Amazing Special Effects That Were Actually Made For Cheap
Superman Returns
Throw Like A Superman
In Superman Returns, Clark visits his hometown, where his childhood puppy greets him at his farm. The dog fetches a ball, and Clark winds up and throws the thing clear into the sky, where it presumably clears orbit and is currently somewhere around Jupiter. But since the actual actor who plays the role is not blessed with superhuman strength, the crew rigged a potato gun to fire a ball into the sky at the same moment that Brandon Routh pretended to throw the ball into the air.