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Synopsis: Superman is a 1978 superhero film directed by Richard Donner. It is based on the DC Comics character of the same name and stars Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Trevor Howard, Marc McClure, Terence Stamp, Valerie Perrine, and Ned Beatty. The film depicts Superman's origin, including his infancy as Kal-El of Krypton and his youthful years in the rural town of Smallville. Disguised as reporter Clark Kent, he adopts a mild-mannered disposition in Metropolis and develops a romance with Lois Lane, while battling the villainous Lex Luthor.
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
86
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PG
Year:
1978
143 min
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LARA:

Have you ... .finished?

JOR-EL

Very nearly.

LARA turns away, shuts her eyes. JOR-EL crosses to her.

JOR-EL

It's the only answer Lara. If he remains here

he as will die as surely as. . .

(she looks)

we will.

LARA:

(pleading)

But why earth, Jor-El. They're primitives.

Thousands of years behind us.

JOR-EL

He will need that advantage to survive.

Their atmosphere will sustain him ...

LARA:

He win defy their gravity ...

JOR-EL

He will look like one of them.

LARA:

But he won't be one of them.

JOR-EL

His dense molecular structure will make

him strong ...

18CONTINUED

JOR-EL

Fast. Virtually invulnerable ...

LARA:

Isolated. Alone ...

JOR-EL looks at her with compassion, but with the strength to cut her off..

JOR-EL

He will not be alone. He will never...

be alone.

19INT. COUNCIL OF ELDERS - NIGHT

The COUNCIL OF ELDERS, still in session, listen attentively to a MILITARY OFFICER standing before them.

MILITARY OFFICER

The energy input to Jor-El's quarters is

now in excess. Our Data indicates the

loss is due to a mis-use of energy.

The FIRST ELDER exchanges a worried glance at the SECOND ELDER, then looks back at the OFFICER.

FIRST ELDER:

Investigate.

SECOND ELDER:

And if the Data proves correct?

FIRST ELDER:

(pause)

He knew the penalty he faced. Even

as a member of this Council. The law

will be upheld.

20INT. JOR-EL'S LABORATORY - NIGHT

CAMERA CLOSE ON JOR-EL, LARA, and the BABY, their glowing auras spilling across the SCREEN as the parents stare down at their offspring. A loving, almost beatific family portrait. LARA'S eyes flutter. Tears run down her cheek.

REVISION 22/377

20CONTINUED

JOR-EL

(sad whisper)

You will travel far, my little Kal-El.

But I will never leave you. Even in

the face of my death the richness of my

life shall be yours. All that I have learned,

everything I feel, all of this and more I have

bequeathed to you my son. You shall carry me

inside you all your days. You will make my

strength your own, see my life through your eyes,

as your .life will be seen through mine. The son

becomes the father the father becomes the son. This

is all that I can send with you , Kal-El. And not

near so rich a gift as that your mother sends

along. Her ... love.

21 EXT. CITY - DAY/NIGHT

Three MILITARY MEN descend an enclosed glass walkway to a frantically pulsating aura hovering above the ground. They enter the aura, take off quickly through the streets, past a tall structure. A tremor suddenly shakes the ground - a thin fissure appears on the side of the structure.

22INT. JOR-EL' S LABORATORY - NICHT

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Mario Puzo

Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and Part II in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film. His last novel, The Family, was released posthumously in 2001. more…

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