Director Richard Donner’s version of the Superman tale was the first of the modern big-budget superhero movies and remains an exciting & highly influential film. Star Christopher Reeve rose to fame in the title role supported by a strong cast including Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper & Glenn Ford.
“4 Stars. Superman is a pure delight, a wondrous combination of all the old-fashioned things we never really get tired of: adventure and romance, heroes and villains, earthshaking special effects, and — you know what else? Wit. That surprised me more than anything: That this big-budget epic, which was half a decade making its way to the screen, would turn out to have an intelligent sense of humor about itself.” – Roger Ebert
Watch an invisible Steve Martin present the Oscar for Visual Effects to Superman at the 51st Academy Awards.
