Superman (1978 film)

Superman (stylized as Superman: The Movie) is a 1978 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name.
==Synopsis==
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.Superman - IMDB - Retrieved 8 February 2022
==Cast==
* Marlon Brando as Jor-El
* Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor
* Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent / Superman
** Jeff East as the teenage Clark Kent
* Ned Beatty as Otis
* Jackie Cooper as Perry White
* Glenn Ford as Jonathan Kent
* Trevor Howard as the First Elder
* Margot Kidder as Lois Lane
* Jack O'Halloran as Non: Large and mute, the third of the Kryptonian villains who are sentenced to be isolated in the Phantom Zone.
* Valerie Perrine as Eve Teschmacher
* Maria Schell as Vond-Ah
* Terence Stamp as General Zod
* Phyllis Thaxter as Martha Kent
* Susannah York as Lara
* Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen
* Sarah Douglas as Ursa
* Harry Andrews as the Second Elder
==Reception==
=== Contemporary ===
Roger Ebert gave the film four stars on its release, stating, "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."Superman - Roger Ebert - 15 December 1978 - RogerEbert.Com - Retrieved 8 February 2022
==Links==
*Superman on Wikipedia
*Superman on Encyclopædia Britannica
*Superman on IMDB
*Superman: The Movie on TV Tropes
==References==
Category:Superman
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Category:Real American superhero films
Category:Real films released in 1978