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: Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut [Blu-ray]

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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391131045
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 6669
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2006



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Description:
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.

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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



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - This movie never would have made it in theaters!
Although the extra scenes(the most notable of which was a screen test) were interesting, I missed 1)the villainous brute testing his laser-eyes on a snake, 2)Superman dramatically flying-off from the Fortress of Solitude after he's regained his powers, and 3)Lois Lane falling into the river at Niagra Falls. This new version had little continuity, and lacked character development. After spending money on this turkey, I'm forced to do so again on the standard version, which I sorely missed. This ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Truly disappointing
Just a couple of comments since there are already 200-plus reviews. Spoilers ahead, in case it matters at this point.

1. This isn't really a "director's cut" since it includes a great deal of footage that was shot by Richard Lester. It's more of a sort of rough template of what Donner's film might have sort of looked like if he'd completed it. That is, to put it mildly, sort of disappointing as a viewing experience. Is Richard Donner such a stellar director that I should spend money to ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A SUPERior SUPERMAN II
Superman I and II were originally a single film. It's amazing the films are as good as they are, given that the studio fired the director halfway through, split the work into two films, and refused to reward the actors for the second movie. Instead they cut Brando's work along with the entire point of the movie. This is why Superman II was really little more than Superman dispatching three bad guys introduced in Superman I.
In that regard, Superman II had always been a letdown for me. This ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A glimpse of what might have been
Yes, it does have the appearence of being cobbled together at times -- using a screen test to fill in a scene -- but all in all it works and better than the final product from Richard Lester -- which is, really, 80% of what Richard Donner shot in the first damn place. Because some things need to be filled out, some of the Lester footage is used but even so, you get a look at the vision Richard Donner intended. Alternate shots on Krypton for the three super villains, footage with Marlon Brando that was ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Donner's Superman II
I'll keep this short because this movie has been out for over 2 years now on DVD. I was really excited to hear that the Warner's decided to finally release this urban legend that we all heard about. Being a huge Superman fan, I was excited to finally see the footage with Brando. Although that footage was interesting, the movie for me, just didn't work. Chris Reeve, and Margot Kidder did a fine job in their respective roles, but the movie was campy at best and I thought the whole point of making a superhero ... Read More


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