Special Report: Superman (1978)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 194 minutes

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Summary

You will believe that a podcast can try to discuss one of the first major big-budget forays into the world of superheroes via Richard Donner's Superman (1978). James Lawrence of The Iron Sequel and Mike Thompson join Mike White to examine the film and its impact.

Special guests Jeff East (Clark Kent) and Sarah Douglas (Ursa) reminisce about their experiences on the troubled production.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.
0:09.2	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime. People pay good money to see this movie. When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:21.9	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:24.8	Turn it off.
0:30.1	Turn it on.
0:36.2	Hey, Andrew!
0:36.9	Yeah! My friends, I'm not given to wild and supported statements.
0:53.3	And I tell you that we must evacuate this planet immediately. not given to wild and supported statements.
0:58.0	And I tell you that we must evacuate this planet immediately. Jorrell, be reasonable.
1:06.0	Once there was a civilization, much like ours, but with a greater intelligence, greater powers,
1:14.6	and a greater capacity for good. The In one tragic moment, that world was destroyed.
1:58.3	But there was one survivor.
2:00.2	But there was one survivor.
2:10.0	Now, wouldn't that beat all get out?
2:18.6	Because of the wisdom and compassion of Jorrell,
2:22.9	because he knew the human race had the capacity for goodness,
2:25.4	he set us his only son.
2:30.3	His name is Kallel.
2:35.0	He will call himself Clark Kent. But the world will know him as Superman.
2:40.0	This year, Superman brings you the gift of flight.
2:47.0	Superman, the movie.
2:59.7	Welcome to the Projection Booth.
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