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Supergirl
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5.4After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.
Cast
- Helen Slater as Supergirl / Linda Lee
- Faye Dunaway as Selena
- Peter O'Toole as Zaltar
- Hart Bochner as Ethan
- Mia Farrow as Alura
- Simon Ward as Zor-El
Themes
- magic
- superhero
- laser
- based on comic
- alternate dimension
- teenage girl
- gardener
- occult
- heroine
- love potion
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Screenplay by
- David Odell
- Based on
- Supergirl , by Otto Binder Al Plastino
- Produced by
- Timothy Burrill
- Starring
- Faye Dunaway Helen Slater Hart Bochner Peter Cook Mia Farrow Marc McClure Brenda Vaccaro Peter O'Toole
- Cinematography
- Alan Hume
- Edited by
- Malcolm Cooke
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Production company
- Pueblo Film AG Productions
- Distributed by
- Thorn-EMI Screen Entertainment , (through Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors Limited)
- Release date
- 19 July 1984 ( 1984-07-19 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 105 minutes (US theatrical cut), 124 minutes (international cut) , 138 minutes (director's cut)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $14.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Supergirl is a 1984 British superhero film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by David Odell, based on the DC Comics character. It is a spin-off from the Superman film series and is set after the events of Superman III (1983). The film stars Helen Slater as Supergirl, along with Faye Dunaway, Hart Bochner, Peter Cook, Mia Farrow, Brenda Vaccaro, and Peter O'Toole, with Marc McClure reprising his role as Jimmy Olsen from the Superman films.
The film was released in the United Kingdom on 19 July 1984, to generally negative reviews from critics. It underperformed at the box office, grossing $14 million against a $35 million budget. Slater was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress. The film's failure ultimately led producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind to sell the Superman film rights to The Cannon Group, Inc. in 1986.
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