Christopher Reeve Super/Man documentary - which charts actor's rise to fame and paralysis in shock accident - set for cinema release 20 years after star's death aged 52 By Eve Buckland For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:58 EDT, 20 May 2024 | Updated: 16:10 EDT, 20 May 2024 e-mail 12 shares 1 View comments Christopher Reeve documentary - Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve story - is set to be released in cinemas later this year - 20 years after the star's death aged 52. The documentary - largely narrated by Reeve thanks to the two audiobook versions of his memoirs — begins on New Year's Eve 1994 with Reeve saying his life was 'perfectly balanced but in an instant everything changed.
' Less than five months later, at the age of 42 in 1995, Superman star Reeve was left paralyzed from the neck down after being thrown from a horse during an equestrian competition in Culpeper, Virginia . He relied upon a wheelchair and ventilator for the rest of his life. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story — directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui — left Sundance audience members in tears upon its premiere in January and will debut in cinemas across the US on September 21, 2024.
An encore presentation will follow on September 25, on what would have been the actor’s 72nd birthday - with international release following. Christopher Reeve documentary - Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve story - is set to be released in cinemas later this year - 20 years after the star's death aged 52 (picture.