SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY - Emotional, Uplifting First Trailer Will Make You Believe In Heroes

SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY - Emotional, Uplifting First Trailer Will Make You Believe In Heroes

Following last night's poster, Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for Super/Man, a new documentary about the life of the late Christopher Reeve...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 26, 2024 09:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman

The first official trailer for Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is now online, and it's an undeniably emotional watch.

Directed by McQueen filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, the documentary focuses on the extraordinary life and career of the legendary actor, who is still widely regarded as our best big-screen (or small, for that matter) take on the Man of Steel yet.

Reeve played Clarke Kent/Superman in four movies, and his performances remain just as influential and inspirational today. The actor also appeared in numerous other movies after hanging up the cape, before his fateful injury in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralysed from the neck down.

Following his accident, Reeve became a tireless activist in the quest to find a cure for spinal cord injuries, as well as a passionate advocate for disability rights and care – while continuing his career in cinema in front of and behind the camera.

“It is a gift. We’re so lucky,” Reeve's son Matthew tells Variety. “We not only have his films to look at but a collection of home movies to dig up and go through and interviews on YouTube of him to pull up. Seeing things I hadn’t seen before didn’t change my perception of him but enhanced it…like some rare Australian interview done in 1977 that was uploaded and I didn’t know existed. It was pretty cool to see that and uncover a lot more material than we knew about.”

Check out the trailer below... and keep a tissue handy!

"A nuanced and inspirational account of the life-changing legacy of leading man turned disability activist Christopher Reeve.

Reeve found global fame as Hollywood’s era-defining Superman in the 1970s, but his life was forever altered when he was paralysed from the neck down following a 1995 spinal injury. From his beginnings as a theatre actor to his global superstardom to his life of post-accident advocacy, this beautiful, open-hearted portrait weaves together a warming cinematic blanket of archival footage, home movies, interviews with friends and family, the recurring presence of long-time pal Robin Williams, and Reeve himself narrating from his 1999 autobiography Still Me.

Inspiring a standing ovation at its Sundance premiere, this emotional cine-portrait is as complex, and at times conflicted, as Reeve himself. While chronicling the struggles and controversies that Reeve encountered after 1995, directors Ian Bonhôte (McQueen, MIFF 2018) and Peter Ettedgui also position the actor as a figure to explore disability advocacy and under-acknowledged struggles within the disabled community. Both Super/Man and its titular figure are powerful vessels of empathy and humanity."

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is set to premiere in the U.S. on Saturday, September 21, with encore presentations taking place on September 25, which is Reeve’s birthday. Fans in the UK will be able to see the film in cinemas on November 1.

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WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 8/26/2024, 9:39 AM
Thanks for making me cry today
tylerzero
tylerzero - 8/26/2024, 10:48 AM
@WhatIfRickJames -

Nope, didn't affect me one bit...

*sniff*

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lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/26/2024, 11:19 AM
@WhatIfRickJames - no kidding. I'm at the gym crying like a baby on every lift.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/26/2024, 9:42 AM
He made me a Believer.

This gonna be a tough one, fellas.
Spoken
Spoken - 8/26/2024, 10:01 AM
Wow...I think if I watch this I'm going to be a babbling brook by the time I leave. Kind of made me teary eyed just watching the trailer.
mountainman
mountainman - 8/26/2024, 10:04 AM
This reminds me of the Val Kilmer documentary, but I think this one will be even better.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 8/26/2024, 10:40 AM
@mountainman - i need to check that out.. Amazon prime or Hulu?
mountainman
mountainman - 8/26/2024, 10:55 AM
@MotherGooseUPus - Pretty sure I watched it on Prime.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 8/26/2024, 10:08 AM
I welled up at the damn trailer... the movie is gonna be a tough watch.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/26/2024, 11:21 AM
@MarkCassidy - just the opening notes and rests at the very beginning of the theme/trailer already had me bawling. Then it just cuts deeper as it goes on but in a good way
Beer85
Beer85 - 8/26/2024, 10:16 AM
Looks good.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 8/26/2024, 10:18 AM
Wow that was a powerful trailer. Teared up.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 8/26/2024, 10:25 AM
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MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 8/26/2024, 10:26 AM
i cried. damn it all
MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 8/26/2024, 10:42 AM
Makes you look at life a little different. I complain about such trivial crap which really doesn't matter. Gonna be a tough but inspirational watch.
Deckacards
Deckacards - 8/26/2024, 10:49 AM
Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow...
Supermanunbound
Supermanunbound - 8/26/2024, 11:07 AM
I cried.
Odin
Odin - 8/26/2024, 11:13 AM
Just the trailer got me -and apparently many others here as well- so emotional. This will be a tough to see.

I love that the trailer brought up his friendship with Robin Williams. It's always been one of my favorite stories about Christopher Reeve, how apparently the first time he smiled after the accident, was when his old roommate Robin showed up in the hospital wearing a urine yellow doctor's coat, pretending to be a russian doctor come to do a check-up.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/26/2024, 11:34 AM
@Odin - it’s amazing how Robin Williams would do that for other people while having his own internal
Struggles…

I remember hearing a story that filming Schindlers Lost really started to weigh on Steven Spielberg so Robin Williams would call him up after every shooting day and cheer him up
S8R8M
S8R8M - 8/26/2024, 11:21 AM
My Superman
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/26/2024, 11:22 AM
@S8R8M - mine as well bro
Superspecialawesomeguy
Superspecialawesomeguy - 8/26/2024, 11:25 AM
I'm already welling up at the trailer, the whole thing's going to destroy me.

R.I.P. to an absolute legend.

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/26/2024, 11:31 AM
Man , I got chills during that trailer..

Can’t wait to see this!!.
NightEagle3
NightEagle3 - 8/26/2024, 11:45 AM
I just watched Superman Returns with the girlfriend a few days ago because she's never seen it. And while explaining to her that is supposed to be a continuation of the Reeve films, I became so nostalgic for him and everything he truly did for Superman. I wasn't even born until 92 and he still managed to make such an impact on me ❤️
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 8/26/2024, 12:23 PM
That music towards the end...

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GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 8/26/2024, 12:46 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - Isn't that fragments (no pun intended) from "The Planet Krypton" from the 78 OST?
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 8/26/2024, 12:48 PM
@GeneralZod - Yes! My favorite track from the soundtrack.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 8/26/2024, 12:53 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - mine as well. I also like the prologue when the boy is flipping the pages of the fake Action 1.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 8/26/2024, 12:52 PM
I was thinking yesterday that Reeve is the greatest casting choice of any character in a CBM. In 2124, when we are all long gone, Hollywood and CBM fans will still consider him the archetype Superman.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/26/2024, 1:30 PM
I can walk if I knew there was charity for people who can’t walk I would donate years ago before his accident werid thing with people .,

Most people don’t donate make charity unless something tragic happens to them first then they make move to help out other people who where in same situation before them
BeNice123
BeNice123 - 8/26/2024, 2:43 PM
@dragon316 - @dragon316 - also, charity is bullshit. Please people, do not donate. A very small percentage is donated to the actual cause. The other percent is payed to the charity holder. Do your research before you donate.
The1st
The1st - 8/26/2024, 3:12 PM
I've had the privilege of encountering lots of people in life. He is one of them. I didn't know him, but I see him even now. He wasn't just Superman. He was a super human in all the ways that matter.
Truoptimusprime
Truoptimusprime - 8/26/2024, 5:36 PM
I remember seeing him on the news getting rehab and that inspired me to become a Therapist as an adult, and work in a rehab facility. Ive been working in rehab for almost 20 years now helping people recover.
TheLight
TheLight - 8/26/2024, 5:49 PM
@Truoptimusprime - A true inclination of heroes being influenced by other heroes. Kudos to you and all of your endeavors in aiding others, dude.
Truoptimusprime
Truoptimusprime - 8/26/2024, 6:40 PM
@TheLight - thank you
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 8/26/2024, 6:07 PM
As a kid of the 70's, watching the original Superman in the old fashioned theatre long before the cineplexes (ours had balconies!) is one of the fondest movie going experiences as a child.


While the movie is certainly dated now in many ways, Reeve brought such humanity and decency to the role, that for me, it still stands up.
Pa Kent's death is handled PERFECTLY and is as inspringing as it is heartbreaking.
There's no way I'm gonna get a chance to see this documentary at a cineplex near me, but do we have an eta for streaming.
Rest in peace Christopher Reeve. 🫡
Truoptimusprime
Truoptimusprime - 8/26/2024, 6:41 PM
@Feralwookiee - I would love to see this movie.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 8/27/2024, 12:23 AM
Would be really nice if it can arrive here.

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