Superman 50th Anniversary (1988)

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A humorous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

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Director:

Robert Boyd

Writers:

Jerry Siegel (character creator: Superman), Joe Shuster (character creator: Superman), Adam Green, Bruce McCulloch, Rosie Shuster, Robert Smigel
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1 March 2006 | opsbooks
7
| Cringe-inducing in parts but containing entertaining clips
This recently turned up among old tapes I'd not played for many years. Typical 1980s fare, it was however extremely well edited using very good source material of early Superman serials, cartoons and of course, clips from my favorite, George Reeves in 'The Adventures of Superman'.

As another reviewer wrote, it could have been done so much better. Even back in the 1980s, comic fans were still regarded as geeks despite the Christopher Reeve movies which would lend an air of respectability to the genre, eventually.

For Superman fans, this special would be pretty much essential viewing, despite the less than entertaining host.

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Trivia

This documentary is featured on disc 2 of the Two-Disc Special Edition DVD for Superman II (1980), released in 2006.

Quotes

Dana Carvey - Chief Historian Junior Supermen of America: When it comes to crime, Metropolis is the savest city in America. That's because the Man of Steel takes care of every thug, hooligan, rough-neck, rabscalian, flim-flam man, flathead, crane-top, shellmonger, coin & crock bottom in this town.

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Genres

Comedy | Documentary

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Release Date:

5 June 1988

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

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