Kal-El is sent to Earth | Superman

[@TomTimeTraveler]

The BEST of all the Superman movies. Warmth, charm and a sense of humor. Great cast, wonderful acting and a superb story line. Special effects were realistic and not overdone like today's movies. A classic!

[@queenofbirds6824]

True..the most classic of all classics..

[@Inglese001]

@Thomas Vasiloff, yeah Superman I and II were excellent movies.

[@MachiriReviews]

Damn man, the way they wrote Lara was excellent. The level of concern for every aspect of Kal-El's well-being was conveyed and portrayed beautifully. Mother's love in it's purest form.

[@Daron7181]

Yes, Susannah York RIP was an excellent choice for Lara Lor-Van.

[@ryanbrailey-tucker4935]

Susannah York was pure genius casting!! She is ❤❤❤❤ Super mother!!

[@kaylaskreations4973]

The way baby kal just touches his mother’s face with his small hand, it’s soo adorable but sad that he never really knew her

[@iCandy111]

Yeah. 0:19

[@ConcreteSurfer420]

I was born in 83, Superman was my first superhero film, i hold this film sacred...Great Classic!

[@emekaiheanacho6971]

Same here born in 84... Watched it first in 92 an an 8 year old... Awesome

[@GESSO217]

I was born in 77, I feel the same way.

[@Castrated__]

98 here but still a strong classic. Plus when i think of superman, i think of reeve :)

[@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG]

Superman Animated Series, Return, and even play SM64.

[@nathancruz9172]

ConcreteSurfer420 I was born in 1997.

[@IntheeyesofMorbo]

the speech at the end still gives me chills as he speaks to his son on the trip. I think of my late father being with me at all times when i watch it.

[@SWest00072]

A MASSIVE leap in ingenuity and film making at the time. It broke all the barriers and allowed Hollywood and everyone understand, you could make a silver screen movie about a comic book character, with a nice script, great effects, and a keeping with the integrity to the character. Nothing since has been equalled.

[@tonymontana-mh8ff]

RIP Richard Donner Thank you for bringing our dear Man of steel on the big screen and pioneering comic book movies Godspeed

[@stactionsmedia3318]

"He will not be alone.....he will never be alone" with kryptonite music playing in the background. I love that scene

[@Kirwina]

The acting here was superb, Marlon Brando remains one of the best actors ever

[@nihilistcentraluk442]

All the acting is very good here.Terrific soul in these performances.

[@mikebasil4832]

Jor-El was one of the great roles that Marlon Brando was born to play. This was the first film that I saw him in when I was a kid. 👏🏻

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Brando was a hammy prick. Hes good here but it's not his film.

[@granron23]

it is funny that he was reading the script from a table underneath :D he did not even memorize the lines

[@netherfreakultima4498]

A fitting voice for Jor El too ^^

[@elhijodelchupacabra]

Superman's two dads were Legends. Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford.

[@DavidSmith-wu6cg]

I was a kid when I saw Superman. Loved every minute of it.

[@PoilishedMahogony]

i love how their clothes glow

[@nathancruz9172]

PoilishedMahogony me too.

[@ForceMaximus84]

My favorite thing about it is that they found out they glowed by accident.

[@wilburmcbride8096]

@@ForceMaximus84 Do you know how they made their clothes glowed? That's truly amazing.

[@ForceMaximus84]

Wilbur Mcbride Yep. They discovered the material in the projections screens glowed when they stuck a light on it, so they took some of the material, stuck it onto the Kryptonian costumes and reflected light with mirrors onto them!

[@Cerdo_asqueroso]

me too. I will go to the tailor to get clothes like that

[@lessermook7608]

These Kryptonians look so ascended and knowing, i love their outfits glowing.

[@Marjopolo302]

They even had make -up on Krypton

[@logandarklighter]

I think it says something about how monumentally influential this movie was - every portrayal of Krypton or Kryptonian architecture including the portrayal of the Fortress of Solitude - that has come about in TV or films or even the comics themselves in some way references the style of this film. The artists on the comics even started drawing Superman more like Chris Reeve afterword! Up until this film - Krypton was usually portrayed as a 1930s version of the future. The rocketship that took him to Earth as a baby was almost always portrayed as a tiny pocket version of a Flash Gordon styled "rocket ship" from the serials. Kryptonians themselves looked like they were from Mongo etc. ALL of that changed with this film! It's amazing the sea change of styling elements that cascaded from this movie in regards to everything related to Krypton moving forward in our own cultural zeitgeist of our collective idea of the Superman mythos.

[@kevinscott59]

"The son becomes the father and the father the son." Definitely a new testament tone to Jor-El's speech.

[@kionamcnutt8630]

Yes, I agree.

[@lord_insany]

funny because jews wrote this and they are vehemently anti-Christ

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Old testament too to the story structure. Kal is moses at first... and then Christ like....

[@emmanueloluga9770]

@@lord_insany Ummm, I just want to point out you do know that Jesus was regarded as King of the Jews at one point right

[@Sean-ce1hu]

orhema oluga The Jews didn’t think so, it was a mocking name given to him by the Romans.

[@johnt7630]

Don't care how much he was paid - Brando was great as Jor-El

[@nathancruz9172]

1:41 yes, he is.

[@23jakesmith23]

He was necessary

[@ryanstauffer119]

His voice was perfect to give words of wisdom

[@_GersonThePerson_]

Yes he sure is

[@paulf1113]

One of the greatest lines in film history: After sighing at her not understanding the fact, he declares - "He will not be alone... He will never be alone".

[@Redshirt434]

To quote Clark Kent in Lois and Clark: "I wasn't abandoned by my parents....i was saved by them."

[@olsolis]

such a great father son speech. Holy cow, major goosebumps

[@monetenglish68]

Not only is this scene so sad but the music alone brings out all kinds of emotions. Like I really feel like I'm in the actual movie. It's been over forty years now and I still get emotional over this scene.

[@BruceKraftJr]

Gotta thank John Williams for this amazing score... This came right after empire strikes back right and right before Return of the Jedi...

[@johndixon462]

What a great way to introduce superman to the world and get to know his background of his home planet and how he got his great powers from

[@Littlewing1977]

This movie came out in 78 before Empire. @@BruceKraftJr

[@Bondfan1995]

Actually, this is after Star Wars and before Empire and Jedi, as this came out in 1978

[@sterlingforbes3872]

Born in 82 : I miss running around as a kid with a red towel on my back pretending I could fly. Simpler times back then... :-)

[@chd1694]

The mother was incredible

[@dancastro6873]

RIP Susannah York

[@mogg34y]

Brando did his speech in one take. He didn't believe in rehearsals so he had lines on cards then he would search of what to say giving more truth than fake in a scene. One of the best actors ever lived him Monty Clift and James Dean changed acting forever !

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

Monty yeah. Dean....I dunno. Not at these guys levels.

[@mogg34y]

@@ImYourHuckleberry_29 Dean was also great especially in East Of Eden. The things he did on that flim not in the script. In 1954 when Eden was filmed 🎥 yep it set the standards of actors to come.

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

@@mogg34y his work didn't strike me as natural as Marlon and Monty.

[@mogg34y]

@@ImYourHuckleberry_29 well my opinion all 3 set the standards.

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

@@mogg34y ok

[@nicholasfox966]

John Williams's music in this scene is stupendous.

[@beachbunny8021]

Excellent cast, marlon Brando is perfect playing the father,!

[@FabledHeroes3351]

3:47 Best Father Speech Ever

[@mkaplan1383]

I can't watch this scene without being misty-eyed. I see myself giving that speech to my own son.

[@temle7489]

This was the coolest thing back when I was growing up next to Atari and Brooke Shields LOL

[@gertrudemcfuzz74]

lol

[@mattslupek7988]

And Thriller

[@SIKE01]

still the greatest superhero movie ever made. thank you, RICHARD DONNER

[@proman1926]

Richard Dinner’s masterpiece. He made New York look grand and larger than life. Not the gritty town we mostly get in movies.

[@isaacbarlow8247]

I cry every time I see this.....a father sacrificing for his only son...

[@Hairysteed]

Nothing's being sacrificed here. He's just saving his son from certain death.

[@charlotteb6898]

@@Hairysteed he could have abandoned the son and saved himself.

[@pedroserrano7387]

Likewise. It always get to me.

[@xcalibur1011]

Superman the movie extended version is the best superhero movie ever made bar none. Thanks 🙏 Chris & RIP! ✝️

[@nathancruz9172]

My favorite version.

[@sycamoreleaves74]

When it comes on, I always watch this for this speech Jor-El gives Kal-El when sending him to Earth. We're all heroes.

[@bullseyecello]

It amazes me that Brando is reading his lines off a diaper when talking to Kal-el and making it seem so natural

[@bananalana8399]

This scene really reaches into your soul it is magically Way ahead of its time and deserve all the accolades and awards receive my opinion one of the greatest see use of all time

[@holamoco]

"He will never be alone..."

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

True. It was fortunate for baby Kal-El to be found by the Kents couple, one of the nicest people in the DC franchise.

[@chriscumbag]

Jor-El: Noble and sympathetic speech Kal-El, Literal Child: I don't know what you're saying and also I made a boom-boom in your carefully designed spaceship

[@kellyweingart3692]

😂😂😂😂

[@ijustgottahotdog]

R.I.P. Marlon Brando & Susannah York.

[@The_Greedy_Orphan]

"He won't be one of them, odd, different, isolated, alone." "... You make a convincing argument, let's cancel our plans and keep him here to die with us".

[@Howyaduing]

Can’t blame her a mother’s instinct is to never let go of her son especially him being an infant.

[@holamoco]

He will never be alone.

[@karlvonboldt]

He will never be alone....

[@daniels7907]

They should have never abandoned this crystalline motif to Kryptonian technology. It truly served to emphasize how incredibly advanced their people were, and the true tragedy of their self-inflicted refusal to evacuate Krypton despite very much being capable of doing so had they chosen to.

[@apppledroplarry]

The best DC movie ever.

[@clovisdacruz6078]

Can’t not think about my parents when watching this scene.

[@mattstewart1637]

It's not easy sadly!

[@SWest00072]

This is GREAT acting and very poignant. Brilliant!

[@jamesd362]

Brando received an obscene amount of money for those few minutes of screen time. Money well spent.

[@maxigol1977]

20 people didn't think Krypton was going to explode.

[@tomlinson1710]

66 now

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

69 dudes.

[@The_Greedy_Orphan]

72 people are exploding Krypton deniers.

[@johnneails9747]

I love the call and response dialogue between Lara and Jor-El ...the pros and cons of sending baby Kal-El to earth.

[@natalieps2387]

This movie was very biblical. Brando is such a great presence & gave the movie its clout to be taken serious. Donner did a fantastic job. What a great man ( or alien ?) Jor el was. He agreed to stay bc he did not want to betray the council but saved his sons life. Also that kid that played the baby has such a cool story that he played baby cal el

[@barbaradenicomedia114]

You will travel far, my little Kal-El, but we will never leave you-even in the face of our deaths. You will make my strength your own. You will see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father. Marlon Brando, just the best Jor-El ever.

[@BlackCatFilmProductions]

John Williams played beautiful music scores back then.

[@astaciamckinnis3969]

Cute little baby boy Kal-El, it's so hard to say goodbye

[@nathancruz9172]

3:12 of course.

[@bananalana8399]

I'm watching this scene in its absolution Brando was a unicorn among actors 50 years from now this will hold up while so many will not rip Brando

[@fridaymyers9684]

Emotional scene in the entire movie 😢 Btw- 2:54 you can see Brando’s watch underneath the sleeve

[@UnleashthePhury]

They would’ve had watches on Krypton, surely :)

[@azurerainbow4637]

It was good that the Kryptonian police officer didn‘t show up at Jor-El‘s lab before he & Lara sent their son to Earth & safely away from Krypton‘s destruction.

[@rupertpumpkin7073]

Knowing Cop's, I almost certain that the Peace Officer took the long route to get to Jor-El's house. Believe it not , cop's are very fair and try to exercise the Spirit of the Law.

[@arceptor]

in a deleted scene the cop gets crushed when a structure falls on him as the planet gets destroyed

[@joeerickson516]

If it weren't for lara's father, Jor-el would have been arrested for bringing an attempted insurrection and mass panic among the inhabitants of krypton.

[@KeiFox]

Something I always pondered over was first in Lara's skepticism about Kal-El being sent to the primitive Earth, while Jor-El's logic would be explained to the young Clark, in how Earth has the potential to become as great as Krypton became before its destruction, that through Superman, his heroic example would serve as the light to guide the people.

[@MrDarkLexis]

What I like the most about this scene is Jor-El's s-shaped lock of hair that his son also inherited!!

[@azurerainbow4637]

It was certainly sad for Jor-El and Lara to send their only son to Earth alone in a rocket,but they had to so that he'll live and have a good life and be raised by a good family there.

[@romeovf]

azure rainbow It's rather heartbreaking, specially his mom's crying expression of knowing that she will never see him again and her uncertainty that he'll be safe wherever the ship takes him. I have to admit I look at this scene differently since I became a father myself, it makes me feel sad :'(

[@XXXShottyThottyXXXYt]

They didn't even get to raise him :(

[@brucekentnyc]

Hopefully no Catholic Priest molest him. While someone else is saving Earth.

[@Robert_Douglass]

Still, we never really saw Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van plummet into the core. Their fate was not witnessed, only assumed. Thus it is entirely possible that Jor-El had a contingency plan prepared to save both himself and his beloved wife, and from there we can infer that they may have yet survived the destruction of Krypton and have gone someplace else, perhaps even to Earth. I am currently writing that little what-if story, placing them on the dark side of the moon to live in secret, until the humans of Earth are fully ready to accept the Son of El.

[@bdjoh011]

@trha2222 Really?? Care to explain how the President is hurting innocent children, libtard?

[@jimsnow9286]

so happy they send him to earth

[@kierentari8877]

I had some tears watching this so powerful the acting timeless. And when you get emotional like that just shows how great acting was had that impact.

[@Marjopolo302]

Those white suits were just breathtaking

[@Kyle-2020]

It was movie screen material like they used for lightsaber blades in the original Star Wars movies. Reflects light intensely.

[@waivedwench]

Lara: "Different. Alone." Jor-El: "Well, it's better than DEAD!:

[@msariah]

Clever, but this is serious 🧐

[@jayscribe7547]

Great dialogue

[@sha11235]

I like how the blanket Kal-El is in is the same colors that Superman would wear.

[@sammywestenberger9303]

John Williams Isolated Score Destruction Of Krypton

[@garymcaleer6112]

The parallels between "the Father of all" and "the Son of God" are unmistakable. All should read and take to heart Christ's Sermon on The Mount: Matthew5-7 to get a glimpse of the inspiration behind the dialogue here.

[@giorgosk2884]

One of the finest..MASTERPIECE

[@peregrinec5477]

God. This breaks my heart. Every. Single. Time.

[@nathancruz9172]

3:58 me too.

[@redfullpack]

Putting Krypton at million of light years away from Earth at Zeno Galaxy is the Correct Choice Especially when Lana remarked us Earthmen were thousand of years technology backward

[@alvinleong173]

Lucky for earth, Kal-El is not a bad seed like Brightburn

[@veeseee128]

When Jor El said that he will never be alone. He meant that Kal El would always have the fortress of solitude with him which is a repilca of his former home which carries all Jor El's wisdom that he can pass onto his son. Even the spirit ghost of Jor El awakens after Kal El creates the fortress by throwing the crystal. One of those Crystals created the fortress of solitude. 1:42

[@m.4623]

Jor-El sported a Rolex watch peeking under his left arm sleeve😂😂😂😂

[@victortaylor7737]

Well he did get like $ 3 million for this role.back then that like us paying $10 bucks for a watch.

[@natmanprime4295]

@@victortaylor7737 what? 🤔

[@olindetroit7636]

@@natmanprime4295 2:56 it's very visible when he lift the baby up.

[@natmanprime4295]

@@olindetroit7636 no I was addressing Victor not the other guy

[@boydmccollum692]

"yes Earth is less advanced but they make great watches"

[@Rickwmc]

2:10 Two of my favorite English actors - Trevor Howard and Harry Andrews. They could do any role and make it absolutely convincing.

[@Inthatgoodway]

I always thought when I was younger;they gave him a big ass blanket. As I am older I like to think they gave him the banner for his house of El.

[@nathancruz9172]

Actually, it does.

[@Graniteheart]

2:55 a Kryptonian wrist watch

[@krypton7676]

This still makes me cry.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Such an emotional scene when Jor-El and Lara-El say goodbye to Kal-El.

[@shellyortiz1977]

They can make all the Superman movies but nothing can top this original....

[@Gggmanlives]

Now that I have a 2 year old, this scene hits harder.

[@bengaltiger96]

He didn’t lie - he said neither he nor his wife would leave Krypton....he didn’t say shit about his son!

[@dancastro4732]

RIP Marlon Brando and Susannah York

[@nikolaynadtochiy7125]

In this scene the superman's dad looks far more majectic and monumental than in the later version which were suffised with CGI effects and contained too many details.

[@williampaz2092]

The way they speak on Krypton is almost like Shakespeare. It’s like Old Testament Prophets speaking..

[@robbiethepict2783]

What an extraordinary performance by Marlon Brando.

[@sharoneasley9717]

This scene was so sad. They had to do what they had to do to keep their baby from being destroyed with them.

[@Jay-vw6hn]

I got tears in my eyes.

[@wendyjohn1364]

Jor-El: The son becomes the father and the father becomes the son. Kal-El: 👀👄

[@tagreene06]

I lost both my parents within two years. This scene Always gets to me moreso now

[@dalzvert9206]

I'm sorry for your loss 🙏🙏

[@mikeb8638]

Everytime I see that Kryptonian County Mounty on his way to arrest Jor-El , it makes me believe that they all had the ability to Tele-Port into flight mode

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

Jor-El: I said neither I, nor my wife would leave Krypton. I didn't say anything about my son.

[@DiggyDwarf-wc2qj]

For Kal El, his parents said goodbye to him

[@aimeerobinson7358]

RIP Marlon Brando " Jor-el, Suannah York , "Lara" and the baby who played Kal -el

[@bdjoh011]

The baby??

[@jimmiesmith5811]

@@bdjoh011 yeah he passed in his teens Lee Quigley he also played in superman lll he was the boy that saw Superman come out of the photo booth

[@plissken2156]

@@jimmiesmith5811 Lee Quigley (1976-1991) played baby Kal-El on Krypton. Aaron Smolinski played baby Clark Kent on Earth. He was the one who reappeared in Superman III as the photo booth kid. He also appeared in 2013's Man of Steel as a Communications Officer.

[@Scoonertuna]

Man, most modern movies can't even hold a candle to stuff like this...not even Man of Steel

[@mattslupek7988]

Man of Steel sucked.

[@Scoonertuna]

@@mattslupek7988 Yes, it did

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

@@mattslupek7988 No it did not

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

@@Scoonertuna No it did not

[@cheepsh0t]

Epic scene.

[@jenniferattia908]

It's like Thomas and Martha Wayne dying, this scene is a MUST in any Superman movie

[@josephherman5790]

This 3 hour version was the best to tie up a lot of loose ends.I have this version on Blu ray and it looks awesome.

[@darlenedunlap8066]

Lamp he be Odd😂7.5❤❤

[@jimclawley9117]

I mean it’s a super hero film, but god that’s the most amazing scene in a film full stop. So emotional

[@nickp2271]

“His dense molecular structure will make him strong. He will be fast, virtually invulnerable. He will never be alone. You will travel far, my little Kal-El. But we will never leave you, not even in the face of our deaths. The richness of our family will be your own.”

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Love how the costumes glowed....

[@steveN111333]

"He will never be alone".......that line 😶

[@vram1974]

This version of Krypton sure needed a dark mode. HTH did anyone sleep with all the blasted illumination?! Maybe Jor-El wouldn't have gotten a projected usage warning notification from his local power Co-Op if he and his wife had flipped a switch or two occasionally...Sheesh.

[@SnowyNightFlyer]

This depiction of Krypton still looks fantastic over 40 years after it was filmed.