Superman (1978 film) father on Earth. "Superman" was originally scheduled to be released in June 1978, the 40th anniversary of "Action Comics 1", which first introduced Superman, but the problems during filming pushed the film back by six months. Editor Stuart Baird reflected, "Filming was finished in October 1978 and it is a miracle we had the film released two months later. Big-budgeted films today tend to take six to eight months." Donner, for his part, wished that he had "had another six months; I would have perfected a lot of things. But at some point, you've gotta turn the picture over." Warner
Superman (Salkind films) Superman in the first film as the 26th greatest hero of all time in their AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains list. "Business Insider" placed Reeve's Superman as the fourth greatest superhero film performance out of twenty while "Hollywood Reporter" placed number three out of fifty in top performances in superhero film. In 2009, "Entertainment Weekly" placed Superman as the third of the coolest heroes in pop culture.Mark Hughes of "Forbes" felt that Reeve portrays both Superman and Clark Kent like two different people that it felt like watching two different actors in screen.Ben Kuchera of "Polygon" opined that the