DVD 150 min. IMDB 7.1

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Fantasy

Marlon Brando	Jor-El
Gene Hackman	Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve	Clark Kent/Superman
Margot Kidder	Lois Lane
Ned Beatty	Otis
Jackie Cooper	Perry White
Glenn Ford	Jonathan Kent
Trevor Howard	First Elder
Jack O'Halloran	Non
Valerie Perrine	Eve Teschmacher

Regisseur	Richard Donner
Producent	Alexander Salkind; Pierre Spengler
Schrijver	Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster

Richard Donner 's big-budget blockbuster Superman: The Movie is an immensely entertaining recounting of the origin of the famous comic book character. Opening on Krypton (where Marlon Brando plays Superman's father), the film follows the Man of Steel ( Christopher Reeve ) as he's sent to Earth where he develops his alter-ego Clark Kent and is raised by a Midwestern family. In no time, the movie has run through his teenage years, and Clark gets a job at the Daily Planet, where he is a news reporter. It's there that he falls in love with Lois Lane ( Margot Kidder ), who is already in love with Superman. But the love story is quickly sidetracked once the villainous Lex Luthor ( Gene Hackman ) launches a diabolical plan to conquer the world and kill Superman. Superman: The Movie is filled with action, special effects and a surprising amount of humor. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine