I saw this film with my mom, younger brother, and older sister at the age of six.
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I was actually working in the local movie theaters when this came out. I worked as the camera operator/etc. with my best friend at the time. There were two walk in theaters and a drive in!!! It was a great way to work and go to Junior year High School at the same time.
I also worked there with the airing of "Star Wars", "Grease", "Up in Smoke", "Saturday Night Fever" and last but not least "Alien" as well as a ton of other epic late 70's movies.
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I got to see this recently and I actually had tears in my eyes a couple of times:
"Peter Pan flew with children Lois"
having the memories brought back.
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I was also 9 when it came out and saw it twice in the cinema.
The opening score is one of the best I've seen yet. I actually believed a man
can fly. Man of Steel with all its fancy cgi doesn't hold a light to this.
RIP Christopher Reeve, you were the best.

I went to see it with my friend when I was 13. A fun day at the movies.

I have similar memories of me and my father seeing it, memories I cherish to this day.
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My late dad took me to see it. I didn't get everything that was going on (I was also your age), but I was amazed by it. It's one of the best memories I have of my dad and me.

I grew up with the old George Reeves TV series, and went to see this at age 28 with high expectations. I wasn't disappointed. I loved every minute of it, so much so that I prefer the longer director's cut.
As to the "turning back time" question, that was very much a part of the '60s-'70s comics, with both Superman and The Flash travelling in time on a semi-regular basis. I was glad when they removed that in the late 1980s comics, but for a movie in 1978 it was part of the mythology. I just live with it.

Nine years old when I saw it. It was awesome. I don't recall being bored by the credits like some others here. I remember thinking "This music is awesome like the Star Wars theme only better somehow."
I loved just about every aspect of this movie - and still do - except the time reversal. But by the "time" that happens the movie is almost over so you just roll with it. Christopher Reeve
was
Superman.

Me! I was 23. Seems a long time ago..
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I was twelve when I saw this on its initial cinema release. I was blow away by it. The effects were impressive. A good script and Richard Donner's direction had a good understanding of the subject.
And yes, I did believe a man could fly.
You can't palm off a second-rater on me. You gotta remember I was in the pink!

Yeah, I was in my mid-20s. At the time the effects were pretty good. I too remember thinking the credits were way too long. As someone mentioned, the football kick young Clark did was pretty awesome.
The entire theater burst out laughing when Clark went to the 'phone booth' to change into Supe.

Anyone else see this when it came out?
Of course I did.

Unfortunately, no. I was only 3 years old when this was released.

This was the first movie I saw in a theater around age 8. The never-ending credits didnt bother me-I thought they were coolI was blown away in particular by the approach to Krypton and Clark kicking the football into the sky.

Nobody ever claimed Superman I through III made an epic trilogy, and there's nothing wrong with that. Jaws is still a classic even though all of its sequels are mediocre and awful at worst.

Wow. I'm two years older than most of the rest of you. I was 11 and this was my first theater movie since Star Wars 50 times. At the time, it kicked a$$. In retrospect, it doesn't hold a candle to SW. It's a fun movie, but SW (1-3) is a far superior franchise to SM (1-3). Going off topic, I hope JJ doesn't do to SW what that hack did with MOS.
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he played clark as a dork, every other time the actor has tried to make him cool, why?

I was probably 11 pushing 12. I was blown away. More by Reeve's excellent and believable acting, and the incredible score by John Williams.
The subtle humour was outstanding as well. Clark getting his coat caught in the ladies room door. The officer worker who sees Superman catch the cat burglar, then going "Nah..". The police sergeant who figures his police officer has to be drunk on duty, then sees a boat with the criminals outside the station, and Superman flying away.
What sold it was Christopher, as a clumsy, humble, no body. Who hides his incredible abilities in plain sight. People say its unrealistic that glasses would hide your identity. But you wear ordinary and almost geeky clothes. Stumble, and fumble around. Act awkward, you would be ignored. You see an guy in a smart suit, nice clothes, walking confidently. But you see some awkward tall dude in glasses, dropping his iPad and talking quietly on the phone would you notice him?
Even his gestures as he was "flying" looked fluid and realistic. Even at times the blatant blue screen he still makes you believe. The pain when he finds Lois. I think that yell even at normal level without microphones, and dolby sound you could hear and feel for 3 counties. A criminally under appreciated actor.

I was 9 when I watched it as well. The thing I remember the most is John William's beautiful score blasting through the then state of the art Dolby surround sound. It made me teary-eye back then. It still does when I listen to it now.

I was 7 when this came out, but didn't get to see it at the theater. I had to wait until it came on network television to finally see it, since we didn't have cable. I did see Superman II at the theater though.

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I saw it too.
The opening credits, when the giant S logo appears - the audience was in awe. I don't have the words to describe the emotion that washed over me when that happened. That's something that just can't be experienced watching it at home.
The part I hated was an "intermission" that was inserted just after we see Superman emerge for the first time. The one and only time in my movie watching history that there was an intentional intermission.
I also clearly remember a scene on Air Force One where they talk about the president "eating peanuts", meaning Jimmy Carter. In all subsequent versions of the movie I haven't seen that scene again, but I know it happened.
Watching Superman in the movie theater remains one of my fondest memories.