Christopher Reeve’s Story Sets Streaming Premiere Date to Max

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Storythe award-winning documentary by filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui (McQueen), premieres on HBO at 8:00 PM ET/PT on Saturday, December 7 and will also be available to stream Max.

Recently won six Critics Choice Documentary Awards, including Best Documentary, Superman coming to HBO and Max after it hits theaters on October 11. The film explores what time Superman star Reeve persevered, after a life-changing accident, by using his fame to speak of hope and change our perception of paralysis, all the while becoming a dedicated activist, actor and filmmaker, devoted father and loving husband of Dana Reeve, the suit succeed, stayed. heart of the family. The documentary describes Reeve’s personal and professional life before and after the near-fatal horse riding accident in 1995, which left him paralyzed from the neck down. The documentary uses Reeve’s own words and the intimate input of his closest family members and friends to craft a rich, nuanced portrait of a man who refused to be defined by his physicality and who proved you don’t need tights and a cape to be a hero.

After becoming paralyzed, Reeve leveraged his reputation as Superman to help fund medical research through his foundation, and created initiatives to improve the lives of people with disabilities around the world, all while pursuing his career in cinema in front of and behind the camera. dedicate himself to his family. His wife Dana heroically cared for him and remained committed to his advocacy after his death at the age of 52, only to tragically succumb to lung cancer just 17 months later. Reeve’s foundation was renamed the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation on the first anniversary of her death.

Illustrated with numerous film clips of Reeve as Superman, as well as his other roles and the films he directed, including never-before-seen, intimate home movies and a wealth of personal archival footage, the film also features the first-ever extensive interviews filmed with Reeve’s children , as well as insights from his brother, his first wife Gae Exton, and Hollywood colleagues and friends such as Susan Sarandon and Glenn Close. The film also features extensive archival footage of Reeve with his best friend and Juilliard classmate Robin Williams, who, along with his wife Marsha, was a constant source of support for Reeve and his family.

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