Superman (also marketed as Superman: The Movie) is a 1978 superhero film based on DC Comics featuring the eponymous character, played by Christopher Reeve. It is the first of four installments in the Superman film series starring Reeve as Superman.

Superman: Directed by Richard Donner. With Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty. An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Nov 8, 2020 · The 1978 original theatrical cut of Superman, from my own 1979 VHS copy from WCI Home Video.

Superman #1 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1939. It was published on May 18, 1939. The doomed planet Krypton was about to explode. A scientist on it placed his infant son in a rocket-ship that eventually landed on Earth. It was found by John & Mary Kent, who turned the baby over to an orphanage.

Academy Award-winners Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman head an all-star cast in the fantastic, action-packed film that made Christopher Reeve an international star playing the greatest...

From the doomed planet Krypton, a baby boy is sent to Earth where he grows up to be a mild-mannered reporter with powers far beyond those of mortals.

Just before the destruction of the planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El sends his infant son Kal-El on a spaceship to Earth. Raised by kindly farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, young Clark discovers the source of his superhuman powers and moves to Metropolis to fight evil.

Superman (1978) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Nov 4, 2010 · “Superman” pointed the way for a B picture genre of earlier decades to transform itself into the ruling genre of today. When the flamboyant producer Alexander Salkind announced his film and signed Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman for …

Jor-El of Krypton sends his baby to Earth, where he grows up as Clark Kent and works at the Daily Planet.