rucker
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Lock Up (1989)
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Sue Shifrin
USA
Best movies:
Superman (1978)
Graham McPherson
Best movies:
Superman (1978)
Small Sacrifices (1989) (TV movie)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)