the chills when Clark finishes learning and superman makes his first fly towards us. amazing scene.

Not enough credit is given to Jeff East as the young Clark Kent, he was really good.

@retributionvii2068

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was wondering who this was

@Mr.Derogatory316

Жыл бұрын

Plus Christopher Reeve should never had overdubbed Jeff East's voice with his own

@talkshow69

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Derogatory316 I don't think so. East's and Reeves's voices are totally different and very distinct from each other.

@amitypredator9385

Жыл бұрын

Jeff East did his own lines, I think. I imagine he must have spoken to Christopher Reeve, because the way he spoke seemed a lot like Christopher.

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

@@amitypredator9385 Research. U r wrong. If you've actually watched and listened to the movie. .

Whoever came up with the idea the Fortress of Solitude was made of giant crystals based off of Kryptonian crystal technology was a freaking genius.

@Boudosaved

3 жыл бұрын

Little known fact...Geoffrey Unsworth, who assisted with cinematography on this film, also worked on Zardoz, another sci-fi film which came out a few years earlier, and in Zardoz there are similar crystals as those in Superman...coincidence??? Maybe, but odd for sure.

@hindsightpov4218

3 жыл бұрын

@@Boudosaved I haven’t seen Zardoz yet. It looks kooky. Sean Connery in that outfit always made me laugh. On the tv series “Stargate SG-1” the Tok’ra species had crystal technology that was clearly inspired by Kryptonian crystal technology. There were also the Replicator nanite species that created a base that was was a dead ringer for The Fortress of Solitude. Someone on that show is a fan.

@Boudosaved

3 жыл бұрын

@@hindsightpov4218 Yeah, Zardoz is not for everyone. It did come out in 1974 so take that into consideration. But whoever was responsible for costume design owes Sean Connery a big apology.

@fadidabban

3 жыл бұрын

Not really, I’m thinking the government could have somehow found out about the fortress and maybe started a recon operation which would be Kal El under an immense threat.

@noebryce3386

2 жыл бұрын

I dont mean to be so offtopic but does any of you know a tool to log back into an instagram account?? I was stupid forgot the account password. I appreciate any help you can offer me

The cinematography, the editing, John williams incredible music for this scene? It works so well! It's awesome! As a kid in the 90's and 00's, I wish more movies were like this!

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

1:32 me too.

@spkanava

5 ай бұрын

1977

My favorite piece of music. Period. This particular 9+ minute masterpiece has an infinite amount of emotions. Horror, glory, the unknown, beauty.

I love the music so much.

@Dbusdriver71

5 жыл бұрын

You love the music; I love the scene! Hell, this movie redefined the superhero. I watched it when it first came out in 78; it was incredible then.

@humblebugg5270

5 жыл бұрын

@BJB to some people cardi b is magic. Lets just love what we love and let others do the same. Too much negativity in the world

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

0:26 me too. Including, the 3 hours extended edition of Superman the movie that I have never seen it before, I have the blu ray disc from last 3 years ago on my Christmas 🎄 🎁.

@mos6507

3 жыл бұрын

@BJB Your comment is even more relevant today--thanks to WAP.

@ladybird131

3 жыл бұрын

In these stranger times the music brings me comfort.

Rest in Peace Richard Donner.

Looks in bag, "damn I left the crystal at home"

Well written film and great music and great actors such a perfect film

42 years on the Films still stands the test of time of all the right formula and essence of a icon tribute from comic to screen. ✨

@mj011n1r

Жыл бұрын

they can't get it right anymore. I swear it's too "American" for Hollywood to do.

@spkanava

5 ай бұрын

1977

Amazing how the travel music changed quickly to the possible threat music as the crystal dropped and the crystal replication started almost immediatly.

I envy the people back in the days when they witnessed this MASTERPIECE.. It should be a life moment experience in cinemas..

@ElliottCC

2 жыл бұрын

I was 18, and there are no words for its profound impression on me. RIP Chris and Richard and thank you, and thank you to all who helped create this masterpiece

@TheWaynos73

Жыл бұрын

i saw it when i was like 6 it was incredible

@mj011n1r

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWaynos73 same here. 7 though. blew my mind

@graceskerp

Жыл бұрын

It was. I was 36 at the time. There are about a half dozen films I've watched over and over. Because time and experience allows you to see and understand more with each viewing. Yes it has flaws, but perfection is like the speed of light; you can come very close, but never quite achieve it. This film came close. "Who Are you?" "A friend."

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

@@graceskerp "Yes it has flaws, but"... so many ALWAYS, being passive aggressive.

Clark Kent must've been walking for days to get to the frozen Arctic, directed there by the overpowering force in the special green crystal that he took with him and threw it as far as he could which made the Fortress of Solitude. He should be glad that no-one but him has seen it getting built.

@breezy3392

2 жыл бұрын

I pretty sure he's farther north than any humans live

@bratton79

Жыл бұрын

In Superman II, when she and Lex first arrived at the FOS, Miss Tessmacher complains that she needs to use the restroom to which Lex replies, you should have went before we left, and MT quips that was two days ago. We know that they flew part of the way there in a balloon and made the rest of the trip in a snowmobile. It’s definitely a long distance on foot from Kansas to the North Pole. However Clark could run very fast and never get tired. He probably traveled to the fortress in a matter of hours.

One of the reasons Superman has always been one of my favorite Superheroes is that with all his Godlike powers, even he needed time to himself and it showed his humanity!

1:32 Polar Bear? Just saw the 40th ann screening and even though I've seen this movie dozens of times in diff formats I never noticed that polar bear until today!

@eclectic_gamer

4 жыл бұрын

holy shit you're right I've literally watched this film 100 times and I never saw that before 😲

@FabledHeroes3351

4 жыл бұрын

Dang dude I always wondered what that was

@edmundryan3165

4 жыл бұрын

all of the scenes past 1:00 were on a sound stage in England. It might be a seal added for ambience.

@thespectacularspider-bi1787

4 жыл бұрын

well they are the fiercest killers in the animal kingdom :)

@Noname-ut1ye

4 жыл бұрын

That bear in the robot chicken's universe took Clark's powers and became Superbear.

When it comes to the Romantic use of 'leitmotiv', Williams has/had no contemporary peer (Goldsmith and Bernstein were able, but made different aesthetic choices and didn't cleave to the strategy as much) - and I can think of no purer and more developed use than in the 10 minutes of the Fortress scene. What makes the score fascinating is that Clark/Kal-El/Superman are one and the same person, yet each is given a motive which are played against each other here, bringing musical comment to the conflict of identities in the character of our hero. We first hear the motive I call the 'Mystery' motive (associated with Clark; i.e.: his eternal sense that he is not quite who he has grown up believing he is). This is cleverly mingled with the 'Krypton' motive (associated with his true identity, Kal-El) in a challenge/conversation dichotomy. Later, when the fortress forms, note the brass stabs as the crystals emerge from the water: primitive and forceful, they offer a rudimentary statement of the 'Superman' fanfare. The entire sequence is base on the interplay of the three motives, meaning is depended by timbre of orchestrations, major and minor keys and so on. Note, even the (synthesized?) glass armonica in the Fortress - it plays a fragmentary 'Krypton' motive as if trying to assemble itself as Clark assembles himself as Kal-El. Just really wonderful stuff.

I love when they use this theme in Smallville

If only Clark's adoptive parents got to see his Fortress in the frozen Arctic. They would be very surprised.

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

4:01 agreed.

This Is Very Beautiful, My Childhood Is Here!!!

When Jor-El explains to Clark who he is, exactly how long was this discussion, because he walked in as an 18 year old and left as Superman.

@Ashworth6

5 жыл бұрын

12 years, Jor-El mentions this during his monologue ("When we return to the confines of your own galaxy, 12 of your years will have passed"). He spends the whole time educating Kal-El using the Learning Crystals as shown in the montage. Kal-El is about 30 when he leaves the Fortress as Superman at the end of the scene.

@lessermook7608

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ashworth6 Ohhh, wow.

@netherfreakultima4498

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ashworth6 huh...fancy that

@caelinnis

3 жыл бұрын

I interpreted it as beyond time and space.

@trollzynisaacjohan1793

3 жыл бұрын

12 year uni course in kryptonian technology.

Jeff East did a fantastic job in the scenes that he was in. Even though he was dubbed, his facial expressions SELLS ME on the fact this is the same Clark Kent throughout the film. I remember seeing him in a few other movies over the years and wondered why they haven't used him in some cameos that are DC related.

@ninajones5369

Ай бұрын

He was in the movie Pumpkinhead

@MasterJediDude

Ай бұрын

@@ninajones5369 he sure was. I grew up watching him as Huck Finn.

There's a lot of extra footage I've never seen after all these years...

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

Project Lee you can still get this extended version of Superman the movie on blu ray disc or digital from fandango, KZread, or Hulu.

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

Me neither.

@spkanava

2 ай бұрын

1977

I too to this day still think this is the best one.(Version)

Star Wars movies are epic!! but this movie and no. 2!!!....it takes epic to a whole different level!!! :D

@pasquino0733

6 жыл бұрын

Yes Steve! Where is the sublime awe and stillness of kids films in the late 70s and 80s. Bring this genre back!!

@jumpinjackflash9394

5 жыл бұрын

Steve Loughlin it’s such a shame that dc’s current films are not doing good. My opinion is that dc’s superheroes are way better then marvels

@CaptainSpalding72

4 жыл бұрын

JUSTICE LEAGUE was epic... love that film.

@jimjones4838

3 жыл бұрын

empire strikes back ! snow rules

@dimensionzone8048

2 жыл бұрын

@@jumpinjackflash9394 I like both equally but there's a good reason why they weren't doing good

He didn't find it. He picked a location for its construction.

John Williams made this score memorable af across four decades. It's been 44 years and still this makes me feel goosebumps and chills.

@jerryshlon

Жыл бұрын

Dude that’s stupid

@talkshow69

Жыл бұрын

@@jerryshlon Why is it stupid?

@jerryshlon

Жыл бұрын

@@talkshow69 I don’t know

@spkanava

26 күн бұрын

1977

2:12 I've watched this movie God knows how many times, i didn't realise Clark had the suit in his bag!

...except that Clark does not find the fortress, it gets it built with the crystal provided by his father.

@damienspectre4231

2 жыл бұрын

shut up

@johnhyout

2 жыл бұрын

@@damienspectre4231 make me

@damienspectre4231

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnhyout I said Shut it you!!!

@kingshinobi3501

2 жыл бұрын

@@damienspectre4231 Calm down

@damienspectre4231

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingshinobi3501 WILL YOU SHUDDUP?

2:53 so this is how Kryptonians do Ikea.

@projekttaku1

2 жыл бұрын

that's how all kryptonian buildings and houses are built. They program a crystal, them plant it into the ground and then the crystal grows in a giant building. Its quit convenient.

No offense to the people who do CGI work, but man this practical stuff always seems to look so impressive by comparison. I swear, just filming the environments and the practical effects in these scenes is a lost art. They manage to really bring out the beauty of these places. Even Kansas just looks so beautiful in this film

@benjamintyus6957

5 ай бұрын

Amen to that

This is exactly how I found my first apartment! Dude...some sweet property values with that place. And it's been totally wired for Wi-Fi since 1978!!!

And yet Clark and Lois to walk to and from this place with mostly ease lol.

@thebestofthebest5724

6 жыл бұрын

Denton Williams well yes since superman flies her. Unless your talking about part 2?

After the last time Lex got into the Fortress, Supes should have installed anti-Luthor security measures.

@PorzyRants

3 жыл бұрын

He did on the arrow verse show supergirl

My favorite scenes in Superman The Motion Picture

@CaptainSpalding72

4 жыл бұрын

Superman The movie

I don't think he *finds* the fortress of solitude. He MAKES the fortress of solitude.

I need a place like that.

@johndahl8522

3 жыл бұрын

:)

Now we know what's responsible for the destruction of the polar is caps. It's not global warming, it's frickin' Superman!

@Eteric

4 жыл бұрын

I think in one version of the movie Jor-El tells him that "12 of your Earth years have passed."

3:22 why does it sound like an R2-D2 scream LOL

He doesn't find anything. He CREATES it.

Had to come here because I started humming this song out of nowhere and I couldn't believe I remembered it after all these years.

This is 100x better than any Superman movie made since.

@pada443

Жыл бұрын

Nah

@DenyTheWitch

Жыл бұрын

@@pada443 eat a poo with a spoon

@spkanava

2 ай бұрын

1977

Music here is so beautiful...🎼🌠

Not shown: Superman talking to the local Inuit government of the Canadian Territory of Nunavut concerning the proper papers needed for his newly-built residence (in the Inuktitut language). Also, Superman using his obscure power of Super-Paperwork-Filling on some government forms (printed in Inuktitut syllabics).

@noahbathgate7133

3 жыл бұрын

Nunavut wasn’t a Territory until April 1st, 1999. This would still have been the Northwest Territories

@drixg555

3 жыл бұрын

@@noahbathgate7133 In that case, he'll be speaking and filing papers written in English and French as well.

@noahbathgate7133

3 жыл бұрын

@@drixg555 Yee

@frankbonini9128

3 жыл бұрын

@@noahbathgate7133 At Least with That, He's Got an In with Margot ... Who Was Born in Yellowknife and Grew Up in the Area

Thx for this upload it looks and sounds amazing. As a kid, i always fast forward this. Now as an adult reaching 50...its one of My favorite scenes in this excellent film

Did Superman have to pay taxes, when he built this FOS? lol ...There will only be one real "Superman!" RIP Chris!

@drixg555

4 жыл бұрын

To which country? They still need to determine on whose Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Supes built the Fortress. The most likely candidates would be either Canada or the United States. If it's on Canada's EEZ, it would be on either one of the three Territories: Yukon, Northwest, or Nunavut. If the Fortress is in Nunavut, Kal-El would have to deal with the native Inuit who make up the majority of the population and run things in that part of Canada (They get rights to any mineral resources found within their territory).

@ThomasJr

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the IRS taxes properties in the north Pole, only it's not called IRS, but North Pole Revenue services

Best music ever made,full hipnotic as full of Love

😮 Clark knows he could be wearing shorts and a T-Shirt but Martha Kent wants him to wear a coat, so he wears a coat. Plus if you notice, he has his red blue Kryptonian blanket in his backpack. Awesome scene.

There's a deleted scene where the Fortress destroys Santa Claus and everyone at North Pole City!

@Noname-ut1ye

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Superbear.

@gerica82

4 жыл бұрын

Really?

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

No name 1:33-1:35 polar bear 🐻

@netherfreakultima4498

4 жыл бұрын

You're bluffing

@Euripides_Panz

2 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic nonsense! Everyone knows Santa died when people stopped believing in him.

0:07 ❄️ 0:28 🏔 1:04 🥶 🌊 1:33 🐻‍❄️ 2:10-2:12 Superman costume from 🎒 2:26-2:36, 2:43-2:48 green crystal 2:53-2:56 😁 3:15 young Clark Kent 3:25-4:21 building fortress of solitude 4:32 🌩 4:46 whoo hoo!

@raiganhanna9028

5 жыл бұрын

Nathan Cruz so the green crystal isn’t Kryptonite?

@nathancruz9172

5 жыл бұрын

RayRay TheStylist no, that’s not the real Kryptonite.

@spkanava

11 ай бұрын

1977

Ah the glory days of dc. When they knew how to make a GOOD Superman film.

@jerryshlon

Жыл бұрын

Dude that’s lame man

I never realized there was a POLAR BEAR in superman 1:33

Why can't they make soundtracks like this anymore. The music playing when he throws the crystal had you on the edge of your seat back in the day. The last movie to do this was maybe Jurassic Park or Last of the Mohicans... not anymore.

Why is he walking? He run faster than a train at this age. 😂

Those crystals might be full ice that its so cold they appear to be glass. of course he is so strong he doesn't feel the cold. Pretty interesting how he has ice breathe too, he might be the inspiration of the winter personified.

*when i watched this scene back in the 70's, my **_"kid self"_** was wondering why this scene wasn't made more **_"super."_** that rift jump **0:12** was pretty **_"non-super."_** **1:15** slipping on ice floats. i mean, i figured he couldn't fly yet, but he was already **_running and jumping "super"_** before this in the film. i mean, that's a **_long ass walk_** for someone who can run faster than a train.*

@danja7691

4 жыл бұрын

He was carrying Kryptonite. It neutralized his powers.

@thewolverine8414

4 жыл бұрын

Danja doesn’t kryptonite kill him

@GinoongVince

4 жыл бұрын

@@danja7691 no it's not a Kryptonite 😂 why would Jor El puts something so dangerous for his travel? Lol, if that crystal is made of Kryptonite and the Fortress of Solitude is made from that crystal, Clark wouldn't be superman as he's inside of a fortress made of Kryptonite hahahaha. It's just a glowing green crystal, it's not a Kryptonite.

@drixmcdrixerson

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it’s about the journey and not how fast. I don’t think he had any idea what he was doing. Just going there.

@bravo1224

4 жыл бұрын

Vince Ramirez 🤦🏻‍♂️Kryptonite 🤣🤣🤣

i love the kryptonian technology its so unique

Amazing landscapes

Young Clark Kent from first Superman looks more like Henry Cavil

@dancastro6873

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

Much better than a trailer home

Nothing like good old special effects cgi doesn't cut it

@CaptainSpalding72

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it does... it's the creators not the tool.

🎵Where the northwind Meets the sea There’s a river Full of memory 🎵

@paraskevitsoni6394

4 жыл бұрын

KnightofDuroch man you re in my mind looks like atohallah and Clark feels like Elsa!

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

Paraskevi Tsoni 3:48-3:53 that’s exactly what I was going to say about this.

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

4:26-4:34 😁

After seeing this, Rudolph the reindeer called in sick

Before puberty, he couldn't fly.

Reminds of Doc Savage building his Fortress of Solitude on island in the Artic as well though he used bricks that were bluish in color making it very difficult if not impossible to locate unless you knew exactly where to look. Like a tour Superman's Fortress.

Awesomeness

this looks like a good enough spot to chuck this thing as far as i can and see what happens

Look! Real locations! Real Sets!

@joshuakline1435

4 жыл бұрын

Fortress of Soiltude Filmed at Pinewood in England. The mountain shots were filmed in Alberta.

@spkanava

2 ай бұрын

1977

the music is sooooo amazing

He walked.. He must have forgotten he could fly"

0:42 love this part; 0:55 also humm humm

Finds? 😂 , He builds it actually or has the crystal do it.

@holamoco

5 жыл бұрын

I thought Jor-El already built it but hid it under the sea of ice and water. The green crystal only activates it and guides Clark where to go and throw it.

@beneadie7147

5 жыл бұрын

holamoco17 but how did jor-el build it?

@holamoco

5 жыл бұрын

@@beneadie7147 I don't know really. But I recall reading or watching a Superman comic episode that Jor-El was on earth in a Fortress of Solitute long before having Kal-El.

@Jr0890

4 жыл бұрын

Without knowing the context of the crystal. One would think it was Kryptonite and wonder why it wasn’t affecting him as it would normally

@logansanders2846

4 жыл бұрын

KZreadr_JohnH jor-el was on earth before kal-el by a punishment from his father have u ever seen smalllville

Love supper man moves tastefully done

Thank you very much, Flashback FM, for uploading this interesting video of "Superman" so that we can see it again later. Please have a nice day today. ©® February 08, 2023 @ 11:40 pm ©®

Much better than a mini-home

Well, now we know where Elsa got the inspiration from!

runs faster than a train...struggles up some snow

@megaultradamn

2 ай бұрын

I don't think it snows often in Kansas. Maybe it's his first time dealing with snow and ice?

Looks more like he made it.

I remember watching this in the drive in as a child with my parents. Does anyone know how Clark knew to go to Arctic and how he knew to throw the green crystal? Maybe the comics explain?

@manwhowearsabox3116

2 жыл бұрын

I think the crystal compelled him to go as it was his family heritage from Jor-El..

@55Quirll

2 жыл бұрын

The crystal was a guide, beeping or such telling he was going in the correct direction

@tompearce5418

10 ай бұрын

The crystal was directing him to the most Krypton-like environment on Earth.

Classic

"Cherish the cabin."

Clark didn't find the Fortress of Solitude, the crystal he threw made it while he watched.

Makes me want to live there

Quiero oírla en español

The fortress of solitude sounds like some dame superprison

No there's just something about older movies they have stronger dialogue and they're just written well. nowadays it seems like it's more CGI and the script itself doesn't always have like strong solid character development.. I can honestly say I prefer this movie over the new version of Superman. It's not that it hasn't been good like I like Smallville I think the first four or five seasons were quite good. And then I've seen the new Superman movies and I think they're pretty good but again something's missing I can't quite put my finger on it

@210SAi

3 жыл бұрын

There hasn’t been a good Superman movie since RICHARD Donnor’s Superman II

Look at all the environmental damage he caused! LOL

15 years before we had the Command Center from Power Rangers. There was this beautiful Fortress of Solitude.

They should have made that crystal a different colour. I remember as a kid asking why is Superman carrying Kryptonite on him

Gen Z kids would never cope with a 2 min sequence without dialogue in which a character is just making his way on a journey.

i love the idea superman reaises at this poinjt thisis home and throws the crysta

anyone else notice the seal at 1:35?

Great place for Clark to balance his chakras.

Jeff East as Clark Kent heading to north to find out green crystal for fortress of solitude and to build arise and I hope Superman the movie in ps3

As Lex Luthor points out in Superman Returns, these crystals create new objects of mass. When he was going to create his island, his land mass was going to displace the mass of the USA. In this movie, Clark/Superman creates mass in the ocean. Therefore, he displaces the water. The ocean levels rise due to the displacement. That means global warming isn't responsible for the ocean waters rising. Superman is responsible.

Would be interesting to see what that glacier looks like now.

@CaptainSpalding72

4 жыл бұрын

Considering it was built in a studio.....

I wish there was a crystal that cleaned my house

This is on Bluray now

He doesn't really find it. It gets built by that special green crystal.

They cut out the scene where he stops by the office to pick up the building permit

Young Clark Kent learns to truth of he's real Father on he's 18th Birthday and becomes Superman to access to Crystal