Superman 50th Anniversary (TV 1988)

A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

Director:

Robert Boyd

Writers:

Jerry Siegel (character creator: Superman), Joe Shuster (character creator: Superman),

Stars:

Dana Carvey, Kirk Alyn, Peter Boyle

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dana Carvey	...	Himself - Host
Kirk Alyn	...	Himself
Peter Boyle	...	James 'Jimmy' Malone, Shop Owner
Jimmy Breslin	...	Himself
John Byrne	...	Himself
Paul Dooley	...	John Buxton, Editor Metropolis Proclaimer
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Brian Connelly
Al Franken	...	The Awesome Pair, formerly 'The Crimebusters' (as Franken & Davis)
Tom Davis	...	The Awesome Pair, formerly 'The Crimebusters' (as Franken & Davis)
Ellen Greene	...	Ariel Dickenson - Curator Metroplis Museum
Hal Holbrook	...	Himself
Jan Hooks	...	Marcia Connelly
Kreskin	...	Himself (as The Amazing Kreskin)
Jack Larson	...	Himself
Carol Leifer	...	Beth Lewis - Lois Lane's Best Friend

Storyline

This special, produced by the "Saturday Night Live" production crew and starring most of the SNL cast, uses vignettes and vintage film and television clips to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Superman. Also includes interviews with most of the cast of the many film and television incarnations of "Superman".

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Plot Keywords:

reenactment | dc comics | spoof

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Genres:

Comedy | Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 November 2006 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Superman 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

Company Credits

Production Co:

Guber-Peters Company, The, Broadway Video

Technical Specs

Runtime:

49 min 61 min

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This documentary is featured on disc 2 of the Two-Disc Special Edition DVD for Superman II (1980), released in 2006.

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Connections

Features Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)

User Reviews

Cringe-inducing in parts but containing entertaining clips

This recently turned up among old tapes I'd not played for many years. Typical 1980s fare, it was however extremely well edited using very good source material of early Superman serials, cartoons and of course, clips from my favorite, George Reeves in 'The Adventures of Superman'.

As another reviewer wrote, it could have been done so much better. Even back in the 1980s, comic fans were still regarded as geeks despite the Christopher Reeve movies which would lend an air of respectability to the genre, eventually.

For Superman fans, this special would be pretty much essential viewing, despite the less than entertaining host.