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Originally Posted by MrBarlow  Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story.
Charting the life of Christopher Reeve who at 3 years old his parents split and never really supported by his father and went on to do stage. In 1977 he got the starring role as Clark Kent/Superman which catapulted him to stardom. In 1984 he starred in Anna Karenina in which he was allergic to horses but doped himself up in amphetamines and started his horse show jumping and then in 1995 he had his riding accident which left him paralysed, to the point of giving up and then finding smile and laugh again.
This was a great programme/documentary on a great actor with home movies of himself and his family plus snippets of interviews he gave and how he was loved by friends, family and other celebrities and his friendship with Robin Williams. |
I've been unsure whether to watch this or not because I have mixed feelings about Christopher Reeve's approach to life with a spinal cord injury, rarely making the most of his life and putting so much effort into finding a cure.
I remember seeing the headlines about his horse riding accident because I was on a campsite with family and it was only a few months before I sustained a similar injury in a diving accident when we were on holiday in France and have never been interested in a cure, preferring to concentrate on living life to the full.
I think it would be eye-opening to see about his life as a child, before Superman brought him fame and fortune, and another side of his life as a tetraplegic/quadriplegic.