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Superman Sponsored by Texas Gas Service 1978 | PG-13 | Action, Adventure | d. Richard Donner Marlon Brando, Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman |
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| Based on the DC comic book hero, Superman the movie portrays the familiar history of the Man of Steel. When the scientist Jor-El (Marlon Brando) realizes the planet Krypton is doomed, he sends his infant son Kal-El on a rocket ship to Earth. Kal-El grows up with his adoptive human parents, the Clarks, but learns of his true origins and powers. Christopher Reeve, who plays Clark Kent and Superman, seems to have stepped right out of the pages of a comic book with his slick black hair, piercing blue eyes and a torso shaped by months of pre-production workouts. His true acting ability comes through in his comic portrayal of the hapless Clark Kent. As in the comic books, Superman must save the world from criminal mastermind Lex Luther (Gene Hackman) who has engineered bi-coastal earthquakes that force Superman to choose between saving the world or the ones he loves. The John Williams Oscar-nominated score keeps emotions high. Watching this Richard Donner classic, “You will believe a man can fly!” - Ann Horak | ||