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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.
1978 · Directed by Richard Donner · 144 min · Science Fiction · Action · Adventure · 11 frames
Tagline
You'll believe a man can fly.
Crew
- Screenplay: Robert Benton, David Newman, Leslie Newman, Mario Puzo
- Written by: Tom Mankiewicz
- Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth
- Edited by: Stuart Baird, Michael Ellis
- Music: John Williams
- Production design: John Barry
- Produced by: Pierre Spengler
Cast
- Christopher Reeve as Superman / Clark Kent
- Margot Kidder as Lois Lane
- Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor
- Marlon Brando as Jor-El
- Ned Beatty as Otis
- Jackie Cooper as Perry White
- Glenn Ford as Pa Kent
- Trevor Howard as 1st Elder
- Jack O'Halloran as Non
- Valerie Perrine as Eve Teschmacher
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Dovemead Films, Alexander and Ilya Salkind Productions, International Film Production
- Budget: $55,000,000
- Box office: $300,478,449
- Themes: galaxy, journalist, saving the world, secret identity, crime fighter, superhero, nuclear missile, based on comic, destruction of planet, criminal
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