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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569868519
Feature: In the year of Superman Returns, Superman II starring Christopher Reeve also returns - with a totally different beginning and resolution. With Jor-El (Marlon Brando in recently discovered footage) in key scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the profound relationship between father and son. With different Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman. With.well, with s
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 86851
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Running Time: 115 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 28, 2006
Features:- In the year of Superman Returns, Superman II starring Christopher Reeve also returns - with a totally different beginning and resolution. With Jor-El (Marlon Brando in recently discovered footage) in key scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the profound relationship between father and son. With different Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman. With.well, with s
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In the year of Superman Returns Superman II starring Christopher Reeve also returns - with a totally different beginning and resolution. With Jor-El (Marlon Brando in recently discovered footage) in key scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the profound relationship between father and son. With different Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman. With...well with so many changes large and small that this Superman II is an eye-opening alternate experience. Director Richard Donner began shooting his vision of Superman II while concurrently filming Superman The Movie. Now for the first time his never-before-seen vision is here. And it's a must for every Superman fan an important addition to the legend of the Man of Steel.Running Time: 116 min.System Requirements:Run Time: 127 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 012569868519 Manufacturer No: 86851
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The Richard Donner cut of Superman II is an infamous legend come to life. Director Donner shot most of the sequel at the same time as his first blockbuster film, but somewhere along the line, the producers and studio lost confidence and brought in Richard Lester (The Three Musketeers) to rework the film, and receive sole credit. For years fans speculated on how different the final film was from Donner's original until an underground copy appeared showing a fully formed feature. In an unprecedented move, Warner Brothers officially embraces this alternate version. For those who have not been part of the rumor mill, know that Donner shot all the footage with Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman). You can find blow-by-blow descriptions of what is new/changed elsewhere, but most of the changes deal with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder as the comic-book couple. Donner's cut provides alternate scenes for how Lois tests her hunch that Clark is Superman, the moment he reveals his identity, and how Lois unlearns that truth. Thing is, Lester's reshots are stronger, adding weight to the romance between the two, lifting the picture's stature. Lester also added the dandy Eiffel Tower opening. Donner's chief additions are in the Fortress of Solitude, where Marlon Brando returns to teach (Susannah York, as Superman's mom, appears in the Lester cut). The producers cut Brando's footage so they wouldn't have to pay him millions. The Brando/Reeve scenes continue the father/son dynamic of the first film. There is a great lesson in editing--Lester's less is better than Donner's more--when you compare how Kent turns back into Superman after losing his powers. The Donner cut is completely formed but does use some rehearsal footage, new effects, and some pieces shot by Lester. The history of cinema has many of these stories of movies reshot, hijacked, and changed from the original version, but here the underdog wins and Donner gets his chance to change history, even adding a note in the end credits about the use of fur and smoking as regrettable choices of the time.
Director Donner and creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz have a jolly good time revisiting their past on the commentary track. You get a clearer picture of who shot what, but the two have nothing good to say about Lester's edition. Donner doesn't go much into why he was dropped, just a difference of opinion and the need not to pay Brando. He also explains why the déjà vu ending of this edition was used in the first movie and a new ending would have been thought up for part 2. A quick featurette looks at how Michael Thau and a small crew reconstructed the film and compares several scenes from both versions. Also added are additional scenes shot by Donner but not used, most with Hackman. --Doug Thomas
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Just finished watching this movie and it was FAR, FAR less entertained than the theatrical version.
Gone is the cool Eiffel Tower scene (replace by Donner's choppy opening to link it to Superman I).
Lois Lane finds him out by much less interesting means (by shooting Clark Kent...really, Donner?).
Gone is the romantic scene where Superman travels the world to get flowers etc for Lois Lane.
Spolier coming up...Superman "undoes" everything by spinning the earth backwards ... Read More
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It is almost a completely different movie than the theatre (Lester cut) version. Perhaps this version makes sense to Donner, but it is far less entertaining than the Lester version. There are many continuity problems and plot inconsistencies. The movie appears flat and lifeless. The ending is absolutely horrible!
Only buy this version if you're really into THAT into superman or film making. It contains interesting footage which has never been seen before.
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This is a great dvd from the superman series that put's
back footage from the original director RICHARD DONNER
who originally directed superman one,and two,before being
replaced by THE BEATLES A HARD DAYS NIGHT DIRECTOR RICHARD LESTER.
It also includes the original story.and scenes which were filmed
by MARLON BRANDO,GENE HACKMAN, who for financial reasons were
taken out. While LESTER'S version is still very good and has
most of the footage directed by DONNER. ... Read More
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Sometimes when I see the 'Director's Cut' of any film it usually has some elements that are not in the theatrical release that make you say "Hmmm, that's interesting." or "That would've been better!" This is the first time that I viewed a cut that would've been far worse than the screen version. The way the three villains were freed in the original version was much more plausible than Donner's version. The editing of the first one also was first-rate. My overall opinion: stick with the original.
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It's a shame it took over 20 years for this film to see the light of day. This films makes chronologically more sense than Mr. Lester's II. The first time I watched it, I was in awe. The second and third times I've watched, I kept thinking that it was a shame it was not released back in 1980.
I hate to think 'what if..', BUT just this once, 'WHAT IF Mr. Donner's II been released?' I'm sure it would've been a huge success, then we would've had III and IV, all with Donner at the helm, and there might ... Read More
