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Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Jackie Cooper, Gene Hackman, Valerie Perrine and Ned Beatty return in their original roles. Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas and Jack O'Halloran return as the evil supervillians to avenge the people of Earth and Superman.
Susannah York also returns making a special appearance.
Clifton James, who you remember from the "James Bond 007" films, Live and Let Die (1973), Man With the Golden Gun (1974) makes an appearance as the Sheriff.
Pepper Martin as "Rocky" in the diner. John Ratzenberger can also be spotted.
Considered one of the best sequel of any sequel ever made.
I enjoy the recognizable in-film advertising: Malboro, Evita broadway play, Cutty Shark, Coca-Cola, Kent, Kentucky fried Chicken, Omni magazine, JVC.
Followed by:
Superman III (1983)
Supergirl (1984)
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.
Superman Returns (2006)
***Update: August 23, 2008, Warner Bros. has decided to do a remake of "Superman". They will start a new Superman project from scratch.
Warner Bros. is disappointed with Superman Returns (2006).
It is believed plans for Superman: Man of Steel (2009) will be cancelled.
Mark Millar has an idea to do 3 "Superman" movies in the "Lord of the Rings"-style. Release each movie every year. The new "Superman" films will take on a darker tone.
Richard Donner released his own different version of SUPERMAN II with never-before-seen footage (his version of shots, but was let go during production) on Amazon.com, November 28, 2006. The Richard Donner version is quite choppy and probably will not make much sense unless you have seen the actual "Superman II" theatrical film released.
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superman is now the protecter of earth. but the three villans just discover earth tring to destroy superman. not even their powers is better but it is same as our man of steel! how can superman destroy the three villans? how could he save earth from three bad heros? watch the movie to find out!
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I thought buying the DVD would give me some hidden suprises a better picture- something. It really doesn't and I was very unahppy with the DVD itself. Of course I am a superman fan, I kept the movie for my collections because Superman I & II is about the best work from the 1970's.
Maybe my expectations were to high but sound wasn't too great and the picture not good quality. You may be better off buying the VHS and saving some money. I was so unhappy that I didn't even see if there were special features. I don't mean to sound totally negtaive, b/c I love superman. But that's about it.
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The movie is perfect its fun to watch; and fun to see anything with the phamton zone villans
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I agree with the Spotlight Review. There needs to be a Special Edition released with all Richard Donner's original footage and storyline restored...Briefly speaking, the producers fired the director Richard Donner while in production on Superman II, and hired Richard Lester. Lester changed major storylines and added humor that was too campy for the picture. The Superman II we all have seen is nothing like what Richard Donner and Tom Mankiewicz envisioned, wrote, and shot. Donner shot 70% of the sequel, but most of that footage has never been seen. I'd like to see all the Marlon Brando footage that was supposed to have been shot for Superman II, even if it means Warner Bros. has to go and pay Brando whatever he asks for. The DVD profits would probably more than cover his fee. John Williams should be hired to rescore, or at least re-orchestrate, the music for Superman II. Ken Thorne was brought in to take Williams' music and orchestrate and conduct it. His version sounds like a high school marching band, not a world class orchestra's work. Still, despite these flaws, Superman II is a good, exciting film.
The Richard Lester version we all saw in the theaters could also be included on the DVD, if people want to make a comparison (like the way E.T. was released on DVD).
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