• Director(s)

    Richard Donner

  • Production Year

    1978

  • Release date

    31/07/2020

  • Genre(s)

    Adventure, Fantasy, Action

  • Approx. running minutes

    143m

  • Cast

    Margot Kidder, Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando

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Film

Superman

mild threat, violence, sex references, language

An orphaned alien arrives on Earth and uses his superpowers to fight against evil. Scenes of mild violence and threat may be too intense for very young children, in spite of the fantasy context.…

An orphaned alien arrives on Earth and uses his superpowers to fight against evil. Scenes of mild violence and threat may be too intense for very young children, in spite of the fantasy context.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

drugs

nudity

alcohol and tobacco

discrimination

  • Director(s)

    Richard Donner

  • Production Year

    1978

  • Release date

    31/07/2020

  • Genre(s)

    Adventure, Fantasy, Action

  • Approx. running minutes

    143m

  • Cast

    Margot Kidder, Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando

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mild threat, violence, sex references, language
Classified Date:
22/07/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd.
violence
A woman kicks a mugger's face. There is a gunfight, without injuries. A villain uses a fantastical mineral to weaken the superhero. It is implied that a mother smacks her daughter.
threat and horror
A frightened woman is trapped in a car, which gradually fills with soil. A mugger points a gun at a couple. Characters dangle over, and fall from, heights. A man falls in front of a moving train and, it is implied, is killed.
language
There is infrequent use of mild bad language ('ass') as well as milder terms such as 'hell', 'damn' and 'God'.
sex
There are fleeting references to 'orgies' and a 'sex addict', in the context of investigative journalism. There is mild innuendo over the hero's 'bodily functions'. Soldiers squabble over who will resuscitate a female casualty.
drugs
There is a fleeting reference to unspecified drugs.
nudity
There is natural nudity.
alcohol and tobacco
Characters smoke cigarettes, reflecting the period in which the film is set.
There is a fleeting reference to unspecified drugs. Characters smoke cigarettes, reflecting the period. There is natural nudity.
Classified Date:
29/11/1978
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia-Emi-Warner Dists Ltd
mild violence, threat, sex references
Classified Date:
07/09/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Extended version
Violence
Mild violence includes a man firing a handgun at a couple he is mugging and a scene in which Superman is almost drowned.
Threat and horror
Mild threat includes scenes in which people run panicked in the aftermath of destruction, a scene in which a woman is trapped inside a helicopter which teeters off the roof of a skyscraper, and a scene in which a woman is trapped in a car.
Sex
There is innuendo over copulation and a scene in which a man asks what colour a woman's underwear is.
Very mild bad language includes uses of the terms 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'.
Classified Date:
12/09/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Contains mild language, violence and threat
Classified Date:
12/09/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
18/05/1993
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
16/04/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
19/09/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
05/03/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
08/03/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Audio commentary with Pierre Spengler and Ilya Salkind
Classified Date:
02/02/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd

  • Classified date

    22/07/2020

  • Language

    English