He began not as flesh and blood, but as a simple line drawing.

His comic strip has captivated millions around the world.

The power of radio gave to his name a breathless, unsurpassed signature and sound.

Then, with television, a bold new generation came to embrace his exploits.

Today, at last, his evolution is complete --- brought to life through the unprecendented union of the most sophisticated advances ever attempted in the history of modern film technology --- and through the joining together of an impressive gathering of international stars.

Marlon Brando is Jor-el, who gave our universe his only son.

Gene Hackman is his arch-enemy, Lex Luthor --- the one man on earth capable of destroying him.

Margot Kidder is Lois Lane, the woman who believes him to be the most ordinary among men.

Glenn Ford is Jonathan Kent, the foster father who discovers him when he is only a baby.

Jackie Cooper is his immediate superior, Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White......

......and Christopher Reeve is the astonishing new screen presence who has been chosen to portray both Clark Kent ---- and the Man of Steel.

For more than half a century, his incredible adventures have stood far beyond the capacity of any known medium to realize.

But now, the greatest creative and technological minds of the motion picture community have assembled their combined resources.....

.....to meet the challenge of

Superman!