AN AMAZING movie! This movie was perfection!!!!!!!!!! It DEEPLY affected that 14 year old boy I was!!!!!!! I loved it so much that I stayed until the very last note of music was played in the ending credits. I'll never forget the moment when "Next Year Superman II" came on the screen!!!!!!!!!!!!! The movie and music were so amazing that I couldn't wait to go out and buy the soundtrack! I played it to death and memorized every note!!!!!!!!
I remember back in the 80s when ABC aired this movie for the first, it was a super big ratings hit for them. ABC also edited back in scenes that were removed from the original picture it was great.
I remember seeing on the big screen back in 78 and I was glued to the final end of the credits and saw “SUPERMAN ll NEXT YEAR” I was like holy cow PART2. I was ecstatic knowing there was going to be another film.
I sat there too in the audience watching In 70MM / 6th Track Dolby Stereo 10pm show ( Mann’s Fox Covina Cinemas) opening night with my family until the very end of the credits had the same reaction knowing there and then that a sequel was coming soon. My 12 year old self did not sleep because of the excitement that night. The 3 hour wait (All day showings sold out) in long, long, long line outside before the screening was way totally worth it too! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Watching these credits takes me back to my first theatrical screening. I didn’t want to leave and just hoped that I could stay in the state of bliss this movie brought to me forever. I eventually had to convince myself to get back out into the world and share the sensibility I gained watching this movie… also my mom was waiting in the parking lot to pick me up. She was wondering where I was since everyone else left once the credits started. She thought it was really sweet how much this movie meant to me.
I wish that later released would have left the "Next Year: Superman II" credit in place. Superman II (Lester cut) still has "Coming Soon: Superman III". There also a small little detail on the Superman III credits. On the VHS the starfield continues for a few seconds after the "Distributed by Warner Bros." credit disappears. But on all later releases, including the ABC-TV extended version the film ends while the "Distributed by Warner Bros." credit is still on screen.
I have not seen those END CREDITS from SUPERMAN for a very long time because I always left the theater too early. There are so many people who’ve worked very hard to make this film a success. Kenneth Huang. 1/31/24.
@@cubdukat He didn't get himself fired! He was fired because he was spending money on making TWO movies at the same time, and the Salkinds were too damned cheap to be okay with THE BARGAIN Richard Donner was giving them! Superman II would have been out "next year" had they not fired Donner and had to reshoot the most of what Donner filmed for the movie.
@@timfurnier7061 Big L on Warner Bros. for allowing Donner to be fired. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is great but it would've been far better if they allowed him to finish making it.
I watched this vid to check something I read online not long ago. I read that Chris Reeve also had a small voice part in this film, as the air traffic controller that the chopper pilot talks to just before the accident. I wanted to see if Chris received a credit for that, but didn't see squat. Was he not credited for that bc he was a fresh face at the time or something? Or did they not credit small voice parts back then?
At 7:16 You Made A Mistake! Superman Came Out In 1978 And Superman 2 Came Out In 1981! So That Makes It Coming In 3 Years Not 1! So It Should Had Said Superman 2 Coming In Summer 1981! So There!🦸
It was probably the firing of Richard Donner that delayed the movie. If they let him finish shooting Superman II instead of having Richard Lester do all those reshoots, then it would’ve been on time.
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AN AMAZING movie! This movie was perfection!!!!!!!!!! It DEEPLY affected that 14 year old boy I was!!!!!!! I loved it so much that I stayed until the very last note of music was played in the ending credits. I'll never forget the moment when "Next Year Superman II" came on the screen!!!!!!!!!!!!! The movie and music were so amazing that I couldn't wait to go out and buy the soundtrack! I played it to death and memorized every note!!!!!!!!
I remember back in the 80s when ABC aired this movie for the first, it was a super big ratings hit for them. ABC also edited back in scenes that were removed from the original picture it was great.
NEXT YEAR
SUPERMAN II
Always gets me in the emotions!!! 😢
I remember seeing on the big screen back in 78 and I was glued to the final end of the credits and saw “SUPERMAN ll NEXT YEAR” I was like holy cow PART2. I was ecstatic knowing there was going to be another film.
I sat there too in the audience watching In 70MM / 6th Track Dolby Stereo 10pm show ( Mann’s Fox Covina Cinemas) opening night with my family until the very end of the credits had the same reaction knowing there and then that a sequel was coming soon. My 12 year old self did not sleep because of the excitement that night. The 3 hour wait (All day showings sold out) in long, long, long line outside before the screening was way totally worth it too! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
1977
The transition at 3:00 from the Main Theme to the Love Theme is heartbreaking.
Watching these credits takes me back to my first theatrical screening. I didn’t want to leave and just hoped that I could stay in the state of bliss this movie brought to me forever. I eventually had to convince myself to get back out into the world and share the sensibility I gained watching this movie… also my mom was waiting in the parking lot to pick me up. She was wondering where I was since everyone else left once the credits started. She thought it was really sweet how much this movie meant to me.
Wonderful story I fully understand your feelings. This is an incredible example of filmmaking from Richard Donner & his talented technicians.
1977
I wish that later released would have left the "Next Year: Superman II" credit in place. Superman II (Lester cut) still has "Coming Soon: Superman III".
There also a small little detail on the Superman III credits. On the VHS the starfield continues for a few seconds after the "Distributed by Warner Bros." credit disappears. But on all later releases, including the ABC-TV extended version the film ends while the "Distributed by Warner Bros." credit is still on screen.
R.I.P.
Christopher Reeve (1952 - 2004)
1978 - Superman
1980 - Superman II
1983 - Superman III
1987 - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1993 - Frasier
2006 - Everyone's Hero & Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
R.I.P.
Marlon Brando (1924 - 2004)
1955 - Guys and Dolls
1972 - The Godfather (Don Vito Corleone)
1978 - Superman
1979 - Apocalypse Now
I have not seen those END CREDITS from SUPERMAN for a very long time because I always left the theater too early. There are so many people who’ve worked very hard to make this film a success. Kenneth Huang. 1/31/24.
I like that those first credits that fly at the screen are the same style as the opening credits of Superman II.
Should've started with Reeve smiling at us as he flies off.
The Toronto Symphony is gonna play this live with film in Feb 2024!
Next Year:
“Superman II”
In actuality, it would be 2-3 years before “Superman II” was released.
And with a completely different director, since Richard Donner got himself fired...
@@cubdukat He didn't get himself fired! He was fired because he was spending money on making TWO movies at the same time, and the Salkinds were too damned cheap to be okay with THE BARGAIN Richard Donner was giving them! Superman II would have been out "next year" had they not fired Donner and had to reshoot the most of what Donner filmed for the movie.
@@timfurnier7061 Big L on Warner Bros. for allowing Donner to be fired. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is great but it would've been far better if they allowed him to finish making it.
Yeah, that's just a marketing gimmick. Salkinds probably put that in.
@@sha11235 Inspired by James Bond, I bet.
Cast:
Marlon Brando
Gene Hackman
Christopher Reeve
Ned Beatty
Up, Up, And Away!
An Alexander & Ilya Salkind Production
A Richard Donner Film
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Of course, Alexander isn't credited as an executive producer, just his son. He is just the presenter.
1977
I watched this vid to check something I read online not long ago. I read that Chris Reeve also had a small voice part in this film, as the air traffic controller that the chopper pilot talks to just before the accident. I wanted to see if Chris received a credit for that, but didn't see squat. Was he not credited for that bc he was a fresh face at the time or something? Or did they not credit small voice parts back then?
@joaniekeyers4036 Wow thanks for the info. 🦸♂🦹♂🦸♀🦹♀
At 7:16 You Made A Mistake! Superman Came Out In 1978 And Superman 2 Came Out In 1981! So That Makes It Coming In 3 Years Not 1! So It Should Had Said Superman 2 Coming In Summer 1981! So There!🦸
It was probably the firing of Richard Donner that delayed the movie. If they let him finish shooting Superman II instead of having Richard Lester do all those reshoots, then it would’ve been on time.
1977
I don't remember a golf course scene in the film.
It’s in the TV version.
1977
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