Ilya Slakin's unforgettable 1978 production of the classic American comic character, features a script by Mario Puzo and a John Williams score, while Richard Donner directs a wonderful ensemble with Hackman as Luthor, Brando as Jor-El, Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, and the man of steel himself, played by Christopher Reeve who became the Superman personification for many a generation.