to the 1978 superhero film
Superman and stars Gene Hackman
, Christopher Reeve
, Terence Stamp
, Ned Beatty
, Sarah Douglas
, Margot Kidder
, and Jack O'Halloran
. It was the only Superman
film to be filmed by two directors. For this reason, the film is surrounded with controversy since original director Richard Donner
had completed, by his estimation, roughly 75% of the movie in 1977 before being taken off the project. Many of the scenes shot by second director Richard Lester
(who had been an uncredited producer on the first film) in 1979 are refilmed Donner sequences.
Even with all this accumulated knowledge, when will these dummies learn to use a doorknob?
Certainly, but, uh… oh, Magnificent One, he is… just one, where you are… three! Or four, if you count him [Non] twice.
Superman! Thank God. I mean… get him!
What do I get for my triple threat? Bow! Yield! Kneel! That kind of stuff closes out a town.
Promises were made, gifts exchanged, I… I gotta hand it to you, you know. You always told the truth. Guy always knew where he stood with you.
Did you see the way they fell into our trap!
I have to go back.
This order's to go.
I'm, uh, terribly sorry about all the damage, sir. Oh, I've been, uh… uh, working out.
You will bow down before me, Jor-El! First you and then one day, your heirs!