Robert Benton

The original Superman movie, an origin story, directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. Traces the world’s most famous superhero from Krypton infancy and Smallville boyhood, to his career as Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent (Chrisopher Reeve) and incarnation as Superman. Margot Kidder is Lois Lane, Gene Hackman is nemesis Lex Luthor and Marlon Brando is Jor-El.

Peter Bogdanovich's 1972 screwball comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

Both Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep took the Best Acting Oscars in 1980 for their performances in this multi-award winning drama.

In 1930's Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.