Is this a bird? Is this an airplane? No, it’s the first trailer for Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, a Sundance Film Festival favorite, hurtling right at us.
Super/Man, directed by McQueen’s Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, will tell the extraordinary story of on- and off-screen hero Christopher Reeve, the man who brought the definitive take on DC’s Man of Steel to our screens over four films between 1978 and 1987, and the man whose activism for spinal cord injury sufferers following a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 redefined his heroism. Watch the poignant new look at the film below
If we’re this excited after a three-minute trailer, what hope do we have of making it through the entire documentary intact? From the nostalgic opening shots of Reeve in full red-and-blue regalia in Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman, to the Son of Krypton actor’s talk show charm and humble assertion that “I’m not a hero,” it’s clear that Superman/Man will be an unapologetic — and rightfully so — love letter to Reeve. And, with a wealth of candid home video and archival footage of Reeve at the height of his movie stardom as well as from his post-accident journey both in public and private, Bonhôte and Ettedgui’s documentary — which includes contributions from Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon, and Reeve’s children William, Matthew, and Alexandra — appears to make good on its promise to tell the story we don’t know about the man everyone did.
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WAt the emotional peak of the trailer for this DC Studios and HBO-produced documentary, we hear Reeve — who died at the age of 52 in 2004 — share his own personal definition of heroism, saying, “I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in the face of overwhelming obstacles.” When Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story hits UK theaters on November 1st, we’ll see the same heroics characterized by Reeve and those who knew and loved him the best.
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