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Superman

Summary: An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Release Date: December 15, 1978

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Richard Donner

Writers: Jerry Siegel

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Dovemead Films, Film Export A.G., International Film Production

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Creative Design, Warner Archive Collection, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, Panama

Language: English

Franchise: Superman

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 134,478,449

International: $ 166,000,000

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1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s action hero adopted son adoption aftershock airforce one airplane airplane accident alien alien contact alien planet alien superhero alley alter ego ambulance american football american midwest anthropogenic earthquake army artificial earthquake assistant assumed identity audio flashback avalanche baby backward time travel backwards time travel balcony bare chested boy bare chested male bare chested man barefoot boy barn based on comic based on comic book based on play big breasts blockbuster boy nudity bullet catching bumbling sidekick california cameo camera camera shot of feet camp campy cape caped superhero car carried by a flying man carried by a flying person cat cat stuck in tree catastrophe catching someone who falls cemetery character appears on front page of a newspaper character name in title cheerleader child nudity christ allegory cigar smoking cigarette holder cigarette smoking city clark kent character cleavage close up of eye close up of eyes close up of lips close up of mouth comic book comic relief coming of age compassion control panel convertible convoy costume costumed hero crime fighter criminal cruise missile crying crystal crystal machine daily planet dam dam burst damsel in distress dc comics death death of father desert deus ex machina disaster disaster film disguise dog drowning dual identity earth viewed from space earthquake editorial office ensemble cast epic epic sci fi escape evil exploding gasoline station exploding planet explosion extraterrestrial extraterrestrial human extraterrestrial man extraterrestrial superhero fainting fainting woman falling from height falling out a window family relationships famous opening theme famous score farm father son relationship female journalist female newspaper reporter female reporter female stockinged feet female stockinged legs fictional city fictional planet final scene first date first of series first part flat tire flying flying man flying superhero fortress of solitude foster parent foundling funeral galaxy gas station gender in title general zod character glasses globe glowing crystal glowing crystal stick golden gate bridge good versus evil governmentia great plains growing up guide animal guided missile hackensack new jersey hairy chest heart attack helicopter helicopter accident henchman hero heroism high school high school football hold up hollywood sign hologram hoover dam hugging human alien hyper speed hyperspace idealism imprisonment incarceration indoor swimming pool infant innocence interspecies romance interview invulnerability jewel thief jimmy olsen character jor el character journalism journalist kansas killed by a train krypton the planet kryptonian kryptonite lana lang character laser beam leitmotif lens flare lex luthor character library lightning lois lane character loss of father loss of husband love love interest male alien male extraterrestrial male female relationship male kryptonian male nudity male protagonist male time traveler man wears eyeglasses manhattan new york city martha kent character megalomaniac meteorite metropolis the city midwest mission mother son hug mother son relationship motor vehicle movie score mugger mugging murder of a police officer national film registry native american nerd new jersey new york city news crew news reporter newspaper newspaper editor newspaper man newspaper photograph newspaper reporter north pole nuclear missile nuclear weapons nude boy nude young male office one word title orchestral music score origin of hero origin story orphan outer space pantyhose part of tetralogy pay phone perry white character phantom zone photographer pistol planet police police chase police officer police surveillance prison product placement prologue psychotronic film radiation red cape red supergiant star reference to cinderella reference to george armstrong custer reference to peter pan reporter rescue reverse footage revolver revolving door robber rocket launching rooftop rotorcraft rural setting sabotage san andreas fault san francisco california scene before opening credits school bus scientist screaming woman secret headquarters secret hideout secret identity sequel baiting sequel mentioned during end credits sexy woman shared universe shootout shot back to back sidekick slimehouse smallville space travel spacecraft spaceship speed starship statue of liberty new york city storybook in opening shot struck by lightning subterranean subway sun sunrise suntan pantyhose super genius super speed super strength super villain superhero superhero action superhero adventure superhero crying superhero origin superhero sci fi superhuman superman character supernatural power supernova supervillain supporting player given top billing surprise ending surrogate family surveillance swimming pool teenager telephone booth telephone box telephone pole television reporter test launch thunderstorm time dilation time lapse photography time reversal time travel time traveler timeframe 1940s timeframe 1950s timeframe 1960s timeframe 1970s title spoken by character toupee train transformation trapped in a mirror trapped underwater trial troubled production ultrasonic underwater scene urban setting vehicle villain villain arrested violence water boy wheat field woman wears a red dress world domination world trade center manhattan new york city x ray vision yacht year 1948 year 1966 year 1978 yelling for help

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