Superman
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1978
2h 23m
PG
English
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
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Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Superman
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
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Cast
Clark Kent / Superman
Lois Lane
Lex Luthor
Jor-El
Otis
Perry White
Pa Kent
1st Elder
Eve Teschmacher
Vond-Ah
General Zod
Ma Kent
Lara
Young Clark Kent
Jimmy Olsen
Ursa
2nd Elder
Lana Lang
3rd Elder
4th Elder
5th Elder
6th Elder
7th Elder
8th Elder
Directed By: Richard Donner
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AlexanderZ
/10 8 years ago
We all have unique reasons for loving a film. That's what makes cinema so magical. It's personal. You can love the meat of the movie, or you can love the trimmings.
There's a bunch of good stuff here. Most people my age will refer to "Superman" as THE definitive superhero fil More
There's a bunch of good stuff here. Most people my age will refer to "Superman" as THE definitive superhero fil More
simonynwa
/10 11 years ago
The superhero film by which all those that followed are measured and rightly so. It is also no surprise that introducing a new Superman in the modern era has proved so difficult with such a perfect origin story already committed to film, as the split opinion over Man of Steel proves. From the openin More
Wuchak
4 years ago
_**"Miss Teschmacher!"**_
I didn't catch "Superman" (1978) until over 25 years after its release. It's a great superhero flick with a lot of wit, well worthy of its reputation. Although a couple of things are understandably dated, like the flying sequences and Clark Kent's glasses (which are so B More
I didn't catch "Superman" (1978) until over 25 years after its release. It's a great superhero flick with a lot of wit, well worthy of its reputation. Although a couple of things are understandably dated, like the flying sequences and Clark Kent's glasses (which are so B More
CinemaSerf
one year ago
John Williams' epic overture is used to good effect to help illustrate the pretty stellar cast (Christoph Reeve gets only third billing) as this story opens with us on the icebound planet of "Krypton" where "Jor-El" (Marlon Brando) is encouraging his high council members to pass sentence on the trea More
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