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Superman
Director:
Richard Donner
(Dir)
Release Date:
1978
Premiere Information:
Los Angeles and New York openings: 15 Dec 1978
Duration (in mins):
148
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Cast:
Marlon Brando
(Jor-El)
Gene Hackman
(Lex Luthor)
Christopher Reeve
(Superman/Clark Kent)
Ned Beatty
(Otis)
Jackie Cooper
(Perry White)
Production Company:
Dovemead, Ltd.
Distribution Company:
Warner Bros., Inc.
(Warner Communications, Inc.)
Director:
Richard Donner
(Dir)
Producer:
Pierre Spengler
(Prod)
Writer:
Mario Puzo
(Scr)
David Newman
(Scr)
Leslie Newman
(Scr)
Robert Benton
(Scr)
Mario Puzo
(Story)
Photography:
Geoffrey Unsworth
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
John Barry
(Prod des)
Film Editor:
Stuart Baird
(Film ed)
Michael Ellis
(Film ed)
Music:
John Williams
(Mus)
MPAA Rating:
PG
Country:
Great Britain, Switzerland, Panama and United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Based on the comic strip "Superman" by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, copyrighted by DC Comics (1933--1988).
Authors:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Film Export, A.G.
13/12/1978
dd/mm/yyyy
PA20921
Physical Properties:
Sd:
col:
Genre:
Adventure
Sub-Genre:
Superhero
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Hollywood Reporter
13 Dec 1978
p. 16, 24.
Los Angeles Times
15 Dec 1978
p. 1.
New York Times
15 Dec 1978
p. 15.
Variety
13 Dec 1978
p. 24.
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