The Strip Show

Starring:Rick Sebak
Studio: Wqed Multimedia
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
The Strip District is a delicious old neighborhood in Pittsburgh. On most Saturday mornings, it's one of the best places on earth, full of hungry people, crunchy fruits, snappy vegetables, world-class street food, cool characters and tasty surprises of all sorts.

This 1996 documentary is a tour of the Strip including big breakfasts, shopping along Penn Avenue and Smallman Street, warehouses, churches and nightclubs, along with some amazing history.

Product Description

Here he is! It's SupermanTM -- in an amazing, thrill-packed story of the legendary hero through the years: from comic books to cartoons to TV to movies, including awesome see-it-first, see-it-now footage of 2006's Superman Returns. Discover the Man of Steel story that's never been told with the action and excitement you expect from the mightiest of all heroes.
No matter if you're a super fan
or just a movie fan, this is
the adventure you've
been waiting for.
Running Time: 120 min.

Format: DVD MOVIE

Amazon.com

Executive-produced by Superman Returns director Bryan Singer and narrated by star Kevin Spacey, Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman is an exhaustive, nearly two-hour documentary covering over 60 years of the Man of Steel. It begins with the early work of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster leading to the 1938 Action Comics debut of Superman, then continues through the Max Fleischer cartoons, the Columbia serials, to the 1950s Adventures of Superman series and the tragic suicide of its star, George Reeves. Then it's on to the 1966 Broadway musical, the 1970s feature films (including screen tests of Stockard Channing and Lesley Anne Warren), the paralysis and death of star Christopher Reeve, the subsequent TV series Lois & Clark and Smallville, and the 2006 feature Superman Returns. The documentary also discusses Superman's transformations during World War II, the atomic age, and the 1960s; events in the comic books such as John Byrne's reboot and The Death of Superman; and obscurities such as a pilot for The Adventures of Superpup and the TV-musical version of It's a Bird… It's a Plane… It's Superman. Interview subjects range from two-production stars such as Noel Neill and Jack Larson (who were in both Adventures of Superman and Superman Returns), and Annette O'Toole (Superman III and Smallville) to producer Ilya Salkind, director Richard Donner, Margot Kidder, Stan Lee, Dean Cain, and Brandon Routh. The animated series deserves more coverage, and some interviewees are conspicuously absent--no surprise Lois & Clark's Teri Hatcher couldn't find the time, but what about Smallville's Tom Welling?--but overall it's an impressive and engaging examination of the DC Comics icon. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

The Amazing Story of Superman.......2007-05-06

If you are a superman fan... this has a lot of facts and footage.

Review for this film.......2007-03-08

It was very interesting. There were a lot of things I didn't know about the history, but I really liked it overall.

For the Superman Enthusiast.......2007-01-19

Any Superman fan will enjoy this look at all the supermans in cinematic history.

A Tribute to the Man of Steel.......2007-01-04

This DVD covers almost the entire history of Superman. From comics to radio to cartoons to movies. It's thorough and very informative. Guest stars include Billy Mummy, Mark Hammell, Gene Simmons, the original Lois Lane and Jimmy from the George Reeves' Superman show from the fifties, and several more. It keeps your interest and is a must for any Superman or just plain comic book fan of all ages. I highly recommend it.

A hero for the ages.......2006-12-15

When did you first see the Man of Steel? Was it Christopher Reeve? George Reeves? Dean Cain? Even Kirk Allen, or maybe an animated Superman? This DVD makes a nestolgic trip across the characters 70+ year old history. Many moments taking me back to the times in the past. I first really got into Superman in 1986, when John Byrnes "Man of Steel" comic book came out. I was 15 years old then. However, I was a fan of the Christopher Reeve series but became distanced from the character after Superman 3 and Superman 4. Look up in the sky, really helps tell the history of the Man of Steel straight through Superman Returns, which is also a really great chapter for Superman in its own right. I recommend this DVD to collectors or anyone interested in Superman, or anyone wanting to know more about the roots of the character.

Average customer rating:

The Strip Show
Starring: Rick Sebak
Manufacturer: Wqed Multimedia
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Pittsburgh A to Z

ASIN: B0001ZX07E
Release Date: 2004-03-30

Description

The Strip District is a delicious old neighborhood in Pittsburgh. On most Saturday mornings, it's one of the best places on earth, full of hungry people, crunchy fruits, snappy vegetables, world-class street food, cool characters and tasty surprises of all sorts.

This 1996 documentary is a tour of the Strip including big breakfasts, shopping along Penn Avenue and Smallman Street, warehouses, churches and nightclubs, along with some amazing history.

Producer Rick Sebak says, "It ends up being a big commercial for the Strip, but the neighborhood deserves lots of loving attention. It's a great, great place."

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