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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SUPERGIRL
EAN: 0012569766761
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Running Time: 125 minutes
Sales Rank: 11473
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 1984
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: SUPERGIRL
Title: SUPERGIRL
Street Release Date: 11/28/2006
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Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE
Amazon.com:
Supergirl qualifies as one of the most bizarre comic book adaptations ever to hit the silver screen. Bereft of logic or sensible plotting, but featuring a strong cast and slick special effects, the film follows Superman's cousin Kara (played by Helen Slater in her film debut) as she leaves Krypton to venture to Earth to retrieve the 'Omegahedron,' a life-force globe vital to her people's survival. She tracks down the device, unaware that it's fallen into the hands of aspiring black magician Selena (Faye Dunaway), which leads to an inevitable showdown.
All of the strong characters in Supergirl are women, making for a nice change of pace from traditional superhero machismo. However, none of the players seem to notice that many things are left unexplained, including how the naive Kara knows so much about Earth while having never been there, how a novice sorceress can attain power so quickly from something she does not understand, and how hardly anyone notices Supergirl flying around their city! (And hey, where's Superman?)
Taken as a campy 1980s comic book relic rather than a serious adaptation, Supergirl is fun because of its engaging special effects and sets, tongue-in-cheek humor, and Dunaway's truly inspired performance. Look for Marc McClure reprising his Superman role of Jimmy Olsen, while Mia Farrow and Peter O'Toole have small supporting roles as Kara's mother and mentor, respectively. The director's cut DVD features 24 minutes of newly restored footage that has never been seen before, which should enthrall Supergirl aficionados, although the additional material doesn't make the story any more logical. --Bryan Reesman
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - This is an awesome movie!
I enjoyed it way more than the Superman movies. Huh, guess that means I'm mostly straight.
Pros: Helen is gorgeous! The special effects are actually quite decent. Movie doesn't really drag in many places.
Cons: The climactic battle at the end is rather short.
I'll ad more stuff if I think of it.
Rating:  - Sorry. It doesn't even rise to the level of guilty pleasure.
I hadn't seen this in 24 years. As a huge teenaged fan of the Superman family mythos, I was crushed by the poor quality of this film when it was released in 1984. Seeing all the glowing "camp value" reviews here I decided to give it another go - for laughs. But I couldn't get through the first half of it without wandering off to check the laundry. It wasn't funny. Just mind-numbingly nonsensical and dull, dull, dull.
The problem is not the effects. They're actually above average for ... Read More
Rating: - SILLY BUT HALF ENTERTAINING - EXCUSE ME, CULT MOVIE
"You girls are rank amateurs playing with fire!"
"Because WE own the matches."
Better than average flick that cashes in on a winning formula. Faye Dunaway as the villainess, lending a little star weight. Keep your expectations way low and you'll probably enjoy much of it, in spite of yourself. I haven't turned it off, and I will when movies bore me too much. This one hasn't yet, though it is undeniably ridiculous. NOTE: THIS IS MY REVIEW AFTER HALF AN HOUR.
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Rating:  - God Aweful
God Aweful, the worst superhero movie ever filmed, point blank. This even makes Superman 4 look like great cinema and that's a damn shame. I watched the first 15 minutes of it and shut it off in disgust. Their interpretation of Kara's character is just pitiful to say the least. She came off as an irresponsible little brat in the begining, how she went to earth and the entire scene where she emerges from the lake automatically wearing the Supergirl suit? ? ? come on now
DO NOT BUY, DO ... Read More
Rating: - It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Supergirl!
"Supergirl" thrilled me when it opened back in 1984. Along with Wonder Woman and She-Ra, Supergirl was part of an era of female superheroines. "Supergirl" is a true camp classic. It marked Helen Slater's debut (and subsequent departure) from the silver screen. Faye Dunaway could've shouted,"No more kryptonite wire hangers!" but she's close enough. "Supergirl",along with "Puma Man",is one of the cheesiest superhero movies ever made.
"Supergirl" opens on the heroine's homeworld,with her ... Read More
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