Superman II – The Richard Donner Cut (DVD)

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Superman II – The Richard Donner Cut (DVD)

Condition

New

Publisher

Warnerbrothers

Published Date

2006-11-28

Age Group

Adult

Rating MPA

Pg

Recording Studio

Warnerbrothers

Format

DVD

Brand

Warner Manufacturing

Amazon ASIN

B000IJ79WU

UPC / EAN

012569868519

Year

1980

RuntimeMins

115

RuntimeStr

1h 55min

Awards

Awards, 4 wins & 1 nomination

Directors

Richard Donner, Richard Lester

Writers

Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel, Mario Puzo

Stars

Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando

Produced by

Derek Hoffman, Ilya Salkind, Pierre Spengler, Michael Thau

Music by

John Williams

Cinematography by

Geoffrey Unsworth

Film Editing by

Stuart Baird, John Victor Smith, Michael Thau

Casting By

Debbie McWilliams

Production Design by

Peter Murton

Production Management

Michael Crawford

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Andy Armstrong, Roy Button, Raoul Girard, Robert Lynn, Terry Madden, Christopher Newman, Paul Storey, Dusty Symonds, Gareth Tandy, David Tomblin, John Inglis

Art Department

Denis Rich

Sound Department

Kelly Cabral, Melissa A. Corns, Cameron Frankley, Randy Kelley, Tim LeBlanc, Ai-Ling Lee, Jon Michaels, Troy Porter, Edward M. Steidele, Chris Trent, Jerry Trent, Gregory H. Watkins

Special Effects by

Colin Chilvers, Zoran Perisic

Visual Effects by

Adam Avitabile, Lloyd Lee Barnett, Derek Bird, Kevin R. Browne, Chad Buehler, Cyntia Büll, Michael Collins, Mark S. Driscoll, Roy Field, Marc Fisher, Jenny Foster, Michelle Herrin, Anthony Max Ivins, Christopher Ivins, Michael Kaelin, Michael Kennen, Danny S. Kim, Cornelia Magas, Derek Meddings, Felix Ojeda, Rob Ozaeta, Anthony Racco, Rebecca Ramsey, Gabriel Sanchez, Clay Sparks

Stunts

Vic Armstrong, Kurt Bryant, Brian Christensen, Alf Joint, Barbara Anne Klein, Paul Weston

Camera and Electrical Department

Denys N. Coop, Freddie Cooper, David Garfath, Ginger Gemmel, Maurice Gillett, Ron Goodman, John Harris, Peter MacDonald, Jeff Paynter, Robert Paynter, Jonathan Taylor, Chic Waterson, Paul Wilson, David Wynn-Jones

Casting Department

Lynn Stalmaster

Editorial Department

Christine Dougherty, Marc Fisher

Music Department

Jay Duerr, Eric Tomlinson, John Williams

Additional Crew

Matt Faulkner, Suzanne Friedline, Tom Mankiewicz

Thanks

Jack Dubnicek, Warren Farnes

Genres

Action, Adventure, Romance

Companies

Warner Bros.

Countries

UK, USA

Languages

English, Russian

ContentRating

PG

ImDbRating

7.6

ImDb Rating Votes

17408

Metacritic Rating

83

Short Description

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is a 2006 re-edited director s cut of the 1980 superhero film Superman II. It is a sequel to Richard Donner s 1978 film Superman, based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name, and stars Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, and Marlon Brando, the latter whose scenes were removed and entirely re-shot with actress Susannah York for the theatrical release. This alternate cut was edited by Michael Thau and was overseen and completed by Donner himself. It features a significant amount of discarded footage, alternate takes, and story elements not featured in the theatrical version.

In 1979, after the tense nineteen month-long shoot on Superman and a significant portion of Superman II, executive producer Alexander Salkind removed Donner from production on the sequel and replaced him with director Richard Lester. Lester completed the remainder of the film for its theatrical release, but also re-wrote and re-shot a substantial portion of Donner s footage in order to receive full director s credit. While the sequel was a critical and financial success upon release, interest in Donner s cut of Superman II became well known after a community of online fans began petitioning for Warner Bros. to release Donner s vision. After Marlon Brando s death in 2004, his family estate allowed for Warner Bros. to feature archival footage of the late actor in the 2006 film Superman Returns, thus granting the studio permission to restore Donner s version of Superman II.

Since Donner never completed Superman II in its original form, certain key scenes filmed by Lester, along with newly created visual effects shots by Thau and an early screen test of one pivotal scene featuring Reeve and Margot Kidder, had to be added to the film in order to create a completed work. The film also features an early developed alternate opening and ending that were both envisioned before the theatrical release of Superman, in which the sequel s original ending was re-worked as the finale to the first film. Donner stated that had he finished the film in 1980, he would have shot a different ending. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut was released on DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD on November 28, 2006 to positive reviews and is dedicated to Reeve s memory.

Box Office Budget

$54,000,000 (estimated)

Keywords

Supervillain,supervillainess,extraterrestrial alien,alien supervillainess,extraterrestrial