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Superman The Movie (1978) - 4 Disc Special Edition


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Four out of Five

Movie

Rating: PG (peril, some mild sensuality and language)
Length: 151 minutes

Video

Widescreen 2.40:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 2.0
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0

Captions

English, French, Spanish

Purchase

Plot

Pros

Cons

Extras

Disk 1:
  • Original 1978 theatrical version with soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Commentary by producer Pierre Spengler and executive producer Ilya Salkind
  • Theatrical trailers and TV spot
Disc 2:
  • 2000 expanded edition movie with commentary by director Richard Donner and creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz
  • Music-only audio track
Disc 3:
  • Three documentaries: Taking Flight: The Development of Superman, Making Superman: Filming the Legend, The Magic Behind the Cape
  • Restored scenes
  • Screen tests
  • Audio-only bonus: additional music cues
Disc 4:
  • Vintage TV special "The Making of Superman: The Movie"
  • 1951 Movie Superman and the Mole-Men, starring George Reeves
  • Nine Fleischer Studios Superman cartoons mastered from superior vault elements: Superman, The Mechanical Monsters, Billion Dollar Limited, The Arctic Giant, The Bulleteers, The Magnetic Telescope, Electric Earthquake, Volcano, Terror on the Midway

Recommendation

Director

Richard Donner   [Ladyhawke, Lethal Weapon I/II/III/IV, The Omen, Timeline]

Actors

Ned Beatty - Otis
[1941, All the President's Men, Deliverance, Network, Superman II]
Marlon Brando - Jor-El
[Apocalypse Now, The Formula, The Godfather, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Julius Caesar, Mutiny on the Bounty, Reflections In A Golden Eye, The Score, The Teahouse Of The August Moon, The Young Lions]
Jackie Cooper - Perry White
[Superman II/III/IV]
Jeff East - Young Clark Kent
Glenn Ford - Jonathan Kent
[Midway]
Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor
[Bonnie and Clyde, Crimson Tide, The French Connection, Hoosiers, Mississippi Burning, The Poseidon Adventure, The Quick and the Dead (1995), Superman II/IV, Unforgiven]
Trevor Howard - 1st Elder
[Battle of Britain, Mary Queen of Scots, The Third Man, Von Ryan's Express]
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane
[Amityville Horror, Black Christmas (1974), Superman II/III/IV]
Jack O'Halloran - Non
[Superman II]
Valerie Perrine - Eve Teschmacher
[Superman II]
Christopher Reeve - Superman/Clark Kent
[Superman II/III/IV, Village of the Damned (1995)]
Maria Schell - Vond-Ah
Terence Stamp - General Zod
[Elektra, Get Smart, Red Planet, Star Wars Episode I, Superman II, Valkyrie, Wanted]
Phyllis Thaxter - Martha Kent
Susannah York - Lara
[A Man for All Seasons, Battle of Britain, Superman II]

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