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Superman (1978)

CastMarlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Susannah York, Larry Hagman
Year released1978
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Superman: The Movie

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Narrator: "... a symbol of hope for the city..." (0:01)

Jor-El: "This is no fantasy..." (0:06)

Jor-El: "... It’s suicide..." 
”... you know me to be neither rash nor impulsive...” 
Jor-El tells a councilman, ”This madness is yours...” 
First Elder: ”... Any attempt by you to create a climate of fear and panic among the populace...” (0:11)

Jor-El tells his infant son Kal-El, the future Superman, "... You will make my strength your own..." (0:17)

Jor-El: "... Chief among these powers will be your sight, your strength, your hearing..." (0:22)

Farmer Jonathan Kent tells his adopted son Clark, future Superman, "... that worried us a lot..." (0:30)

Burial of Jonathan in a cemetery. (0:32)

Jor-El tells Superman, "... the pride of your special heritage..." (0:47)

Lois tells editor-in-chief Perry White, "Remember my dynamite expose on the sex and drug orgies..." 
”... We get psychologists...” 
Clark Kent: ”... look like a fool.” 
Lois: ”... He sends a check every week to his sweet, gray-haired old mother.” (0:49)

Lois kicks the mugger in the face. 
Clark tells Lois, "... I guess I must have fainted." 
Lois: ”Fainted? You fainted?” (0:54)

His accomplice Eve Teschmacher asks businessman Lex Luthor, “... what is this obsession with real estate?..." (1:01)

Perry tells Lois, "Ah, the sex maniac profile." 
Lois tells Clark, ”... I would go bananas in a week.” (1:03)

The pilot falls unconscious. (1:06)

Lois faints. (1:10)

Lois thinks: "Can you read my mind?... I’m a fool... Can you read my mind... picture the things I’m thinking of?... Read my mind." (1:29)

Clark tells Lois, "... I was, at first, really nervous about tonight..." (1:33)

Luthor tells his henchman Otis, "M, as in moron..." 
”... It's your weight and my I.Q..” 
Eve: ”... I’m gonna get rapped in the mouth...” (1:35)

Perry White tells Clark, "... I got where I am with guts, compassion..." 
Clark: ”Humility?” 
Perry: ”No, not humility. You got bags of humility. Aggression, confidence...” (1:44)

Superman tells the crowd, "... Nothing to get worried about." (1:46)

Superman: "You’re a dreamer, Lex Luthor, a sick, twisted dreamer..." 
”... it’s nothing but a sick fantasy.” 
Luthor: ”Fantasy?...” 
Superman: "You diseased maniac...” 
Luthor: ”... this old diseased maniac...” (1:50)

Superman reacts to Lois’ death. (2:08)

Lois: "... Lois Lane, that is the silliest idea ever." (2:13)

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