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Supergirl
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.
1984 · Directed by Jeannot Szwarc · 124 min · Adventure · Fantasy · Action · Science Fiction · Screenplay in the scene database · 14 frames
Tagline
Her first great adventure.
Plot
Kara Zor-El, cousin of Kal-El, and Jor-El's niece, lives in Argo City, an isolated community that survived the planet Krypton's destruction by being transported into a pocket of trans-dimensional space, called the "Innerspace". Zaltar, a wizard, has allowed Kara to observe a powerful item known as the "Omegahedron," which powers Argo and which he has borrowed without the knowledge of the city's government. However, a mishap leads to the Omegahedron being rocketed into space. Taking a ship, Kara follows the Omegahedron to Earth, transforming to "Supergirl" in the process, to recover it and save Argo City.
On Earth, the Omegahedron is recovered by Selena, a power-hungry would-be witch assisted by the feckless Bianca, seeking to free herself from a relationship with the warlock (and school teacher) Nigel. Whilst not knowing exactly what it is, Selena quickly realizes the Omegahedron is powerful and can give her true magic. Kara arrives on Earth and is granted new powers by its environment and the radiation of its sun like Superman. While seeking the Omegahedron, she creates the cover identity "Linda Lee" and enrolls at an all-girls school where she befriends Lois Lane's sister Lucy Lane. Kara also meets and becomes enamored with Ethan, a school groundskeeper.
Ethan also catches the eye of Selena, who drugs him with a love potion, which will make him fall in love with the first person he sees for a day. Ethan regains consciousness in Selena's absence and wanders out into the streets. An angry Selena uses her newfound powers to animate a construction vehicle to retrieve Ethan, causing chaos as it does so. Supergirl, in the guise of Linda, rescues Ethan, and he falls in love with her instead. Declaring that nobody gets in her way, Selena desires to seek out the student.
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Crew
- Screenplay: David Odell
- Cinematography: Alan Hume
- Edited by: Malcolm Cooke
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Production design: Richard Macdonald
- Produced by: Timothy Burrill
Cast
- Helen Slater as Supergirl / Linda Lee
- Faye Dunaway as Selena
- Peter O'Toole as Zaltar
- Hart Bochner as Ethan
- Mia Farrow as Alura
- Simon Ward as Zor-El
- Peter Cook as Nigel
- Brenda Vaccaro as Bianca
- Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen
- Maureen Teefy as Lucy Lane
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: Czech, English
- Studios: Artistry, Alexander and Ilya Salkind Productions
- Budget: $35,000,000
- Box office: $14,296,438
- Themes: magic, superhero, laser, based on comic, alternate dimension, teenage girl, female protagonist, gardener, occult, heroine
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