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who plays superman in the new justice league
In the 2017 Justice League movie, Henry Cavill plays Superman.
and in the original 1978 movie who plays superman
With all due respect to those who came before him and those who would don the cape after, to many Christopher Reeve remains the quintessential Man Of Steel.

Question: who was the director
Self-contained rewrite: who was the director of the 1978 superman movie