Christopher Reeve Trailers
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Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter and author. He achieved stardom for his acting achievements, including his notable motion picture portrayal of the fictional superhero Superman.
On May 27, 1995, Reeve became a quadriplegic after being thrown from a horse in an equestrian competition in Virginia. He required a wheelchair and breathing apparatus for the rest of his life. He lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries, and for human embryonic stem cell research afterward. He founded the Christopher Reeve Foundation and co-founded the Reeve-Irvine Research Center.
Reeve married Dana Morosini in April 1992, and they had a son, William, born that June. Reeve had two children, Matthew (born 1979) and Alexandra (born 1983), from his previous relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Gae Exton.
Most Popular Christopher Reeve Trailers
Total trailers found: 75
14 December 1978
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
01 May 2001
Documentary on the making of the 1978 film 'Superman.'
17 July 1983
Documentary about the making of the sequel to Superman.
24 January 1982
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly.
25 October 2004
Rendered a quadriplegic since a child from a near-fatal neck injury, a young girl fights against all odds to succeed in life from grade school to her acceptance into college under the assistance of her loyal and dedicated mother.
22 April 1990
After learning about pollution a group of creatures called Zwibble Dibbles, decide to throw a party for the Earth to raise awareness.
01 May 2001
Marc McClure presents a documentary on the making of 'Superman' (1978).
11 March 2010
Country boy Oskari travels with his mother to the city. There he meets his superhero. However, all is not quite as seven-year-old Oskari imagined.
05 November 1985
An entertaining documentary look at dinosaurs with Emmy Award-winning special effects, feature film clips and stills, commentary by leading paleontologists of the time, and an on camera as well as voice-over narrative by Christopher Reeve.
27 May 1983
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.
04 December 1980
Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them.
01 January 1984
Documentary about Merchant Ivory Productions, including interviews with the principals of the film production company and actors which have appeared in their films.
18 September 2002
Christopher Reeve's life with paralysis is chronicled, along with his attempted recovery and goal to walk again.
24 July 1987
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
17 June 1983
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects.
20 March 1992
Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors.
05 November 1993
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain.
10 March 1978
The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship.
01 January 2007
A detailed portrait of Christopher and Dana Reeve in the aftermath of his paralyzing 1995 fall from a horse.
02 October 1980
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me".
10 March 1985
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
02 November 2006
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
28 April 1995
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant.
01 November 2024
His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades.
17 September 1993
An ex-convict who is on parole is accused of murdering a loose woman in the town where he works.
21 May 1990
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
04 August 2006
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
20 April 1997
Danny, dying of AIDS, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.
01 January 1988
A follow-up special to ABC's 1987 "The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson." The program includes clips of great stunts, interviews with celebrities and profiles of legendary stuntpeople.
19 March 1982
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
20 March 1987
A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
01 March 1985
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
26 August 1985
This documentary treats movie fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Superman III, a more comical take on the superhero story in which the Man of Steel takes on a supercomputer and its bumbling programmer.
08 March 1982
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
22 November 1998
Jason Kemp, a recently paralyzed architect, lives in a high-tech apartment filled with assistive technology.
16 December 1994
In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.
22 October 1982
The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.
06 January 1991
Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son, Jonathan, leaves for school, stopping first to meet his father for breakfast.
26 March 1985
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted.
05 March 1988
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
05 November 1988
Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.
18 April 1993
Jack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.
09 November 2010
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
19 June 1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987.
21 September 2024
Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down.
01 March 1998
This special program, a tribute to actor Christopher Reeve, features inspirational stories and songs in a fundraising gala for the Christopher Reeve Foundation.
22 October 2001
The filmmakers and lead actors of The Remains of the Day (1993) discuss how they came to make the film, and the subtle power of its execution.
20 March 1996
This is the only story in the Rabbit Ears collection that is fully animated. Christopher Reeve and Amy Grant relate this wondrous fable of an escaped lion and a new-born lamb who teach a brother and a sister about the true spirit of Christmas.
23 December 2001
The historical saga of American superheroes. Born in the period between the Great Depression and the World War II to combat the hobgoblins of the modern world, these mutant human beings with superhuman powers colonized the funny papers, radio dramas, television and films, to become a truly national industry in the United States: they gave expression to the fears and obsessions of the twentieth century and bolstered American ideals.
29 February 1988
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.
01 May 1984
A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.
09 September 1975
In a society of the future, a conformist falls in love with a fugitive who forces him to rethink his attitudes about the society he lives in.
18 July 2003
From Disturbing Discoveries to Astonishing Arressts, and Tragic Endings. In this tv-special, E! countdowns the greatest moments in the entertainment industry that shocked the American Public.
04 November 1992
A thriller directed by Bradford May focusing on a catholic priest dealing with a serial killer's confession and a murder investigation.
25 June 1991
Despite her husband's doubts, a woman reaches out to her dead daughter with a psychiatrist's help.
28 September 2024
A French documentary on Superman actor Christopher Reeve as told by his French voice dubbing actor, Pierre Arditi.
07 July 1983
A prince chases his destiny to an ancient castle in search of a cursed princess, thanks to the help of an informative lumberjack.
28 July 1995
A former slave affects peace between Indian tribes and homesteaders in 1860s West Texas.
10 November 1996
A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon.
01 October 1992
A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle of the 18th century, the changes from the Industrial Revolution, to the 20th century when most of the planet’s resources have been depleted — this film examines the North American landscape and all the wildlife destruction, deforestation, soil depletion and pollution that have been wrought to make the American Dream come true.
