89 minutes
11/28/2006
A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and the challenges the Salkinds faced • Vision - Creating the right script, Choosing the right director and casting the right actors • Ascent - The production and launch of a new kind of fantasy film • Crisis - Complications and conflicts between the creative forces behind Superman II • Redemption - Criticisms and burnout of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Sam Hamm
as Self
Bob Gale
as Self
John Calley
as Self
Peter Guber
as Self
John Williams
as Self
Robert Benton
as Self
Ilya Salkind
as Self
Pierre Spengler
as self
Alexander Salkind
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Levitz
as Self
Jenette Kahn
as Self
Leslie Newman
as Self
Richard Donner
as Self
Tom Mankiewicz
as Self
Marlon Brando
as Self (archive footage)
Terence Stamp
as Self
Lynn Stalmaster
as Self
Christopher Reeve
as Self (archive footage)
David Prowse
as Self
Margot Kidder
as Self
Susannah York
as Self
Jeff East
as Self
Stuart Baird
as Self
Jackie Cooper
as Self
Jack O'Halloran
as Self
Sarah Douglas
as Self
Michael Uslan
as Self
Paul Hitchcock
as Self
Marc McClure
as Self
Geoffrey Unsworth
as Self (archive footage)
Roy Button
as Self
Peter MacDonald
as Self
Norman Reynolds
as Self
Peter Young
as Self
Vic Armstrong
as Self
Zoran Perisic
as Self
Stuart Freeborn
as Self
Richard Lester
as Self (archive footage)
Peter Murton
as Self
Robert Paynter
as Self
Ken Thorne
as Self
Annette O'Toole
as Self
Jeannot Szwarc
as Self
Terry Ackland-Snow
as Self
Helen Slater
as Self
Menahem Golan
as Self
Yoram Globus
as Self
Mark Rosenthal
as Self