SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE
RATED PG | 143 MINUTES | DECEMBER 15, 1978
Just before the destruction of the planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El (Marlon Brando) sends his infant son Kal-El on a spaceship to Earth. Raised by kindly farmers Jonathan (Glenn Ford) and Martha Kent (Phyllis Thaxter), young Clark (Christopher Reeve) discovers the source of his superhuman powers and moves to Metropolis to fight evil. As Superman, he battles the villainous Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman), while, as novice reporter Clark Kent, he attempts to woo co-worker Lois Lane (Margot Kidder).
CAST AND CREW
MARLON BRANDO
JOR-EL
GENE HACKMAN
LEX LUTHOR
CHRISTOPHER REEVE
SUPERMAN/CLARK KENT
NED BEATTY
OTIS
JACKIE COOPER
PERRY WHITE
GLENN FORD
PA KENT
TREVOR HOWARD
1st ELDER
MARGOT KIDDER
LOIS LANE
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
CAST AND CREW
MARLON BRANDO
JOR-EL
GENE HACKMAN
LEX LUTHOR
CHRISTOPHER REEVE
SUPERMAN/CLARK KENT
NED BEATTY
OTIS
JACKIE COOPER
PERRY WHITE
GLENN FORD
PA KENT
TREVOR HOWARD
1ST ELDER
MARGOT KIDDER
LOIS LANE
JACK O'HALLORAN
NON
VALERIE PERRINE
EVE TESCHMACHER
DIRECTOR
RICHARD DONNER
SCREENPLAY
MARIO PUZO
DAVID NEWMAN
LESLIE NEWMAN
ROBERT BENTON
STORY
MARIO PUZO
PRODUCER
PIERRE SPENGLER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
ILYA SALKIND
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
GEOFFREY UNSWORTH, B.S.C.
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
JOHN BARRY
EDITOR
STUART BAIRD
MUSIC
JOHN WILLIAMS
CASTING
LYNN STALMASTER
COSTUME DESIGNER
YVONNE BLAKE
BOX OFFICE
$55 million
ESTIMATED BUDGET
$134,478,449
DOMESTIC REVENUE
$166,000,000
INTERNATIONAL REVENUE
$300,478,449
WORLDWIDE REVENUE
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