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