Christopher Reeve’s final film was a Rear Window remake – and nobody ever talks about it

There is a shocking moment early on in a new documentary about the life and death of the Superman star Christopher Reeve. The counter-view, though, is that Reeve’s Rear Window is groundbreaking and highly unusual: this is a primetime television, mainstream romantic thriller with a disabled male lead. open image in gallery Hitch-not: Christopher Reeve and Daryl Hannah in 1998’s ‘Rear Window’ Early on, Kemp’s disability is foregrounded. Most of these were done with a double because it was not recommended for him to work long hours or into the night.” open image in gallery A room with a view: Reeve in ‘Rear Window’ On set, Reeve had a small army of physicians and personal trainers at his disposal, and Starch remembers the actor’s professionalism. “It had two buildings so we were able to shoot from one building to the other.” At the climax of the film, the killer cuts Kemp’s respirator and he is left gasping like a fish.