Presented by DC Studios in Association with HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films, Words+Pictures, and a Passion Pictures and Misfits Entertainment Production CNN Films will broadcast the television premiere of the acclaimed feature documentary "Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story", a moving and cinematic account of a man who not only embodied a hero on screen but became a symbol of hope.. Christopher Reeve in SUPERMAN @Warner Bros. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Ian Bonhôte/Peter Ettedgui, 2024) 5 out of 5 stars To those of us who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, actor Christopher Reeve will forever be our Man of Steel. Born in 1952, he was but 26 when the first major studio film with a superhero at its center—the 1978 Superman, directed by Richard Donner—came out.
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story: Directed by Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui. With Christopher Reeve, Will Reeve, Dana Reeve, Alexandra Reeve Givens. Reeve's rise to becoming a film star follows with a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After the accident, he became an activist for spinal cord injury treatments and disability rights.. Chronicling the personal and professional life of Christopher Reeve before and after the near-fatal 1995 horseback riding accident that left him paralyzed, this documentary uses Reeve's own words, as well as intimate input from those who knew him best.