For many Christopher Reeve WAS Superman and arguably the best portrayal of the dual Superhero / ordinary man Clark Kent committed to celluloid. Appearing in the role in four films his career was tragically cut short in a horse riding accident in 1995 and was paralysed from the neck down confined to a wheel chair before he passed away in 2004. His life is celebrated in the new documentary with a first look in the, ‘Super/Man The Christopher Reeve story’ trailer.
Despite becoming a quadriplegic, the doc reveals Reeve overcoming earlier doubts about continuing to live and, lifted by the strength of family and friends behind him, devote his life to discovering a cure for spinal cord injuries and advocating for disability rights and care.
The film includes never-before-seen home movies and a trove of personal archive material, as well as the first extended interviews ever filmed with Reeve’s three children about their father, and interviews with A-list Hollywood actors including Reeve’s lifelong best friend Robin Williams. Directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, who helmed McQueen, the film about Reeve’s Hollywood and personal history includes home movies and interviews with Reeve’s three children and Hollywood colleagues and friends.
There is an awful, bitter and brutal irony that an actor who played Superman would become a quadriplegic and yet what looks like an extremely moving documentary suggests the actor fit the bill of a super man even more than the caped superhero he played and devoted his life to discovering a cure for spinal cord injuries and advocating for disability rights and care.
The film is released in the US on21st Sept with international release dates to be confirmed.
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Here’s the Super/Man The Christopher Reeve story trailer ……
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