Can you imagine a little boy watching this back in 1978?. Is truly genius that trasition between the back and white boy reading the comic and what comes next. This was really revolutionary at that time and the director knew it. It’s just brilliant to use that like “ok, I am going to blow your minds”. Donner was really a great director.
Until today I still get the goosebumps when I watch this intro.... exactly as it was at a Christmas eve in 1978, at a movie theater, in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil!!
I remember watching this in the theatre in 1978 at 8 years old. This was a movie. They don't make them like this anymore. John Williams one of the best if not the best movie soundtrack composers. Quality movie and no computers.
Ah you people and your constant nostalgia blindness. This is a great movie but to say that "they don't make them like this" or that no modern films can compare is to degrade the work of thousands of craftsmen and creative talent. Also, the constant whining about CGI is foolishness. CGI takes just as much if not more work than practical effects, and besides, it's not the effects that matter it's the intent and heart behind them.
The intro music and credits always hypnotized me as a kid. I was also insanely excited about the movie. I was born after the theater release and watched this on TV. I can only imagine how awesome this would have been to see at the cinema
Crazy how kids in the late 70s through the mid 1980s went from Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Raiders, ET, Ghostbusters, and Back To The Future. All within a 10 year span.
Was 9 years old when I first saw this movie in 1978. Still can't recall another movie with a title sequence and score that got me so amped up to watch a movie.
The way it goes from the homage to the original comic and the classic serial to the still today astounding credits with the wonderful John Williams fanfare is yet to be bettered.
Thank you for this. Watched this movie as a kid back in 80's on VHS. The opening credits and music has become one of the most iconic in all of movie history. I really like how it starts off as a comic where the music is soft and subtle with the little girl's narration, then her voice has the reverb effect while the camera pans to the moon and beyond, and the music seamlessly transits to the main theme. Even now when watching it brings a tear to my eyes when the S appeared with its sound effect cuz it's so nostalgic. I mean, this intro sequence ain't just fanciful blue words appearing on a black background. You are actually travelling from Earth thru space towards planet Krypton where the story begins. What a genius the producer/director is to come out with this brilliant idea. Really wished I'd been born earlier so I can witness this in a theater. Watching Superman in theater back in 1978 must have been an epic experience.
I saw this opening night December 15th, 1978 at 12 years of age with my Mom and two brothers after waiting 3 hours in a line that wrapped itself around the MANN FOX Theaters In Covina, California. Playing on multiple screens with SOLD OUT shows but lucky to get tickets for 10pm show. We were near the end of the line but it turned out for the best because we sat about 6 rows in front of the screen being presented In 70MM DOLBY STEREO. I can remember it like yesterday as the curtains automatically opened revealing the screen in sync with the lights dimming then a retro 70’s Warner Bros. logo in white modern font within a black box with red background appearing and the audience cheering. When the black & white Daily Planet sequence began my Mom looked at me in disappointment thinking the entire film would be like this then the color cueing into credits started and from there it was EPIC!!! The audience reaction as the credits finished got applause from every single person there then as camera zooms in on Krypton complete silence. For the next 144 minutes nothing short of a spectacle as the late RICHARD DONNER’S visionary & brilliant offering of this beloved comic hero became a cinematic gem 💎 in movie history.
My late father once told me how he first saw this film 'As an 11 year old sitting in the cinema 2 rows from the front I was listening to the little girl narrator thinking well, at least if its boring the ice cream my older brother had bought me will be good. Then suddenly the cinema speaker volume increased during the pre-titles and the S appeared. I was blown away... I dropped the ice cream on the floor and thought about nothing else but Superman for 2 hours. I came out of the cinema thinking that I had seen something that was actually real'
My dad has the same kind of story. He said he and my grandfather (or both my grandparents, I don't remember for sure) went into the cinema excited as it was because they both loved Superman, but then when John Williams worked his friggin magic and the symbol wooshed in they were both blown out of the water. I love Man of Steel, but this is always gonna be the definitive Superman movie. Rest in peace to your father
I remember seeing this as a kid. I was shaking in my seat. I didn't know what to expect. This movie was huge. As far as I was concerned, Christopher Reeve "was" Superman. I believed a man could fly.
This gave me chills, I'm in tears that Christopher Reeve passed away in 2004, Margot Kidder passed away in 2018. did you know (Bryan Singer) the director of Superman Returns wanted Christopher Reeve to have a guest/cameo appearance in Superman Returns, but he passed away when they began filming?
I don't remember when I first saw this movie, but this credit sequence has stuck with me for at least 25 years. In my opinion, its still one of the best ever done, very creative yet also minimal and attention-grabbing, all at once.
This is one of the best intros of all time, one of the best themes of all time, and still to this day the best superhero movie ever made. I had the ultimate joy of seeing this in theaters with my father when I was very young.
@@Danieru-San Eh. I love John's work to death but Hans Zimmer's entire score for MoS inspires chills in me. The only track to do that in the 78 version was the love theme. I actually like Superman II's rendition of the march better than the original version.
Agree completely. The problem with this isn't the sounds effects; it's how the new sound effects drown out the music, which is mixed differently than the original mix (and of course the original credit whooshes are absent as well). Here is the original mix th-cam.com/video/PVOpCSqUjGE/w-d-xo.html
You could be down in the dumps and believe that nothing is going your way. Then after hearing this masterpiece, you somehow get the feeling that everything is going to be alright! 💙💙
The man was a genius!!.....Superman, Jaws, Star Wars, ET, Indiana Jones, Juarssic Park to name a few.......I mean you cannot get a better musical score list than that!!! 😉
Roger Ebert discussed how the film had been in development for a decade before release. His final opinion resonates... "They kept it till they got it right."
I absolutely love these titles. The motion of the pre-titles coming towards camera doesn't make the dramatic appearance of the "S" shield and the rest of them anti-climactic. The sparseness of their content is also great. There's no "And Starring Phyllis Thaxter as Ma Kent" crap. The credits' minimal amount of information commands even more attention from the audience. I can't imagine better credits being done for this film.
This a big movie when 2 of it's supporting cast intro comes before the lead roles. One of the greatest intro in cinematic history John Williams music made another classic
It always strikes me as bizarre how, upon the 3 bars that appear right at the "Superman" title, the filmmakers had to speed up and pitch up the music! I guess it was a lot of music for a few credits, and, even after some edits in the music, they still had to find a way to time-squeeze it to make it fit. Bravo, John Williams!
I remember when I first watched this movie, I kept repeating the opening credits all because of John Williams' amazing music. I think it took me about 10 minutes to actually start on the movie.
Verisimilitude to the max. Donner and Mario Puzo showed a superhero movie can be as good as any serious drama. The opening credits promised so much and the movie thoroughly delivered. Others have come close with comic book movies such as The Dark Knight and Infinity War but they mostly fail as they seem to think people want to see endless spectacle on screen and it really is heart, drama and a well thought out story where it is at to make you believe this could all happen. The spectacle is nowhere near as important to believe a fantasy world in my opinion.
I'm probably bias because this was from my childhood but this to me is the greatest score in cinema history. It perfectly encapsulates everything about Superman. It's every bit as big and powerful as the man himself. Such an epic intro.
Boys... if your girl (or partner) cannot watch the entirety of these opening credits without getting bored or saying "get to the movie"... ...(s)he isn't the one for you...
Still having goosebumps , and I watched it when it came out in a theater in 78 (54 years young here). Best opening credits ever, with the music saying the title of the movie at just the right moment (and I loved the Star Wars Roll the year before)SU-PER-MAAAAN ta ta tara taaa (lol). When Superman Returns came out, I just went to the theater to experience this again, I did not care how good or bad the movie was. And I did not see Superman III at the theater at all (maybe becoming a teenager changed my taste, this kind of movies became cringy and puerile for me, and looked for something more mature). Glad I did not watch it, the opening credits were gone.
I like how that people made the 4k version and brought back the original 1978 audio and mixed in the 2000's version of the audio. And, I really LOVE that they also did a wonderful job by re-mastering the whooshes. It's sounds so good.
I have seen this movie as a kid. It was in the 2000s (the time DVDs were made), my dad and my grandfather would gather in the living room and watch this movie.
Agree I have the laserdisc version and man does it kick ass compared to this when I heard the remastered version in the early 2000s I was disappointed I was like WTF happened to the sound?
This movie has incredible Big Dick (Donner) Energy. The first five minutes of a two and a half hour movie are spent staring at cheesy blue text over a black background and it’s still enthralling as fuck half-a-century later.
I was born in year 2000s and I watched Tobey Maguire Spiderman but I remember i tried watching this when I was 7 years old and I discovered Christopher reeve a legendary superhero actor before Tobey Maguire, Hugh Jackman and Michael Keaton.
Mi idioma natal,cuando en mi pais me llevaron al cine la primera pelicula que vi ,fue esta misma superman la pelicula...la banda de jhon towner williams parecia que estaba hecha por dios,es heroica,es fantastica es la unica banda sonora original que siempre se la adapta para cada restreno de superman
1:35-1:40 I still have this movie with 3 hours extended cut on blu ray disc and I liked it a lot more than the special edition and original theatrical version myself.
I still much prefer the original audio when the ‘S’ is heralded in with an almighty explosion rather than this remastered version where the ‘S’ appears with a loud but simple whoosh.
Shame they fucked up the rendering at 01:57 for Christopher Reeve. These 4K titles were recreated for the UHD, then, I take it? It's very, very well done - that pixelation and digital discolouring can only be from a digital rendering. So well done WB for that.
Guys, I am baffled as to why it took Warner Brothers 45 years since Superman the movie was released in 1978 to release this movie, along 4 other movies starring Christopher Reeve. Keep in mind, we have the Superman The Movie: Extended Cut & Special Edition 2-Film Collection that was released on Blu-ray that has not been released on 4k. What would have been great is if they released the Superman the movie 3-hours tv version (extended cut), and the Special Edition on 4k along with the extended version of Superman 2, 3 and 4 and released all of them in 4k format. That would have been pricey, but it's worth it. What do you guys think?
I just realized that this is different from the 2001 special edition. They even enhanced the sound effects for the zooming credits. I swore I heard something different, so I checked and looked back at the 2001 special edition. I think I kind of prefer the 2001 edition, also the music and sound of the zooming credits sounded just right. In this 4K release, the music sounds a little softer.
It's a nice high fidelity intro... but the S-blast was changed for video and the original cinematic S-blast is very hard to find now... I found one Spanish version with the original blast. And in the cinema the volume was turned up high.
Despite being one of the best in cinema history, there has always been also a terrible injustice in this opening: CHRISTOPHER REEVE'S NAME SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE FIRST TO APPEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
No. They'd never have been able to get the movie made if Christopher Reeve had first or even second billing. The producers had secured Brando and Hackman to be in the film before they even had a script, which is what helped them get the funding to get it made. Reeve was a total unknown at the time. It was not an injustice that Reeve was third in the order.
@@SECRETARIATguy224 For me, yes, it is an injustice. The main character of Superman 1978 movie is Christopher Reeve, period. And therefore, for me, the one who is the main character of a film must always appear first, whoever he is, even if he is an unknown. Without Brando the film would have been possible but there would have been no film without Chris Reeve, he is the soul and the most important of the film, and therefore should have appeared in the first place, despite being almost an unknown until then at the moment, even Margot must have come second, then Hackman third and fourth, perhaps, Brando ...It's my opinion friend, I respect yours but I don't share it. Thank you!
@@squarefann It's not about being your opinion . . . NOBODY had any idea whatsoever AT THE TIME that Reeve would become, as you quite accurately point out, the heart and soul of the film. The film would never have been made without Brando and Hackman. They were the two biggest bankable stars in the world at the time. You're trying to retroactively say that the unknown Reeve should have gotten top billing. Sure, in hindsight it's easy to say that. It's perfectly fine to have that opinion AFTER THE FACT. However, it's ridiculous to IN HINDSIGHT say that the way they did it was an injustice.
@@squarefann The film does NOT GET greenlit without Brando and Hackman. I'm not going out on a limb saying this . . . it's absolutely common knowledge.
@@SECRETARIATguy224 Mr, calm man, for you it will be ridiculous, for me not. The movie have a clear main character even before going to the cinema screens or anyone seeing it, I don't play with an advantage, that is incontestable. For me, the order of appearance on the screen is the sad result of fear. I do not care about the names, the $ cache, etc., I value the importance of each character in the film and for me, the main character should be the first to appear in the titles, and not the one with the most name, more fame or more cache $, sir ...Nowadays not so much happens, in the cast of many films there are very established, important and well-known supporting actors and main actors not so established or so well known, and nothing happens ...
I always thought the glorious music was given short shrift by being so under-mixed in this intro. The choice of giving sonic prominence to the swooshes is a woeful decision that has not aged well, whereas the music is simply timeless.
Can you imagine a little boy watching this back in 1978?. Is truly genius that trasition between the back and white boy reading the comic and what comes next. This was really revolutionary at that time and the director knew it. It’s just brilliant to use that like “ok, I am going to blow your minds”. Donner was really a great director.
Until today I still get the goosebumps when I watch this intro.... exactly as it was at a Christmas eve in 1978, at a movie theater, in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil!!
I remember watching this in the theatre in 1978 at 8 years old. This was a movie. They don't make them like this anymore. John Williams one of the best if not the best movie soundtrack composers. Quality movie and no computers.
Jerry Goldsmith (the bigger master) had no time so John Williams took it
Computerized (6502) motion control, but no CGI.
Same! Watched this in the movies! ❤❤
Ah you people and your constant nostalgia blindness. This is a great movie but to say that "they don't make them like this" or that no modern films can compare is to degrade the work of thousands of craftsmen and creative talent. Also, the constant whining about CGI is foolishness. CGI takes just as much if not more work than practical effects, and besides, it's not the effects that matter it's the intent and heart behind them.
@@rclark777 sounds like your whining
Here we are 43 years later and except Gene Hackman they are all gone. And yet they still have a hold over us. So mesmerizing and powerful.
Hey, man, don't forget: Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jeff East, and Marc McClure are also still here!
1:35-1:39 happy 😃 45th anniversary, Superman the movie
@@KhiamMinceyProductions Even Baby Kal-El is still here! He is in his 40s now, and even managed to make a cameo in Man of Steel as a US Soldier!
Yes…well put!!
Yep. Still remember seeing this in the theater at age 7.❤
Perhaps the best opening credits of any movie. Opening the curtain to the old comic book was a brilliant touch.
One of the best, if I stand corrected.
The intro music and credits always hypnotized me as a kid. I was also insanely excited about the movie. I was born after the theater release and watched this on TV. I can only imagine how awesome this would have been to see at the cinema
Try watching it on acid.
Crazy how kids in the late 70s through the mid 1980s went from Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Raiders, ET, Ghostbusters, and Back To The Future. All within a 10 year span.
Still mesmerizing! Transitioning from a child reading a comic to the vivid title credits! Powerful!
Was 9 years old when I first saw this movie in 1978. Still can't recall another movie with a title sequence and score that got me so amped up to watch a movie.
The way it goes from the homage to the original comic and the classic serial to the still today astounding credits with the wonderful John Williams fanfare is yet to be bettered.
RIP Richard Donner. Thank you for giving us the fans a classic and not just a good comic book movie but a great film in general
Thank you for this. Watched this movie as a kid back in 80's on VHS. The opening credits and music has become one of the most iconic in all of movie history. I really like how it starts off as a comic where the music is soft and subtle with the little girl's narration, then her voice has the reverb effect while the camera pans to the moon and beyond, and the music seamlessly transits to the main theme. Even now when watching it brings a tear to my eyes when the S appeared with its sound effect cuz it's so nostalgic. I mean, this intro sequence ain't just fanciful blue words appearing on a black background. You are actually travelling from Earth thru space towards planet Krypton where the story begins. What a genius the producer/director is to come out with this brilliant idea. Really wished I'd been born earlier so I can witness this in a theater. Watching Superman in theater back in 1978 must have been an epic experience.
And, I first saw this on 📀 with special edition as a kid in early 2000’s.
I saw this opening night December 15th, 1978 at 12 years of age with my Mom and two brothers after waiting 3 hours in a line that wrapped itself around the MANN FOX Theaters In Covina, California. Playing on multiple screens with SOLD OUT shows but lucky to get tickets for 10pm show. We were near the end of the line but it turned out for the best because we sat about 6 rows in front of the screen being presented In 70MM DOLBY STEREO. I can remember it like yesterday as the curtains automatically opened revealing the screen in sync with the lights dimming then a retro 70’s Warner Bros. logo in white modern font within a black box with red background appearing and the audience cheering. When the black & white Daily Planet sequence began my Mom looked at me in disappointment thinking the entire film would be like this then the color cueing into credits started and from there it was EPIC!!! The audience reaction as the credits finished got applause from every single person there then as camera zooms in on Krypton complete silence. For the next 144 minutes nothing short of a spectacle as the late RICHARD DONNER’S visionary & brilliant offering of this beloved comic hero became a cinematic gem 💎 in movie history.
This is How You Open A Superhero Movie!! It All Started Here!!
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My late father once told me how he first saw this film 'As an 11 year old sitting in the cinema 2 rows from the front I was listening to the little girl narrator thinking well, at least if its boring the ice cream my older brother had bought me will be good. Then suddenly the cinema speaker volume increased during the pre-titles and the S appeared. I was blown away... I dropped the ice cream on the floor and thought about nothing else but Superman for 2 hours. I came out of the cinema thinking that I had seen something that was actually real'
My dad has the same kind of story. He said he and my grandfather (or both my grandparents, I don't remember for sure) went into the cinema excited as it was because they both loved Superman, but then when John Williams worked his friggin magic and the symbol wooshed in they were both blown out of the water. I love Man of Steel, but this is always gonna be the definitive Superman movie.
Rest in peace to your father
And now, ladies and Gentleman, Superman´s Director is gone too.
R.I.P Richard Donner (April 24, 1930 - July 5, 2021)
This is for you
John Williams = genius
I'll always love the way Richard Donner's director credit SLAMS together with the music to end out the titles!
4:53 me too.
Thanks for the memories, Richard!
I remember seeing this as a kid. I was shaking in my seat. I didn't know what to expect. This movie was huge. As far as I was concerned, Christopher Reeve "was" Superman. I believed a man could fly.
it will NEVER get much better than this. seeing this in the theater as a child was a biblical experience
Still the best Superman movie to this date.
I don't know how anyone could ever top Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman and Marlon Brando's performances.
This gave me chills, I'm in tears that
Christopher Reeve passed away in 2004, Margot Kidder passed away in 2018.
did you know (Bryan Singer) the director of Superman Returns wanted Christopher Reeve to have a guest/cameo appearance in Superman Returns, but he passed away when they began filming?
Epic intro! It’s rare to see movies these days with such an opening scene.
I don't remember when I first saw this movie, but this credit sequence has stuck with me for at least 25 years. In my opinion, its still one of the best ever done, very creative yet also minimal and attention-grabbing, all at once.
It’ll always be the BEST and most perfect superhero theme ever.
This is one of the best intros of all time, one of the best themes of all time, and still to this day the best superhero movie ever made. I had the ultimate joy of seeing this in theaters with my father when I was very young.
This is why the new Superman doesn't captivate the audience no theme music no anticipation.
Hmmm Zimmer's score from Man of Steel was pretty damn good actually.
@@Ghosthound_X I agree
@@Ghosthound_X we can still all agree that John Williams killed any competition
@@Danieru-San Eh. I love John's work to death but Hans Zimmer's entire score for MoS inspires chills in me. The only track to do that in the 78 version was the love theme. I actually like Superman II's rendition of the march better than the original version.
@@rclark777 well that's your opinion and i respect it. have a good day
When I was 4, I saw this movie intro with my Grandfather and when I saw the blue letters surge I was like “OH MY GREAT HOLY!!!”
I was age 7 or 8 when I watched this
@@watchforever1724 that’s awesome.
Opening titles used to be an art form…they primed you for what you were about to experience and transported you to that world. This is incredible.
They somehow managed to make the sound effects more over-the-top than the 2001 version. Original 1978 audio all the way!
I remember watching this movie on 📀 special edition from 2001, when I was 4 years old.
Agree completely. The problem with this isn't the sounds effects; it's how the new sound effects drown out the music, which is mixed differently than the original mix (and of course the original credit whooshes are absent as well). Here is the original mix th-cam.com/video/PVOpCSqUjGE/w-d-xo.html
@@SECRETARIATguy224 Eh I don't really agree with you I feel like these sound effects really elevate the credits to an extreme epic standard
@@TheClax123 Whether you agree with me or not, this video doesn't have the original audio mix.
You could be down in the dumps and believe that nothing is going your way. Then after hearing this masterpiece, you somehow get the feeling that everything is going to be alright! 💙💙
This theme STILL gives me chills.
This opening is seriously one of the best superhero movie openings ever. It still holds up, even though it is dated.
I love John Williams
1:36-1:43, 1:55-2:01 me too.
The man was a genius!!.....Superman, Jaws, Star Wars, ET, Indiana Jones, Juarssic Park to name a few.......I mean you cannot get a better musical score list than that!!! 😉
@@andycross9840 True, its quite amazing.
I have memories when I watched this when I was a kid back in (2007-2008)
Same man I was like 5, this movie and the Spider-Man Trilogy were my childhood growing up
@@nicktroisi6347 okay then
Roger Ebert discussed how the film had been in development for a decade before release. His final opinion resonates...
"They kept it till they got it right."
I absolutely love these titles. The motion of the pre-titles coming towards camera doesn't make the dramatic appearance of the "S" shield and the rest of them anti-climactic. The sparseness of their content is also great. There's no "And Starring Phyllis Thaxter as Ma Kent" crap. The credits' minimal amount of information commands even more attention from the audience. I can't imagine better credits being done for this film.
1:40 me too.
One of the best movie openings
This a big movie when 2 of it's supporting cast intro comes before the lead roles. One of the greatest intro in cinematic history John Williams music made another classic
From the beginning you already know that you gonna see something amazing! thump up if you believe a man can fly in 2020
This is my favourite theme tune of superman!✊✊✊✊
It always strikes me as bizarre how, upon the 3 bars that appear right at the "Superman" title, the filmmakers had to speed up and pitch up the music! I guess it was a lot of music for a few credits, and, even after some edits in the music, they still had to find a way to time-squeeze it to make it fit. Bravo, John Williams!
Just want to run and open my shirt and just leap and fly to this music.
😢😢❤❤😊😊 Remembering both my parents now gone. Such awesome memories.
hope this is back on big screen one day
I remember when I first watched this movie, I kept repeating the opening credits all because of John Williams' amazing music.
I think it took me about 10 minutes to actually start on the movie.
Verisimilitude to the max. Donner and Mario Puzo showed a superhero movie can be as good as any serious drama. The opening credits promised so much and the movie thoroughly delivered. Others have come close with comic book movies such as The Dark Knight and Infinity War but they mostly fail as they seem to think people want to see endless spectacle on screen and it really is heart, drama and a well thought out story where it is at to make you believe this could all happen. The spectacle is nowhere near as important to believe a fantasy world in my opinion.
That word verisimilitude encapsulates this film and all that it offers. This movie is a classic is every sense of the word.
Has there EVER been a better opening to a movie than this?!!!! 😉🤔
RIP Richard Donner
I'm probably bias because this was from my childhood but this to me is the greatest score in cinema history. It perfectly encapsulates everything about Superman. It's every bit as big and powerful as the man himself. Such an epic intro.
Boys... if your girl (or partner) cannot watch the entirety of these opening credits without getting bored or saying "get to the movie"...
...(s)he isn't the one for you...
Girls...same.
Still having goosebumps , and I watched it when it came out in a theater in 78 (54 years young here). Best opening credits ever, with the music saying the title of the movie at just the right moment (and I loved the Star Wars Roll the year before)SU-PER-MAAAAN ta ta tara taaa (lol). When Superman Returns came out, I just went to the theater to experience this again, I did not care how good or bad the movie was. And I did not see Superman III at the theater at all (maybe becoming a teenager changed my taste, this kind of movies became cringy and puerile for me, and looked for something more mature). Glad I did not watch it, the opening credits were gone.
I like how that people made the 4k version and brought back the original 1978 audio and mixed in the 2000's version of the audio. And, I really LOVE that they also did a wonderful job by re-mastering the whooshes. It's sounds so good.
Me too.
Now THAT'S...how you open a movie!!
I have seen this movie as a kid. It was in the 2000s (the time DVDs were made), my dad and my grandfather would gather in the living room and watch this movie.
The Superman theme gets stuck in my head a lot!✊✊✊✊🎵🎵🎵🎵
Periodically, I just need to re-experience the chills. Hasn't lost an ounce of power from 1978 to 2025 -
Mi filme favorito por siempre y la música es extraordinaria
1:45 Me too.
Superman isnt Superman without his glorious John William's theme song
Love watching this movie as a kid.
I fricken wish I was born somewhere in the 1970’s, so I can experience this amazing movie in theaters.
Me too. This, Star Wars and growing up with all the awesome arcade games that surfaced. I was born early 80s so I only partly grew up with the games.
I was 13, and it was AWESOME, totally emblazoned my imagination!
Espetacular!!!!!!!! Filmaço!!! Até hoje a melhor introdução
I still prefer the original 1978 audio mix over this remastered audio.
there's an option with the 78 audio mix, 2001 mix and this 2018 version
Good for you, because I can't stand the 1978 earrape wave swooshes
Agree I have the laserdisc version and man does it kick ass compared to this when I heard the remastered version in the early 2000s I was disappointed I was like WTF happened to the sound?
I remember hearing that
Completely agree. It's not even remotely close. Here's the original th-cam.com/video/PVOpCSqUjGE/w-d-xo.html
They actually opened up the curtains just like this in the theater I first saw this in.
This movie has incredible Big Dick (Donner) Energy. The first five minutes of a two and a half hour movie are spent staring at cheesy blue text over a black background and it’s still enthralling as fuck half-a-century later.
40 Year Anniversary of Superman '78 (1978-2018) > 42 Year Anniversary of Superman '78 (1978-2020)
Interesting to know
I was born in year 2000s and I watched Tobey Maguire Spiderman but I remember i tried watching this when I was 7 years old and I discovered Christopher reeve a legendary superhero actor before Tobey Maguire, Hugh Jackman and Michael Keaton.
1:34
Ignore me just giving my self a time stamp
Movies can never be this powerful in its intro.
The ONLY Superman movie IMO
Mi idioma natal,cuando en mi pais me llevaron al cine la primera pelicula que vi ,fue esta misma superman la pelicula...la banda de jhon towner williams parecia que estaba hecha por dios,es heroica,es fantastica es la unica banda sonora original que siempre se la adapta para cada restreno de superman
This Thursday it's time to look up
I never realized the Superman the movie theme I’ve always heard is the alternate version to this one
Superman The Movie 1978 Extended Cut 3 Hours Long Version Widescreen Restored & Remastered Digital Sound Audio
1:35-1:40 I still have this movie with 3 hours extended cut on blu ray disc and I liked it a lot more than the special edition and original theatrical version myself.
The image is superb, but the sound volume is quite low... it's a pity.
I still much prefer the original audio when the ‘S’ is heralded in with an almighty explosion rather than this remastered version where the ‘S’ appears with a loud but simple whoosh.
It's hard to believe Hackman and Brando were given credit over Superman himself
They were the bigger stars and probably demanded top billing in their contract, like Nicholson did with Batman 11 years later.
Shame they fucked up the rendering at 01:57 for Christopher Reeve. These 4K titles were recreated for the UHD, then, I take it? It's very, very well done - that pixelation and digital discolouring can only be from a digital rendering. So well done WB for that.
Thank god I own the 2001 dvd
The original orchestra was the best.
-3:54
Favourite part.
Me too.
Hell yea
Guys, I am baffled as to why it took Warner Brothers 45 years since Superman the movie was released in 1978 to release this movie, along 4 other movies starring Christopher Reeve. Keep in mind, we have the Superman The Movie: Extended Cut & Special Edition 2-Film Collection that was released on Blu-ray that has not been released on 4k. What would have been great is if they released the Superman the movie 3-hours tv version (extended cut), and the Special Edition on 4k along with the extended version of Superman 2, 3 and 4 and released all of them in 4k format. That would have been pricey, but it's worth it. What do you guys think?
The image quality is great, but the sound is so low...
I hope 🤞🏻 they’ll make Superman 2, Richard Donner cut, 3, 4, and Superman returns on 4K version.
That’ll be dope. I hope that they’ll be getting new mixes like Dolby Atmos or DTS:X.
@@jordanmillraney5481 my new favorite audio from 4K blu ray disc.
As the sheild appears you can hear the sound of a car door slamming.
1:39 cool 😎
who was the actor that played the kid read the comic at the beginnings?
Looks cool - Sound is there unfortunately the story 🙄 and the cost is definitely off....I’ll wait till it comes way down in price
I just realized that this is different from the 2001 special edition. They even enhanced the sound effects for the zooming credits. I swore I heard something different, so I checked and looked back at the 2001 special edition. I think I kind of prefer the 2001 edition, also the music and sound of the zooming credits sounded just right. In this 4K release, the music sounds a little softer.
1:39
It's a nice high fidelity intro... but the S-blast was changed for video and the original cinematic S-blast is very hard to find now... I found one Spanish version with the original blast.
And in the cinema the volume was turned up high.
Here is the original th-cam.com/video/PVOpCSqUjGE/w-d-xo.html
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This is the original opening. th-cam.com/video/6VUrKejK6Co/w-d-xo.html
@@ThexBorg You are totally incorrect.
@@SECRETARIATguy224 I was in the cinema in '78, repeatedly.... Everything else is made for VHS, Video Disk and DVD.
@@SECRETARIATguy224 Here's the Spanish cinematic version.
th-cam.com/video/ZHe3r7_zc-k/w-d-xo.html
The concert version sounds a bit better in my opinion
Soul
I think Reeve and Kidder should have been with Brando and Hackman in the beginning.
It was for whoever had the most star power at the time. Without the first two signing on to the movie, the film might have not even gotten made.
5 fucking minutes of this bro, pain as a kid 😅
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Despite being one of the best in cinema history, there has always been also a terrible injustice in this opening: CHRISTOPHER REEVE'S NAME SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE FIRST TO APPEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
No. They'd never have been able to get the movie made if Christopher Reeve had first or even second billing. The producers had secured Brando and Hackman to be in the film before they even had a script, which is what helped them get the funding to get it made. Reeve was a total unknown at the time. It was not an injustice that Reeve was third in the order.
@@SECRETARIATguy224 For me, yes, it is an injustice. The main character of Superman 1978 movie is Christopher Reeve, period. And therefore, for me, the one who is the main character of a film must always appear first, whoever he is, even if he is an unknown. Without Brando the film would have been possible but there would have been no film without Chris Reeve, he is the soul and the most important of the film, and therefore should have appeared in the first place, despite being almost an unknown until then at the moment, even Margot must have come second, then Hackman third and fourth, perhaps, Brando ...It's my opinion friend, I respect yours but I don't share it. Thank you!
@@squarefann It's not about being your opinion . . . NOBODY had any idea whatsoever AT THE TIME that Reeve would become, as you quite accurately point out, the heart and soul of the film. The film would never have been made without Brando and Hackman. They were the two biggest bankable stars in the world at the time. You're trying to retroactively say that the unknown Reeve should have gotten top billing. Sure, in hindsight it's easy to say that. It's perfectly fine to have that opinion AFTER THE FACT. However, it's ridiculous to IN HINDSIGHT say that the way they did it was an injustice.
@@squarefann The film does NOT GET greenlit without Brando and Hackman. I'm not going out on a limb saying this . . . it's absolutely common knowledge.
@@SECRETARIATguy224 Mr, calm man, for you it will be ridiculous, for me not. The movie have a clear main character even before going to the cinema screens or anyone seeing it, I don't play with an advantage, that is incontestable. For me, the order of appearance on the screen is the sad result of fear. I do not care about the names, the $ cache, etc., I value the importance of each character in the film and for me, the main character should be the first to appear in the titles, and not the one with the most name, more fame or more cache $, sir ...Nowadays not so much happens, in the cast of many films there are very established, important and well-known supporting actors and main actors not so established or so well known, and nothing happens ...
The music sounds so low.
1:42 what is that awful warble
Ravza
First!!
I'm 29th!!!
I always thought the glorious music was given short shrift by being so under-mixed in this intro. The choice of giving sonic prominence to the swooshes is a woeful decision that has not aged well, whereas the music is simply timeless.