Famous Christopher Reeve Superbowl Commercial - Jan., 2000!!

This incredible commercial for Nuveen Investments aired during the 2000 Superbowl. And now it's bittersweet, since Chris Reeve is gone.

[@redsoxfan3418]

Honestly, I can't watch this video without tearing up.

[@alicemiriah]

Same. The new technology made me come back to watch. I wish he could have gotten the Bluetooth device and experienced walking again 😔 glad it’s finally here, though

[@Donjuan77]

Same

[@alicemiriah]

I was a little kid, just 9 years old when I first saw this commercial. Always stuck with me and every time I revisit it, it brings me to tears.

[@williammills3632]

I'm literally crying at a commercial. Superman standing tall

[@CAPDCJR]

Stop the cap....you're not crying....and if you are, you need help

[@lunarweeks]

Clearly they’re being hyperbolic. They probably weren’t literally crying, but it was clearly very emotional for them. You’re the one who needs help.

[@Guitarman092004]

23 years later and it's a world he is dead for 18 years now and runs to the 20 years. It is like a dream. He would be 70 today but on the other hand he is free now. He was trapped in his body and he had a message and this is what he was living for the next and last 9 years in his life.

[@johnenigma8506]

Can we go to that commercial's universe? If only for a moment.

[@emmettron]

It will only hurt more coming back 😢

[@paullee9397]

If only we could. I'm sure he would want us to imagine it though. RIP Chris.

[@nebulous6660]

This commercial is so special because it captures the optimism people felt about the new millennium. Sometimes the best times in your life are not far in the future but right in the present where you are.

[@NewWaveArch90]

god this is depressing, the future was so bright back then, instead we got 9/11, bush, two wars, near economic collapse etc.

[@inkerbiener]

+Evan Collins Good thing we got Obama after Bush and he fixed everything he said he was going to fix...

[@alicemiriah]

The worldwide pandemic is the most shocking so far. The division in our country has worsened.

[@ryecatcher25]

@@alicemiriah agree 100 percent with you. The media won't be happy until the nation is in pieces.

[@nebulous6660]

That’s definitely what this amazing commercial has come to represent. The bright future we once had. A reminder to not allow expectations of a better tomorrow keep you from appreciating what you have today.

[@JimmyBmusic1]

And the shit internet. Once thought to be a wealth of knowledge. Reduced to Porn Facebook KZbin Tik Tok Twitter And movies. And all other forms of bullshit kiddie social media.

[@ilovechristmas985]

I've never seen thus before! This was Beautiful 😢❤!

[@MoviesTubeYou0675]

I remember watching this and I was shocked! Boy I really wish this was real. 😔

[@Sam-EliteLifestyle]

Ive not seen this since it came out, 22 years ago. Thanks for uploading

[@darthkurland]

Christopher Reeve (1952-2004).

[@3rdFloorblog]

I may watch this video a thousand times and a thousand times I will weep. #SupermanForver

[@christinashelley7716]

It mentions the year 2004, so of course, we are told that these things will happen in the future. Chris died in October of that year. 😪😭I remember being SHOCKED when this ad first aired...because for one brief minute I thought that maybe he had pulled it off. Could he walk again?? Then the reality took over that it was a hope for better things. A vision of what could happen. Makes me tear up...like many here have said. ❤❤

[@dinkyramirez9866]

0:22 When I Seen This I Just Broke 😭😭😭 R.I.P Christopher Reeves

[@Pravuss]

Damn shame this didn't really happen........

[@motivationwithek]

This was a very special special commercial

[@zacchaeuswilson6116]

Mannnnn......this commercial was aired in 2000, but the first year he mentioned in the future was 2004. The year Christopher Reeve died. 😲😲

[@brandontrinidad9091]

This could’ve been the start of Christopher Reeve’s Recovery journey

[@zamp6969]

Well 23 years later and this still hasn’t happened yet

[@0000FFz]

Just did now. Wow.

[@alicemiriah]

Just watched a video of a paralyzed man walking due to Bluetooth connecting his brain and spine. It’s truly amazing ❤

[@wacobob56dad]

We can do anything and yet we can’t fix this.

[@alanmorris7669]

He died four years after this commercial.

[@johnellizz]

As the commercial predicted he would.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@johnellizz Scary isn't it?!🦸🦸‍♂🦸‍♀🤔

[@darthkurland]

But at least he was free of his broken body.

[@CJaguar265]

i remember this commercial the media went crazy thinking Christopher reeves could walk again or that he faked his illness thanks for uploading

[@ElectricScooterMan]

Will Reeve interviewed a person who was walking again after his paralysis

[@antoinec822]

How ironic that the year he died is mentioned.

[@johnellizz]

Not just the year he died...the year his wife died is also mentioned. The two years mentioned are 2004 and 2006.

[@vincentwiese8414]

@@johnellizz There's nothing ironic about it. It was just a random year they lied about a cure for aids 2004. Nothing happened with cancer in 2006.

[@fuckbutton1462]

I know people want to be sentimental and hopeful but the truth is that this commercial has aged very poorly.

[@jonathancineus6424]

So will you. Smile😂

[@alicemiriah]

Well the technology has come along. Yeah, Reeves didn’t get to experience this, but let’s be happy that it’s here

[@fuckbutton1462]

it's not here

[@CandidLy1]

I’d say that’s what’s happened to your mind poor fuckbottom

[@RR_DM]

🏍oh wow amazing

[@daynasafranek7807]

I really wish this could have come true for him. 🥹

[@darthkurland]

As do we all.

[@colormegeeky]

💙

[@jasoncervantes9583]

I don't understand why this commercial received so much backslash back then. I thought it was Awesome

[@thunderdeed1]

I remember seeing the commerical ranking very low on the survey in USA Today. Never understood why.

[@luvaquad]

Awesome. Who owns this

[@privatee-mail1633]

Israel

[@mt_gox]

@@privatee-mail1633 oy VEY can you STOP with your goyim nonsince alreddy??

[@criskatan]

So, Christopher Reeve never suffered any paralysis after all!! Hummm. Miles covered this one recently. Mr Mathis reveals the whole charade.

[@MrLaptopus]

mileswmathis.com/reeve2.pdf

[@johnellizz]

Is there a video about that? Can you give the title of the vid? I know Reeve was acting and not paralyzed. But never have I found a video about it.

[@criskatan]

@@johnellizz Yeah, it's a pdf. Look at my comment: you type in www. first name, then his middle initial w, then his last name. All one word. Then, when you get to his art site click on updates, then scroll down to the desired pdf.

[@johnellizz]

@@criskatan Thanks!

[@vincentwiese8414]

@Chris R Christopher Reeve was paralyzed this was a CGI and a lie.

[@JimmyBmusic1]

It didn’t work. Did it.

[@RR_DM]

I think dat dat young lady is all depressed bekuz she think she had a baby kilt for her abilitY to waLk and she don't know how 2 reconCiLe these inteNse emoTions and uh her NeW mobiLity

[@vincentwiese8414]

This is BS and a lie. Just upsetting they took advantage of such a bad situation and made a lie about it.

[@shygirl6945]

I just think you had to be there….a lot was predicted for the 2000s and sometimes it’s disappointing to find that while many things have changed, we still haven’t a cure for these issues. Back then people thought they would change the world

[@vincentwiese8414]

@@shygirl6945 I was there they will never make medical advancements the FDA only approved dangerous things like energy drinks and Tobacco and Alcohol. Skittles and sour patch kids candy that are known to cause cancer. But the FDA doesn't take this off the shelf. The will never let something like this go to Clinical Trials a cure for paralysis cancer or diabetes.

[@mt_gox]

@@shygirl6945 yeah well cures sure as hell ain't gonna make pfizer's sephardi ceo any more shekels

[@alicemiriah]

There’s a video of a man who was paralyzed but is walking with a walker due to Bluetooth connecting his brain with his spine

[@nodnarbleahcim5097]

I remember watching this when it first aired and CHEERING.

[@RR_DM]

________________x RN on duty buy low sell high🏍