Superman (1978)
Superman (1978)

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Cast & Crew.

Christopher Reeve
Clark Kent / Superman

Margot Kidder
Lois Lane

Gene Hackman
Lex Luthor

Marlon Brando
Jor-El

Ned Beatty
Otis

Jackie Cooper
Perry White

Glenn Ford
Pa Kent

Trevor Howard
1st Elder

Jack O'Halloran
Non

Valerie Perrine
Eve Teschmacher

Maria Schell
Vond-Ah

Terence Stamp
General Zod

Phyllis Thaxter
Ma Kent

Susannah York
Lara

Jeff East
Young Clark Kent

Marc McClure
Jimmy Olsen

Sarah Douglas
Ursa

Harry Andrews
2nd Elder

Diane Sherry Case
Lana Lang

Vass Anderson
3rd Elder

John Hollis
4th Elder

James Garbutt
5th Elder

Michael Gover
6th Elder

David Neal
7th Elder

William Russell
8th Elder

Penelope Lee
9th Elder

John Stuart
10th Elder

Alan Cullen
11th Elder

Aaron Smolinski
Baby Clark Kent

Billy J. Mitchell
1st Editor

Robert Henderson
2nd Editor

Larry Lamb
1st Reporter

John Cassady
3rd Reporter

John F. Parker
4th Reporter

Harry Scott
5th Reporter

Ray Evans
6th Reporter / Electrician

Miquel Brown
8th Reporter

Vincent Marzello
1st Copy Boy

Benjamin Feitelson
2nd Copy Boy

Lise Hilboldt
1st Secretary

Leueen Willoughby
2nd Secretary

Rex Reed
Rex Reed

Weston Gavin
Mugger

Steve Kahan
Officer 1

Ray Hassett
Officer 2

Randy Jurgensen
Officer 3

Matt Russo
News Vendor

Colin Skeaping
Pilot

Bo Rucker
Pimp

Paul Avery
TV Cameraman

David Baxt
Burglar

George Harris II
Patrolman Mooney

John Cording
2nd Hood

Oz Clarke
4th Hood

Rex Everhart
Desk Sergeant

Jayne Tottman
Little Girl

Frank Lazarus
Air Force One Pilot

Brian Protheroe
Co Pilot

Lawrence Trimble
1st Crewman

Robert Whelan
2nd Crewman

David Calder
3rd Crewman

Norwich Duff
Newscaster

Keith Alexander
Newscaster

Michael Ensign
Newscaster

Larry Hagman
Major

Paul Tuerpe
Sgt. Hayley

Graham McPherson
Lieutenant

David Yorston
Petty Officer

Robert O'Neill
Admiral

Robert MacLeod
General

John Ratzenberger
1st Controller

Alan Tilvern
2nd Controller

Phil Brown
State Senator

Bill Bailey
2nd Senator

Burnell Tucker
Agent

Chief Tug Smith
Indian Chief

Norman Warwick
Superchief Driver

Chuck Julian
Assistant

Mark Wynter
Mate

Roy Stevens
Warden

Noel Neill
Ella Lane (uncredited)

Kirk Alyn
Sam Lane (uncredited)

Tony Selby
Hood (uncredited)

Bruce Boa
General (extended version) (uncredited)

David de Keyser
Warden (voice) (uncredited)

Richard Donner
Man in Street (extended version) (uncredited) / Director

Harry Fielder
Policeman (uncredited)

Alan Harris
Man on Daily Planet Rooftop (uncredited)

Shane Rimmer
Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)

Marco St. John
Mugger's Arm in Alley (uncredited)

Barrie Holland
New York Businessman (uncredited)

John B. Gibson
(Uncredited)

Ilya Salkind
Executive Producer

Pierre Spengler
Producer

Joe Shuster
Characters

Jerry Siegel
Characters

Mario Puzo
Story / Screenplay

Leslie Newman
Screenplay

Robert Benton
Screenplay

Robert Lynn
Second Unit / Second Unit Director

David Newman
Screenplay

John Glen
Second Unit Director

Tom Mankiewicz
Writer

Charles F. Greenlaw
Associate Producer

Geoffrey Unsworth
Director of Photography

Stuart Baird
Editor

Michael Ellis
Editor

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting

John Barry
Production Design / Second Unit Director

Richard Hackman
Stunts

John Williams
Original Music Composer

Greg Powell
Stunts

Vic Armstrong
Stunt Coordinator

Brian Marshall
Sound Mixer

Charles Schmitz
Sound Mixer

George Dean
Painter

Leonard Green
Assistant Dialogue Editor

Norman Enfield
Additional Writing

Roy Field
Visual Effects Supervisor

Les Bowie
Special Effects Supervisor

Derek Meddings
Modeling / Visual Effects Director

Brian Smithies
Modeling

Elaine Schreyeck
Continuity

Zoran Perisic
Special Effects

Geoffrey Helman
Production Executive

Timothy Burrill
Production Supervisor

David Lane
Second Unit Director

Tim Hampton
Production Supervisor

Maria Monreal
Executive Assistant

Jeanne Ferber
Executive Assistant

Peter A. Runfolo
Production Manager

Les Kimber
Production Manager

Austen Jewell
Production Manager

Chris Coles
Location Manager

David Tomblin
Assistant Director / Second Unit Director

Peter MacDonald
Camera Operator

John Richardson
Special Effects

R.A. MacDonald
Special Effects

Michael J. Duthie
Production Coordinator

Dominic Fulford
Assistant Director

Vincent Winter
Assistant Director

Michael Dryhurst
Assistant Director

Allan James
Assistant Director

Gareth Tandy
Assistant Director

Jerry Grandey
Assistant Director

Michael Rauch
Assistant Director

Bud Grace
Assistant Director

Steve Lanning
Second Assistant Director

Roy Button
Second Assistant Director

Michael Green
Second Assistant Director

Kieron Phipps
Second Assistant Director

Charles Marriott
Second Assistant Director

Vic Smith
Second Assistant Director

Keith Lund
Second Assistant Director

Michael Hook
Second Assistant Director

Patrick Cadell
Second Assistant Director

Peter Jacobs
Second Assistant Director

Simon Milton
Second Assistant Director

Michael Murray
Second Assistant Director

Peter L. Bergquist
Second Assistant Director

Candace Suerstedt
Second Assistant Director

Kay Rawlings
Continuity

Doris Martin
Continuity

Betsy Norton
Continuity

Katya Kolpaktchy
Continuity

Josie Fulford
Continuity

Rita Davison
Continuity

Angela Martelli
Continuity

Alex Thomson
Additional Photography

Jack Atcheler
Additional Photography

Robert E. Collins
Additional Photography

Reginald H. Morris
Additional Photography

Sol Negrin
Additional Photography

Peter Allwork
Aerial Director of Photography

John Harris
Camera Operator

James Devis
Camera Operator

John Morgan
Camera Operator

Gordon Hayman
Camera Operator

Geoff Glover
Camera Operator

Ken Coles
Camera Operator

Ronnie Fox Rogers
Camera Operator

Ginger Gemmel
Camera Operator

Roy Ford
Camera Operator

Jack Lowen
Camera Operator

George Pink
Camera Operator

Lou Barlia
Camera Operator

James A. Contner
Camera Operator

Mike Chevalier
Camera Operator

Jack Courtland
Camera Operator

Howard A. Anderson III
Camera Operator

Rod Parkhurst
Camera Operator

John J. Campbell
Assistant Camera

Jonathan Taylor
Assistant Camera

Trevor Coop
Assistant Camera

Peter Versey
Assistant Camera

Ronnie Anscombe
Assistant Camera

David Lenham
Assistant Camera

John Deaton
Assistant Camera

Alan Gatward
Assistant Camera

Domenic Mastrippolito
Assistant Camera

Tom Ryan
Assistant Camera

Robert Hathaway
Music Editor

Ken Ross
Music Editor

Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator

Arthur Morton
Orchestrator

Bob Mullen
First Assistant Editor

David Beesley
Assistant Editor

Tim Jordan
Assistant Editor

Mike Round
Assistant Editor

Neil Farrell
Assistant Editor

Christopher Morris
Assistant Editor

Colin Wilson
Assistant Editor

George Akers
Assistant Editor

Michael Hopkins
Dialogue Editor

Pat Foster
Dialogue Editor

Stan Fiferman
Sound Effects

John Foster
Sound Effects

Russ Woolnough
Visual Effects Assistant Editor

Richard Raguse
Sound Mixer

Chris Large
Sound Mixer

Maurice Fowler
Supervising Art Director

Bill Brodie
Supervising Art Director

Gene Rudolf
Art Direction

Stan Jolley
Art Direction

Tony Rimmington
Draughtsman

Ted Ambrose
Draughtsman

Dennis Bosher
Draughtsman

Alan Cassie
Draughtsman

Fred Weiler
Set Decoration

Ernest Smith
Scenic Artist

Bill Beavis
Scenic Artist

Larry Cleary
Construction Manager

Jack Carter
Construction Manager

Harry Kersey
Construction Manager

Herman Lowers
Construction Manager

Michael Redding
Construction Manager

Roy Evans
Construction Manager

Terry Reed
Modeling

Cyril Forster
Modeling

Andrew Kelly
Modeling

Jeff Luff
Modeling

Tony Dunsterville
Modeling

Tadeusz Krzyzanowski
Modeling

Roy Spencer
Special Effects Technician

Terry Schubert
Special Effects Technician

Robert Nugent
Special Effects Technician

Joe Fitt
Special Effects Technician

Ron Burton
Special Effects Technician

Brian Warner
Special Effects Technician

Rodney Fuller
Special Effects Technician

Michael Dunleavy
Special Effects Technician

Jimmy Harris
Special Effects Technician

Peter Biggs
Special Effects Technician

Frank Richardson
Special Effects Technician

Peter Pickering
Special Effects Technician

George Ball
Property Master

Danny Skundric
Property Master

Eddie Francis
Props

Douglas Noakes
Production Accountant

Graham Henderson
Assistant Accountant

Bob Penn
Still Photographer

Douglas Luke
Still Photographer

Ruth Morley
Costumer

Helen Gill
Wardrobe Assistant

Eddie Silva
Wardrobe Assistant

Austin Cooper
Wardrobe Assistant

Janet Tebrooke
Wardrobe Assistant

Colin Wilson
Wardrobe Assistant

Elvira Angelinetta
Wardrobe Assistant

Maurice Gillett
Chief Lighting Technician

John Tythe
Chief Lighting Technician

Ray Meehan
Electrician

John May
Electrician

Harry Woodley
Electrician

Bert Bosher
Electrician

Freddie Webster
Electrician

Jack Thetford
Electrician

Mary Selway
Casting

Alf Joint
Stunt Coordinator

Alex Stevens
Stunt Coordinator

Paul Weston
Stunts

George Lane Cooper
Stunts

Wendy Leech
Stunts

Bill Weston
Stunts

Stuart Fell
Stunts

Richard E. Butler
Stunts

Doug Ferris
Matte Painter

Ray Caple
Matte Painter

Liz Lettman
Matte Painter

Eric Tomlinson
Scoring Mixer

Denis Rich
Main Title Designer / Visual Effects Designer

Pat McDermott
Hairdresser

Peter Watson
Visual Effects Editor

Ernest Archer
Art Direction

Philip Bennet
Art Direction

Stuart Craig
Art Direction

Leslie Dilley
Art Direction

Norman Dorme
Art Direction

Tony Reading
Art Direction

Norman Reynolds
Art Direction

Peter Howitt
Set Decoration

Yvonne Blake
Costume Design

Jamie Brown
Makeup Artist

Sylvia Croft
Makeup Artist

Iloe Elliott
Hairdresser

Graham Freeborn
Makeup Artist

Kay Freeborn
Makeup Artist

Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Supervisor

Darby Halpin
Hairdresser

Cathy Kevany
Hairdresser

Louis Lane
Makeup Artist

Nick Maley
Makeup Artist

Basil Newall
Makeup Artist

Connie Reeve
Makeup Artist

Phil Rhodes
Makeup Artist

Stella Rivers
Hairdresser

Joan White
Hairdresser

Robert Simmonds
Production Supervisor

Dusty Symonds
Production Manager

Steve Cooper
Set Designer
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Details.
Release DateDecember 14, 1978
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 23m
Content RatingPG
Budget$55,000,000
Box Office$300,500,000
Filming LocationsAlberta, Canada · New York City · New Mexico · San Francisco, United States · Pinewood Studios, United Kingdom
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Superman (also marketed as Superman: The Movie) is a 1978 superhero film based on DC Comics featuring the eponymous character, played by Christopher Reeve. It is the first of four installments in the Superman film series starring Reeve as Superman. The film was directed by Richard Donner based on a screenplay by Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, and Robert Benton. The film features an ensemble cast including Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Jeff East, Margot Kidder, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Trevor Howard, Marc McClure, Terence Stamp, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Jack O'Halloran, Maria Schell, and Sarah Douglas. It depicts the origin of Superman, including his infancy as Kal-El of Krypton, son of Jor-El (Brando), and his youthful years in the rural town of Smallville. Disguised as reporter Clark Kent, he adopts a mild-mannered disposition in Metropolis and develops a romance with Lois Lane (Kidder) while battling the villainous Lex Luthor (Hackman).
Ilya Salkind had the idea of a Superman film in 1973 and, after a difficult process with DC Comics, the Salkinds bought the rights to the character the following year. Several directors, most notably Guy Hamilton, and screenwriters were associated with the project before Donner was hired to direct. Tom Mankiewicz was drafted in to rewrite the script and was given a creative consultant credit. It was decided to film both Superman and its sequel Superman II (1980) simultaneously, with principal photography beginning in March 1977 and ending in October 1978. Tensions arose between Donner and the producers, and a decision was made to stop filming the sequel, of which 75 percent had already been completed, and finish the first film.
The most expensive film made up to that point, with a budget of $55 million, Superman premiered at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on December 10, 1978, and was released in the United Kingdom on December 14, and in the United States on December 15. The film was a critical and financial success; its worldwide box office earnings of $300 million made it the second-highest-grossing release of the year. It received praise for Reeve's performance and John Williams's musical score, and was nominated for Best Film Editing, Best Music (Original Score), and Best Sound at the 51st Academy Awards, and received a Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects. Groundbreaking in its use of special effects and science fiction/fantasy storytelling, the film's legacy presaged the mainstream popularity of Hollywood's superhero film franchises. In 2017, Superman was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress's National Film Registry.
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