Batman, Superman

World's Finest

''World's Finest'' made our list of comic book-based fan films

DIRECTOR Sandy Collora, 35

CAMERA 35 mm camera

RELEASE DATE 2004

PREMISE Lois Lane is kidnapped by the dastardly duo of Two-Face and Lex Luthor.

THE TWIST Superman (Michael O'Hearn) and Batman (Clark Bartram) team up to save Lane. While the thought of Christopher Reeve and Michael Keaton sharing equal billing may seem strange, the Man of Steel-Dark Knight partnership has been a comic-book staple since 1954. Also, Luthor, who runs for President in the film, was Commander in Chief for a while in the DC Comics universe.

SOUNDTRACK A bit of the classic Superman theme, mixed with original music by a friend.

COSTUMES AND PROPS Lex Luthor's green and purple armor suit was created by Scott Page, who met Collora at a comic book convention and volunteered his time to build the one-size-fits-all outfit in 10 days.

TOUGHEST SCENE TO SHOOT To make Superman fly, O'Hearn was hung from wires at the back of Collora's Toyota truck and filmed while being driven down the street. (The torture may have paid off: On his website, the model-actor claims to have nabbed an audition for the upcoming Warner Bros. Superman movie. Studio reps, however, wouldn't comment on the casting process.)

THE DIRECTOR SAYS ''We had never seen Batman and Superman team up before in live action,'' says Collora (who also directed ''Batman: and will soon direct his first feature ''Off World,'' with Guillermo del Toro.). ''I wanted to create something different. I wanted to bring them to life and make it [accurate] so that fans can say, 'Oh my God, that's really Batman and Superman!'''

URL www.theforce.net/theater/nonsw/worldsfinest/index.shtml

RUNTIME 3 minutes, 40 seconds

GRADE B

Originally posted Sep 02, 2004
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