Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
November 2, 2006Release Date
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
November 2, 2006Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Gene Hackman
Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve
Clark Kent
Marlon Brando
Jor-El
Ned Beatty
Otis
Jackie Cooper
Perry White
Sarah Douglas
Ursa
Margot Kidder
Lois Lane
E.G. Marshall
The President
Jack O'Halloran
Non
Valerie Perrine
Eve Teschmacher
Marc McClure
Jimmy Olsen
Terence Stamp
General Zod
Clifton James
Sheriff
Richard Donner
Director
John Ratzenberger
Controller #1
Gordon Rollings
Fisherman
Joe Shuster
Writer
Jerry Siegel
Writer
Angus MacInnes
Prison Warden
Mario Puzo
Writer
Richard LeParmentier
Reporter
Don Fellows
General
David Newman
Writer
Michael Shannon
President's Aide
Pierre Spengler
Producer
Michael Thau
Producer
Tony Sibbald
Presidential Imposter
Tommy Duggan
Diner Owner
John Williams
Composer
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cinematographer
Pamela Mandell
Waitress
Stuart Baird
Editor
Pepper Martin
Rocky
John Victor-Smith
Editor
Shane Rimmer
Controller #2
Cleon Spencer
Kid #1
Debbie McWilliams
CastingDirector
Carl Parris
Kid #2
Peter Murton
ProductionDesigner
Matt Kaminsky
Looping Christopher Reeve
Austin Majors
Ranch Boy (voice)
Aaron Smolinski
Baby Kal-El
Maxwell Craig
Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Christopher Ivins
Compositing Artist
Barbara Anne Klein
Stunt Double / Stunt Coordinator
Christine Dougherty
Digital Intermediate Producer
Robert Paynter
Director of Photography
Peter MacDonald
Camera Operator
Randy Kelley
Sound Effects Editor
Adam Avitabile
Visual Effects
Chad Buehler
Digital Compositor
Clay Sparks
Visual Effects
Peter Howitt
Set Decoration
Maurice Fowler
Supervising Art Director
Freddie Cooper
Camera Operator
Troy Porter
ADR Mixer
Jay Duerr
Music Editor
Leslie Newman
Screenplay
Geoffrey Helman
Production Manager
Andy Armstrong
Second Unit Director
Anthony Racco
Matte Painter
Ai-Ling Lee
Sound Effects Editor
Edward M. Steidele
Foley Artist
Chris Trent
Foley Mixer
Ilya Salkind
Executive Producer
Allan James
Unit Manager
Peter Young
Set Decoration
John Morgan
Camera Operator
Kelly Cabral
Supervising Sound Editor
Cameron Frankley
Sound Designer
Jenny Foster
Visual Effects Producer
Ginger Gemmel
Camera Operator
Sue Yelland
Costume Design
Jerry Trent
Foley Artist
Gregory H. Watkins
Other
Ken Thorne
Additional Music
Michael Kaelin
Digital Compositor
Tim LeBlanc
Other
Michael Crawford
Executive In Charge Of Production
Cornelia Magas
Digital Compositor
Charles Bishop
Art Direction
David Garfath
Camera Operator
David Wynn-Jones
Focus Puller / First Assistant Camera
Eric Tomlinson
Music Sound Design and Processing
Maurice Gillett
Gaffer
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Anthony 'Max' Ivins
Visual Effects Supervisor
Kurt Bryant
Stunts
Norman Reynolds
Art Direction
Terry Ackland-Snow
Art Direction
Jon Michaels
Assistant Sound Editor
Vincent Winter
Production Manager
Charles F. Greenlaw
Associate Producer
Kevin R. Browne
Visual Effects
Denys N. Coop
Other
Paul Wilson
Other
Michele Tandy
Assistant Accountant
Rebecca Ramsey
Visual Effects Producer
Gabriel Sánchez
Visual Effects
Ernest Archer
Art Direction
Yvonne Blake
Costume Design
Colin Chilvers
Special Effects Supervisor
Derek Hoffman
Co-Producer
Denis Rich
Storyboard Artist
Michael Collins
Digital Compositor
Rob Ozaeta
Visual Effects
Chic Waterson
Camera Operator
Tom Mankiewicz
Creative Consultant
Maria Monreal
Other
Douglas Noakes
Production Accountant
Cecil F. Ford
Production Supervisor
Brian Christensen
Stunts
Marc Fisher
Editorial Staff
John Harris
Camera Operator
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Roy Field
Visual Effects Supervisor
Melissa A. Corns
Assistant Sound Editor
Derek Bird
Digital Compositor
Mark Driscoll
Visual Effects Producer
Tim Hampton
Production Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 2, 2006
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Content RatingPG
Budget$54,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
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. 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, Alexander Salkind, who had bought the film rights to the character, 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. Pictures 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 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.