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If this Jeep's a-rockin', I'm being mauled by a-dilophosaurus. Ockin'.
—Ryan Peterson
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| Length: | 124 minutes
(2 hours 4 minutes) | | MPAA Rating: | PG | | Sorting Category: | Graphic Novel |
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| | Classifications: | - Action
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi
- Family
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Synopsis: Kara heads out to Earth in pursuit of a powerful device needed to maintain life at her home.
Reaction: This addition to the big-screen Superman world gets largely overlooked. The story is not as gripping as it wants to be, but there are moments that work well.
Personal Rating: 5/10 |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - John Williams' theme for Superman appears briefly in Jerry Goldsmith's score.
- Helen Slater had to train three hours a day for three months to do the outdoor flying sequences where she was suspended by wires from a 200ft tower crane.
- The scene where Supergirl flies out of the lake was actually a photograph of Helen Slater pasted on a wooden cut-out.
- Several references to Superman as Supergirl's cousin. A poster of Superman is displayed at Supergirl's college room.
- Marc McClure also played "Jimmy Olsen" in all 4 [Superman] films.
- Demi Moore was slated to play Lucy Lane, but opted out at the last moment.
- The dean of the college that Linda Lee attends is named Mr. Danvers. In the Supergirl comics, Linda was adopted by a family named Danvers, and even took on their surname, Linda Lee-Danvers.
- Brooke Shields was the first choice for the role of Supergirl, and Christopher Reeve was going to have a substantial role. The original script had Supergirl trying to rescue Superman who had fallen ill due to Selena's magic.
- With a total gross of 14 million dollars this movie made the least money of all the films in the [Superman] series, followed just behind Superman IV: The Quest for Peace which made 15 million. The total budget for Supergirl was 35.
- Helen Slater's film debut.
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