Superman (1978 film) Superman (1978 film) Superman (informally titled Superman: The Movie in some listings and reference sources) is a 1978 superhero film directed by Richard Donner starring Christopher Reeve as Superman based on the DC Comics character of the same name. An international co-production between the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Panama and the United States, the film stars an ensemble cast featuring Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Jeff East, Margot Kidder, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Trevor Howard, Marc McClure, Terence Stamp, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Jack O'Halloran, Maria Schell, and Sarah Douglas. It depicts Superman's origin, including his infancy as
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1978 film) Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1978 film) Jacob Two-Two Meets The Hooded Fang is a 1978 film adaptation of a novel by the same name, written by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. Richler was a fiction and non-fiction novelist who was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. He was a father of five children, with the youngest, Jacob, inspiring his character Jacob Two-Two. Although his novel began "as a tale told to his youngest son", it is now considered to be a Canadian classic, and set in motion many future film and television adaptions. Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang