Seven words have been changed. Christopher Reeveworld .
After the legendary Superman The actor suffered a spinal cord injury in a horse-riding accident in 1995, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down, and his wife Dana Reeve It gave him the strength to continue.
“Then she said the words that saved my life,” Christopher, who died in 2004, recalls in the trailer for the upcoming documentary. Superman: The Christopher Reeve Story“You are still you, and I love you.”
Dana, who died of lung cancer two years after marrying the actor, married in 1992 and the couple had a child. William Reeve32, in the same year. Christopher was also a father to Matthew Reeve44 years old, and his daughter Alexandra Reeve Givens40 years old, with his ex-wife Jay Exton.
His three children take the helm in this new documentary about Christopher’s heroic life, piecing together archival footage of their late father on screen and behind the scenes.