Christopher Reeve He then acted in a small role in the film "A Step Towards Tomorrow". Reeve was elected Chairman of the American Paralysis Association and Vice Chairman of the National Organization on Disability. He co-founded the Reeve-Irvine Research Center, which is now one of the leading spinal cord research centers in the world. He created the Christopher Reeve Foundation, now the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, to speed up research through funding and to use grants to improve the quality of the lives of people with disabilities. The Foundation to date has given more than $65 million to research and more
Superman (1978 film) as big an asshole as the Salkinds." Two more films, "Superman III" (1983) and "" (1987), were produced. "Superman Returns" was released in 2006. Director Bryan Singer credited the 1978 "Superman" as an influence for "Superman Returns", and used restored footage of Brando as Jor-El. "" also was released in 2006. The film's final sequence, which features Superman flying high above the Earth at sunrise, and breaking the fourth wall to smile briefly at the camera, featured at the end of every Superman film starring Reeve. Because "Superman" went into production prior to the releases of "Star Wars" (May 1977)