Seen here, Margot Kidder seems like a dark horse for the role, appearing in what has to be the most wretched housedress ever patched together. Yet the producers clearly saw something in her work with Reeve - who appears in an early prototype Superman costume, armpit stains and all. Kidder, apparently, was one of the few to recognize the possibilities of playing all the angles of a romantic triangle with both Superman and his alter ego, mild-mannered farm boy Clark Kent. The Development of Superman'' features new interviews with both Kidder and Reeve and is hosted by ex-Jimmy Olson, Marc McClure. I'll see him walk again.
Extras pop up only on the first disc.
From a man of steel to a man of the mean streets of Philadelphia. Stallone is remarkably insightful as he describes how the spirit of his initial script, written in just three days, was the impact of unrealized dreams - how most people must deal with the reality that they will never be the people they thought they could be. There are three featurettes here, including an eight-minute tribute to actor Burgess Meredith. Because the film has to be one of the worst transfers to digital, filled with a disturbing flurry of specks onscreen that should have been cleaned up. The champ deserved better - and so does the viewer.