Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is a 1987 superhero film directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal from a story by Christopher Reeve, Konner, and Rosenthal based on the DC Comics character Superman. The film stars Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker, Jim Broadbent, Mariel Hemingway, and Margot Kidder.
Plot
At a Smallville farm he inherited from his deceased parents, Superman, as Clark Kent, uncovers the capsule that brought him to Earth and removes a luminescent green Kryptonian energy module. A recording left by his mother Lara states that its power can be used only once. He returns to Metropolis, where he finds the Daily Planet has been taken over by David Warfield, a tabloid tycoon who fires Perry White and hires his own daughter Lacy as the new editor. Following the news that the United States and the Soviet Union may engage in a nuclear arms race, Superman resolves it by collecting all nuclear warheads from various nations, placing them all into a giant net, and throwing them into the Sun.
More details
| author | Lawrence Konner Mark Rosenthal Rick Rosenthal |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Sidney J. Furie |
| editor | John Shirley |
| events | Cold War |
| genre | action science fiction |
| keywords | acute radiation syndrome arms dealer bad influence boys town cast collect daily planet eclipse fall flee infect inherit krypton kryptonian lara lex luthor lois lane metropolis nuclear arms nuclear missile nuclear power plant nuclear war outer space perry white power plant radiation sickness record smallville solar eclipse soviet union statue of liberty superman to the moon |
| musicBy | Alexander Courage |
| nomination | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Visual Effects |
| producer | Menahem Golan Yoram Globus |
| productionCompany | Golan-Globus Productions The Cannon Group, Inc. |
| publisher | Columbia–Cannon–Warner Distributors Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | New York City Pinewood Studios |
| theme | science fiction action sequel superhero war |