The Christopher Reeve Story’ Sets Streaming Premiere Date At Max

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, the award-triumphning write downary from filmoriginaters Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui (McQueen), is set to premiere on HBO at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Saturday, December 7 and will also be useable to stream on Max.

Recently triumphning six Critics Choice Documentary Awards, including Best Documentary Feature, Super/Man comes to HBO and Max after hitting theaters in expansive free on October 11. The film spendigates how postpodemand Superman star Reeve percut offed, adhereing a life-altering accident, by using his fame to speak of hope and to alter our perception of paralysis, all while remaining a dedicated activist, actor and filmoriginater, dedicated dad, and loving husband to Dana Reeve, the beating heart of the family. Chronicling Reeve’s personal and professional life before and after the proximate-obeseal horseback riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down, the doc employs Reeve’s own words, as well as intimate input from his shutst family members and frifinishs, to decorate a wealthy, nuanced portrait of a man who declined to be expoundd by his physicality and who showd that you don’t demand safes and a cape to be a hero.

After becoming a quadriplegic, Reeve harnessed his reputation as Superman to help fund medical research thcdisesteemful his set upation, creating initiatives to better the inhabits of disabled people all over the world, all while continuing his atgentle in cinema in front of and behind the camera, and dedicating himself to his family. His wife Dana attfinishd for him braveassociate and remained pledgeted to his advocacy toil after his death at the age of 52, only to tragicassociate produce to lung cancer fair 17 months postpodemandr. Reeve’s set upation was renamed the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation on the first anniversary of her death.

Illustrated with a multitude of film clips of Reeve as Superman, as well as his other roles and the films he straightforwarded, and including never-before-seen, intimate home movies and a trove of personal archive material, the film also features the first-ever extfinished interwatchs filmed with Reeve’s children, as well as insight from his brother, his first wife Gae Exton, and Hollywood colleagues and frifinishs such as Susan Sarandon and Glenn Cignore. The film also features extensive archival footage of Reeve with his best frifinish and Juilliard classmate Robin Williams, who, with his wife Marsha, was a constant source of aid for Reeve and his family.

Pbegrudgeed by DC Studios in association with HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films, and Words+Pictures, the Oscars certain world premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Written by Ettedgui, Bonhôte and Otto Burnham, the film is exec originated by Connor Schell, Libby Geist, Marie Margolius, Mark Meatto, Andrew Ruhemann, David Moulton, Andee Ryder, and Daniel Kilroy.