Superman, The Movie: Special Edition

A scientist from Krypton sends his son to Earth to save him from the planets destruction, and the son grows up to become Superman, using his powers to protect people and fight crime, including stopping Lex Luthors plan to destroy California, even though he is weakened by Kryptonite. Superman, The Movie: Special Edition is a 1978 English-language Action Action film featuring Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford and Byron Sotiris. The movie is inspired from Superman by Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster. Superman, The Movie: Special Edition was Produced by Pierre Spengler and Richard Lester. Superman, The Movie: Special Edition is written by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, Robert Benton and Tom Mankiewicz and it is directed by Richard Donner. Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Superman, The Movie: Special Edition was released on 14th December 1978 and takes a screen time of 143 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Superman, The Movie: Special Edition was made on a budget of $55 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $300 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman and Robert Benton. Cinematography was done by Geoffrey Unsworth and editing by Stuart Baird and Michael Ellis. The music was composed by Academy Award Oscar winner John Williams.