“I’m not a hero,” you hear Christopher Reeve say at the beginning of the trailer for the documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story. And then, for the next three and a half minutes, the super man goes on to embody the spirit of what it means to be one.
After James Gunn teased it on his social media, the trailer for the documentary on the Superman actor’s life was released, and it is bound to make anyone emotional, no matter how much you knew about his life or how many of his films you watched.
What is Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story about?
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is a documentary that had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January this year, and was touted as a moving look at the life of the actor who played the man of steel on screen in four Superman films, along with an array of other roles that made him a beloved star, until tragedy struck. With the film’s early reviews being positive, fans were desperately waiting to watch it. And now, it is finally up for release and an official trailer has dropped.
The trailer begins with Reeve landing the role of a lifetime, playing Superman, but it majorly follows how his life was altered by the devastating horse riding accident in May 1995 that left him paralyzed. Through footage with a voiceover by Reeve himself and anecdotes recounted by his sons Matthew Reeve and Will Reeve, daughter Alexandra Reeve Givens, and actors Susan Sarandon and Glenn Close, filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui put together how Christopher Reeve held on to hope and lived, and also became a champion and inspiration for people with quadriplegia like him.
The trailer also highlights two people: Christopher’s second wife Dana and friend, actor Robin Williams, who stood by him during this difficult time and gave him the courage to not only face the challenges that came with quadriplegia, but also become a staunch activist and advocate for disability rights so that others like him had a fighting chance at living a better life. Through the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, he contributed majorly to research for spinal injury treatments using embryonic stem cells.
When is Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story releasing?
Keep the tissues handy because we’re going to cry a lot watching this one. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story will have a limited theatrical release on September 21 and 25, 2024.
Published: Aug 26, 2024 02:54 pm