Principal cast
Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando and Ned Beatty
Film 414 of 498 on the Screen Path
Superman
You'll believe a man can fly.
About the film
Superman at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1978 film at stop 414 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Key craft credits
Geoffrey Unsworth (director of photography), Michael Ellis (editor), Stuart Baird (editor), John Williams (original music composer) and David Newman (screenplay)
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Release
- 1978-12-14
- Runtime
- 144 minutes
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Action and Adventure
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 25 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
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After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
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Quiz yourself
Answer 25 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
25 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Christopher ReeveCharacter: Superman / Clark Kent
- Margot KidderCharacter: Lois Lane
- Gene HackmanCharacter: Lex Luthor
- Marlon BrandoCharacter: Jor-El
- Ned BeattyCharacter: Otis
- Jackie CooperCharacter: Perry White
- Glenn FordCharacter: Pa Kent
- Trevor HowardCharacter: 1st Elder
- Jack O'HalloranCharacter: Non
- Valerie PerrineCharacter: Eve Teschmacher
- Maria SchellCharacter: Vond-Ah
- Terence StampCharacter: General Zod
Full crew
Full crew
- Richard DonnerCredits: Director
- Ilya SalkindCredits: Executive Producer
- Pierre SpenglerCredits: Producer
- Joe ShusterCredits: Characters
- Jerry SiegelCredits: Characters
- Mario PuzoCredits: Story, Screenplay
- Leslie NewmanCredits: Screenplay
- Robert BentonCredits: Screenplay
- Robert LynnCredits: Second Unit, Second Unit Director
- David NewmanCredits: Screenplay
- John GlenCredits: Second Unit Director
- Tom MankiewiczCredits: Writer
- Charles F. GreenlawCredits: Associate Producer
- Geoffrey UnsworthCredits: Director of Photography
- Stuart BairdCredits: Editor
- Michael EllisCredits: Editor
- Lynn StalmasterCredits: Casting
- John BarryCredits: Production Design, Second Unit Director
- Richard HackmanCredits: Stunts
- John WilliamsCredits: Original Music Composer
- Greg PowellCredits: Stunts
- Vic ArmstrongCredits: Stunt Coordinator
- Brian MarshallCredits: Sound Mixer
- Charles SchmitzCredits: Sound Mixer
- George DeanCredits: Painter
- Leonard GreenCredits: Assistant Dialogue Editor
- Norman EnfieldCredits: Additional Writing
- Roy FieldCredits: Visual Effects Supervisor
- Les BowieCredits: Special Effects Supervisor
- Derek MeddingsCredits: Modeling, Visual Effects Director
- Brian SmithiesCredits: Modeling
- Elaine SchreyeckCredits: Continuity
- Zoran PerisicCredits: Special Effects
- Geoffrey HelmanCredits: Production Executive
- Timothy BurrillCredits: Production Supervisor
- David LaneCredits: Second Unit Director
- Tim HamptonCredits: Production Supervisor
- Maria MonrealCredits: Executive Assistant
- Jeanne FerberCredits: Executive Assistant
- Les KimberCredits: Production Manager
- Austen JewellCredits: Production Manager
- Chris ColesCredits: Location Manager
- David TomblinCredits: Assistant Director, Second Unit Director
- Peter MacDonaldCredits: Camera Operator
- John RichardsonCredits: Special Effects
- R.A. MacDonaldCredits: Special Effects
- Michael J. DuthieCredits: Production Coordinator
- Dominic FulfordCredits: Assistant Director
- Vincent WinterCredits: Assistant Director
- Michael DryhurstCredits: Assistant Director
- Allan JamesCredits: Assistant Director
- Gareth TandyCredits: Assistant Director
- Jerry GrandeyCredits: Assistant Director
- Michael RauchCredits: Assistant Director
- Bud GraceCredits: Assistant Director
- Steve LanningCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Roy ButtonCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Michael GreenCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Kieron PhippsCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Charles MarriottCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Vic SmithCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Keith LundCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Michael HookCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Patrick CadellCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Peter JacobsCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Simon MiltonCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Michael MurrayCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Peter L. BergquistCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Candace SuerstedtCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Kay RawlingsCredits: Continuity
- Doris MartinCredits: Continuity
- Betsy NortonCredits: Continuity
- Katya KolpaktchyCredits: Continuity
- Josie FulfordCredits: Continuity
- Rita DavisonCredits: Continuity
- Angela MartelliCredits: Continuity
- Alex ThomsonCredits: Additional Photography
- Jack AtchelerCredits: Additional Photography
- Robert E. CollinsCredits: Additional Photography
- Reginald H. MorrisCredits: Additional Photography
- Sol NegrinCredits: Additional Photography
- Peter AllworkCredits: Aerial Director of Photography
- John HarrisCredits: Camera Operator
- James DevisCredits: Camera Operator
- John MorganCredits: Camera Operator
- Gordon HaymanCredits: Camera Operator
- Geoff GloverCredits: Camera Operator
- Ken ColesCredits: Camera Operator
- Ronnie Fox RogersCredits: Camera Operator
- Ginger GemmelCredits: Camera Operator
- Roy FordCredits: Camera Operator
- Jack LowenCredits: Camera Operator
- George PinkCredits: Camera Operator
- Lou BarliaCredits: Camera Operator
- James A. ContnerCredits: Camera Operator
- Mike ChevalierCredits: Camera Operator
- Jack CourtlandCredits: Camera Operator
- Howard A. Anderson IIICredits: Camera Operator
- Rod ParkhurstCredits: Camera Operator
- John J. CampbellCredits: Assistant Camera
- Jonathan TaylorCredits: Assistant Camera
- Trevor CoopCredits: Assistant Camera
- Peter VerseyCredits: Assistant Camera
- Ronnie AnscombeCredits: Assistant Camera
- David LenhamCredits: Assistant Camera
- John DeatonCredits: Assistant Camera
- Alan GatwardCredits: Assistant Camera
- Domenic MastrippolitoCredits: Assistant Camera
- Tom RyanCredits: Assistant Camera
- Robert HathawayCredits: Music Editor
- Ken RossCredits: Music Editor
- Herbert W. SpencerCredits: Orchestrator
- Arthur MortonCredits: Orchestrator
- Bob MullenCredits: First Assistant Editor
- David BeesleyCredits: Assistant Editor
- Tim JordanCredits: Assistant Editor
- Mike RoundCredits: Assistant Editor
- Neil FarrellCredits: Assistant Editor
- Christopher MorrisCredits: Assistant Editor
- Colin WilsonCredits: Assistant Editor
- George AkersCredits: Assistant Editor
- Michael HopkinsCredits: Dialogue Editor
- Pat FosterCredits: Dialogue Editor
- Stan FifermanCredits: Sound Effects
- John FosterCredits: Sound Effects
- Russ WoolnoughCredits: Visual Effects Assistant Editor
- Richard RaguseCredits: Sound Mixer
- Chris LargeCredits: Sound Mixer
- Maurice FowlerCredits: Supervising Art Director
- Bill BrodieCredits: Supervising Art Director
- Gene RudolfCredits: Art Direction
- Stan JolleyCredits: Art Direction
- Tony RimmingtonCredits: Draughtsman
- Ted AmbroseCredits: Draughtsman
- Dennis BosherCredits: Draughtsman
- Alan CassieCredits: Draughtsman
- Fred WeilerCredits: Set Decoration
- Ernest SmithCredits: Scenic Artist
- Bill BeavisCredits: Scenic Artist
- Larry ClearyCredits: Construction Manager
- Jack CarterCredits: Construction Manager
- Harry KerseyCredits: Construction Manager
- Herman LowersCredits: Construction Manager
- Michael ReddingCredits: Construction Manager
- Roy EvansCredits: Construction Manager
- Terry ReedCredits: Modeling
- Cyril ForsterCredits: Modeling
- Andrew KellyCredits: Modeling
- Jeff LuffCredits: Modeling
- Tony DunstervilleCredits: Modeling
- Tadeusz KrzyzanowskiCredits: Modeling
- Roy SpencerCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Terry SchubertCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Robert NugentCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Joe FittCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Ron BurtonCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Brian WarnerCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Rodney FullerCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Michael DunleavyCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Jimmy HarrisCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Peter BiggsCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Frank RichardsonCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Peter PickeringCredits: Special Effects Technician
- George BallCredits: Property Master
- Danny SkundricCredits: Property Master
- Eddie FrancisCredits: Props
- Douglas NoakesCredits: Production Accountant
- Graham HendersonCredits: Assistant Accountant
- Bob PennCredits: Still Photographer
- Douglas LukeCredits: Still Photographer
- Ruth MorleyCredits: Costumer
- Helen GillCredits: Wardrobe Assistant
- Eddie SilvaCredits: Wardrobe Assistant
- Austin CooperCredits: Wardrobe Assistant
- Janet TebrookeCredits: Wardrobe Assistant
- Colin WilsonCredits: Wardrobe Assistant
- Elvira AngelinettaCredits: Wardrobe Assistant
- Maurice GillettCredits: Chief Lighting Technician
- John TytheCredits: Chief Lighting Technician
- Ray EvansCredits: Electrician
- Ray MeehanCredits: Electrician
- John MayCredits: Electrician
- Harry WoodleyCredits: Electrician
- Bert BosherCredits: Electrician
- Freddie WebsterCredits: Electrician
- Jack ThetfordCredits: Electrician
- Mary SelwayCredits: Casting
- Alf JointCredits: Stunt Coordinator
- Alex StevensCredits: Stunt Coordinator
- Paul WestonCredits: Stunts
- George Lane CooperCredits: Stunts
- Wendy LeechCredits: Stunts
- Bill WestonCredits: Stunts
- Stuart FellCredits: Stunts
- Richard E. ButlerCredits: Stunts
- Doug FerrisCredits: Matte Painter
- Ray CapleCredits: Matte Painter
- Liz LettmanCredits: Matte Painter
- Eric TomlinsonCredits: Scoring Mixer
- Denis RichCredits: Main Title Designer, Visual Effects Designer
- Pat McDermottCredits: Hairdresser
- Peter WatsonCredits: Visual Effects Editor
- Ernest ArcherCredits: Art Direction
- Philip BennetCredits: Art Direction
- Stuart CraigCredits: Art Direction
- Leslie DilleyCredits: Art Direction
- Norman DormeCredits: Art Direction
- Tony ReadingCredits: Art Direction
- Norman ReynoldsCredits: Art Direction
- Peter HowittCredits: Set Decoration
- Yvonne BlakeCredits: Costume Design
- Jamie BrownCredits: Makeup Artist
- Sylvia CroftCredits: Makeup Artist
- Iloe ElliottCredits: Hairdresser
- Graham FreebornCredits: Makeup Artist
- Kay FreebornCredits: Makeup Artist
- Stuart FreebornCredits: Makeup Supervisor
- Darby HalpinCredits: Hairdresser
- Cathy KevanyCredits: Hairdresser
- Louis LaneCredits: Makeup Artist
- Nick MaleyCredits: Makeup Artist
- Basil NewallCredits: Makeup Artist
- Connie ReeveCredits: Makeup Artist
- Phil RhodesCredits: Makeup Artist
- Stella RiversCredits: Hairdresser
- Joan WhiteCredits: Hairdresser
- Robert SimmondsCredits: Production Supervisor
- Dusty SymondsCredits: Production Manager
- Steve CooperCredits: Set Designer
- Betty AdamsonCredits: Wardrobe Supervisor
- Colin ChilversCredits: Special Effects Supervisor
- Norman BollandCredits: Sound Mixer
- Roy CharmanCredits: Sound Mixer
- Chris GreenhamCredits: Supervising Sound Editor
- Gordon K. McCallumCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Peter PennellCredits: Sound Effects Editor
- Barbara GillettCredits: Wardrobe Assistant
- Reg BreamCredits: Draughtsman
- David Wynn-JonesCredits: First Assistant Camera
- Mike FoxCredits: Camera Operator
- Alexander CourageCredits: Orchestrator
- James PayneCredits: Stand In
- Gordon ArnellCredits: Publicist
- Peter A. RunfoloCredits: Production Manager
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