Christopher Reeve’s highly effective life story is being advised within the new documentary “Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story.”
The film, directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, follows as Reeve finds fame enjoying Superman within the late Seventies and Nineteen Eighties earlier than a devastating 1995 horse driving accident triggered him to be paralyzed from the neck down.
The indomitable actor, who died in October 2004 at age 52, spent the remainder of his life working as a incapacity activist aimed toward serving to to discover a treatment for spinal twine accidents.
On Aug. 26, DC Studios launched a trailer for the documentary, which options candid interviews with Reeve’s youngsters, Matthew, Alexandra and Will, in addition to footage of the actor together with his late spouse, Dana, who died in 2006 of lung most cancers.
In a single emotional second within the trailer, Reeve, seen in footage, remembers how Dana’s love helped him discover his will to dwell once more after his damage.
“I ruined my life and everyone else’s. I received’t have the ability to ski, sail, throw a ball to Will. Received’t have the ability to make like to Dana. Perhaps we must always let me go,” Reeve remembers pondering.
“After which she mentioned the phrases that saved my life: ‘You’re nonetheless you. And I really like you.’”
Elsewhere within the trailer, Reeve’s youngsters share their reminiscences of how athletic their father was earlier than the accident as footage reveals the actor enjoying tennis, swimming and driving horses.
“Doing issues with my dad, it was all about exercise and motion,” Christopher remembers.
“Driving bikes, enjoying soccer, snowboarding,” Matthew provides.
“My dad was very aggressive and he didn’t essentially decelerate,” Alexandria agrees.
In a single heartbreaking second, Matthew remembers being together with his father earlier than the accident, remembering, “We mentioned goodbye and he gave this wave. That was the final time I noticed him on his ft.”
The film additionally options interviews with a few of Reeve’s Hollywood mates, together with Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Daniels and Glenn Shut, whereas reflecting on the particular bond Reeve shared with late actor Robin Williams.
“Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” will air in choose theaters on Sept. 21 and once more on Sept. 25, in honor of Reeve’s birthday.