Superman (1978)
First screened in July 2025

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Director: Richard Donner. Cast: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Cooper, Jeff East, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York, Trevor Howard, Marc McClure, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Jack O'Halloran, Sarah Douglas, Harry Andrews, Larry Hagman, John Ratzenberger. Screenplay: Mario Puzo, David Newman, and Leslie Newman & Robert Benton (based on characters and storylines created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster).

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Photo © 1978 Warner Bros. Pictures

In Brief: It's an innovator! It's a proud throwback! Visually, tonally, and storywise, it's a near-shambles. I guess it's Superman?

VOR: ③  Clearly vital to a genre legacy that is very much a mixed blessing. Odd effort at staging our sunniest hero in our bleakest film decade.

Grade: B–

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Academy Nominations and Winners:
	Best Film Editing: Stuart Baird
	Best Original Score: John Williams
	Best Sound: Gordon K. McCallum, Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Roy Charman
★	Best Visual Effects: Les Bowie, Colin Chivers, Denys N. Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic
Golden Globe Nominations:
	Best Original Score: John Williams
Other Awards:
	British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Roles (Reeve)

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