[Note: Tragically, young star James Dean -- the prototype of an iconic, misunderstood, and moody rebellious adolescent -- was killed in a car accident at age 24, driving his new 550 Porsche Spyder sportscar.[Note: A character actor, Muni played many biographical personalities during his long award-winning career, i.The landmark, epic film, made on a large-scale budget of $1.25 million for Universal Pictures (and studio production head Carl Laemmle, Jr.), used acres of California ranch land for he battle scenes, and employed over 2,000 extras.From four Academy Award nominations, it won the Academy Award for Best Picture (the third winner in the history of AMPAS) and Best Director (Lewis Milestone with his first sound feature), and it was also nominated for Best Writing Achievement (George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson, and Del Andrews) and Best Cinematography (Arthur Edeson).A fancy and modern "new steamer" paddle-wheeling on the Mississippi River is named the "King" - it approaches the town""s waterfront dock on its inaugural cruise.It provided he motivation for young Bruce to one day become Batman.The narration continued about the bats: "In he dream, they took me to the light.A beautiful lie."Title Screen: METROPOLIS - MANKIND IS INTRODUCED TO THE SUPERMANThe next sequence was set in Metropolis, where billionaire Bruce Wayne had flown in a company helicopter, to witness the destructive battle in Metropolis between Superman (Henry Cavill) and the Kryptonians, led by General Zod (Michael Shannon) who had invaded Earth.