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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0663286201587
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Creative Design Art
Manufacturer: Creative Design Art
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Creative Design Art
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 25, 2003
Running Time: 154 minutes
Sales Rank: 111189
Studio: Creative Design Art
Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 1978
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Richard Donner's 1978 epic about the Man of Steel showed how a film about a superhero could be a moving and romantic experience even for people who long ago gave up comic books. Beginning on the icy planet Krypton, the story follows the baby Kal-El, whose rocket ship lands in Smallville, Kansas. He is found there by a childless couple and raised as the shy Clark Kent (the young Kent is played by Jeff East). The film is perhaps most touching in these sequences, with expanses of wheat fields blowing in the wind and with a young man who can't figure out what part in destiny his great powers are meant to play. The second half, with Reeve taking over as Clark/Superman, is bustling, enchanting (the scene in which Superman flies girlfriend Lois Lane--played by Margot Kidder--through the night sky is great date material), and funny, thanks largely to Gene Hackman's sardonic portrayal of nemesis Lex Luthor. --Tom Keogh
Average Rating: 
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You would be hard pressed to come up with a better introduction of Superman to the big screen. Under the direction of Richard Donner, Superman flies not only on film, but in our imaginations. This is not the first attempt at a live-action Superman, and it is far from the last, but with a lot of work, it was the first realistic portrayal of the man of steel's powers. They knew going in that sub-par effects work would kill the magic of this movie, which is why they spent more R&D on making Superman ... Read More
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The blu-ray version of "Superman: The Movie" leaves out one of the most important features of the DVD version: the original stereo sound mix. In order to make a 5.1 mix for the DVD release, the studio had to re-create the sound effects for the entire movie. Unfortunately, they did a terrible job. Everything sounds over done, like in the THX/The Audience Is Listening short. Imagine if they "re did" the sound effects for Star Wars? That would be stupid right? At least give us the option to have ... Read More
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I saw this film in theaters way back in '78! I loved it then and it holds up quite well today. The FX are great for the time and for the most part look fine. Reeve's gave Clark Kent/Superman so much character and to me he will always be Superman. This is a very entertaining film and it's doesn't take itself too seriously. Lots of humor and terrific performances by all the key players.
If I have one or two complaints it's that the Superman and Lois flying sequence is too long and I didn't ... Read More
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Good movie...Sit back and enjoy until you feel at one point of time, " isn't Superman overdoing a bit.."infact the scene involving the Anti rotation of the earth is such hight of stupidity but you go through with it as you are well ware of the hyper psuedocreativity...
all thanks to Late Christopher Reeve for bringing the real imagination of every human who has read the DC Comics of the superman...
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Valerie Perrine as Eve Teschmacher and Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor are the interesting couple. Christopher Reeve fell from a horse and spent his last years paralyzed. I saw irony in the myth and perhaps a curse on the character. Others noted Reeve's heroism. A quote from Hackman stayed with me, "Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe."
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