Super/Man The Christopher Reeves Story

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Reeve's rise to becoming a film star follows with a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After which he became an activist for spinal cord injury treatments and disability rights.

Shocking my local theater is showing this today so BF and I are going to see this at 4pm.

https://youtu.be/gX-B3HMlMfY?si=kigv5sjpY9OcBHp4

[monitor_ep]

BF and I couldn't make in Saturday so we were lucky that our theater was playing the movie today on Christopher Reeve's birthday.
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This was a good documentary about Christopher Reeve; his life before, during and after Superman. I will say this, this is a tear-jerker, make sure you have tissue or something to catch tears (my BF used my sleeve of my new Superman S t-shirt. Some Korean/Thailand males wear makeup so the shirt is ruined or a work of art). They did cover a good deal of CR film and stage performance and after the accident what it took to come back. If you are a DC Comics movie fan than this is a must see. I normally would have waited for it to pop-up on HBO/Max but it was like meant to be seen on his birthday on a big screen.

The only thing that bothered me was there was no mention of his guest appearance on Smallville. I was hoping for some behind the scenes from that show.
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[Jorge Galvan]

Was Richard Donner in it?

[monitor_ep]

In behind the scene clips/photos and they talked about how CR felt after Superman Ii.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i watched this today. Monitor ep is correct, don't watch without a box of tissues. while it is meant to be inspiring for what he accomplished after his accident (it is), but it is also terribly tragic. told mostly from his children's view point and interviews he gave and Dan gave. it is truly tragic to watch. he was a hero to us all. i was also surprised no mention of further Superman connection by being on Smallville but maybe that was a rights issue?

[PNGwynne]

I read his and his wife's books and loved them. I don't know if I'll get the chance to see this, but I'm guessing I'd be quite affected buy it.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I guess I had gurded myself, so I wasn't quite as sobby watching this as anticipated. It's a very well-done documentary, and you get to know the person Reeve was, warts and all, far more than I expected, thanks to it focusing on interviews with his family. I was kind of surprised his career and other work wasn't touched on more, especially Somewhere In Time, but the filmmakers were viewing his life through the lens of his Superman role, hence the title. I was particularly surprised at some of the visuals on display when they discussed his accident, using Superman elements to illustrate what had happened to his body. It could have come across as a bit flippant given the serious nature of his paralysis, but it was handled very well.

Rob Kelly and I discussed the documentary on Superman Movie Minute if anyone is interested in listening:

https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/smmreeve/