Release Date: 5/1/2001 Original Release: 1978 Format: DVD Length: 151 minutes Rating:PG (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 012569101326 Studio: Warner Home Video
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). The film's all-star cast includes Jackie Cooper, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford, Terence Stamp, and Valerie Perrine, among others, all camping it up wonderfully.
DVD Features
2-Disc Set Region 1 Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Letterbox - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Film Highlights Deleted Scenes Trailers: 1. 2. Original Theatrical Trailer Alternate Audio Tracks: Alternate dialogue and scoring Isolated Audio Track: John William's Score in Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio Commentary: Richard Donner - Director, Tom Mankiewicz - Creative Consultant Making Of: 1. THE MAGIC BEHIND THE CAPE 2. MAKING SUPERMAN: FILMING THE LEGEND 3. SCREEN TESTS 4. TAKING FLIGHT: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERMAN DVD-ROM Features: Storyboards
Related Items
People who purchased Superman: The Movie 2-Disc Set DVD also purchased:
Ah, they just don't make 'em like this anymore, do they? An old school epic of the grandest variety, Richard Donner's 1978 take on Superman is still the definitive version: Who doesn't immediately... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on February 26, 2006
Reviewed by: Justin
Twenty-five some odd years later, this bright, bold superhero movie is still the classic (and maybe the best). The movie's characteristic mark is its straightforwardness, powerfully suggested due to... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
