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Category: 13
All Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 1978
Country: UK, USA
Runtime: 143
Rating: (0)
Languages: English
Director: Richard Donner
Sound: Mono, 70 mm 6-Track, Dolby
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You'll Believe a Man Can Fly!

The movie that makes a legend come to life.

Writing by: Jerry Siegel - (creator: Superman) &
Joe Shuster - (creator: Superman)
Mario Puzo - (story)
Mario Puzo - (screenplay) and
David Newman - (screenplay) and
Leslie Newman - (screenplay) &
Robert Benton - (screenplay)
Tom Mankiewicz - uncredited

Produced by: Charles F. Greenlaw - associate producer
Alexander Salkind - producer
Ilya Salkind - executive producer
Pierre Spengler - producer
Michael Thau - producer (2000 restoration)
Richard Lester - producer (uncredited)

Cast: Marlon Brando - Jor-El
Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve - Superman / Clark Kent
Ned Beatty - Otis
Jackie Cooper - Perry White
Glenn Ford - Jonathan Kent
Trevor Howard - 1st Elder
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane
Jack O'Halloran - Non
Valerie Perrine - Eve Teschmacher
Maria Schell - Vond-Ah

Music: John Williams
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Plot Outline: 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.
Plot: 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?

Movie Quotes: Lois Lane: Any more at home like you?
Clark Kent: Uh, not really, no.

Crazy Credits: We know about 6 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Next Year: "Superman II"

Goofs: We know about 38 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Jor-El wears an alien device with an uncanny resemblance to a Rolex watch on his wrist.

Trivia: There are 73 entries in the trivia list - like these:
Steven Spielberg was offered the chance to direct this film, but the producers balked at the salary he asked for. They decided to wait until they saw how "this fish movie" (Jaws (1975)) that he had just completed did at the box office. The movie was a huge success, and Spielberg went on to other projects.
Guy Hamilton was originally hired to direct this movie, which was scheduled to shoot in Italy. When production was moved to England for monetary reasons, Hamilton backed out because of his status at the time as a tax exile, meaning he could only be in England for thirty days out of every year.
Among the actresses who screen tested for the role of Lois Lane were Anne Archer, Lesley Ann Warren, Deborah Raffin, Susan Blakely and Stockard Channing.