Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is a 2006 film that is a re-edit of the 1980 film Superman II staring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, and Marlon Brando. As much as half of the film contains never-before seen material filmed by Donner, including 15 minutes of restored Brando scenes as Superman's father Jor-El as well as numerous new Reeve and Kidder scenes. One exception to this is the new alternate scene where Lois discovers Clark's true identity by shooting him. Donner was never able to shoot this scene during principal photography. The take now used in this cut was actually used as a screen test for Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder.
According to the website Supermancinema.co.uk, the Donner cut breaks down thus: 75% is the original Donner shoot, 8% is newly filmed or CGI material, scenes from the first film and also the Niagara Falls Donner-filmed screen-test, and 17% is Lester footage edited to reflect Donner’s vision of the film, specifically removing many of Lester’s trademark sight-gags. About 50 percent of the film is brand-new to the audience.For those Superman fans, it is worth the viewing and it gives us a chance to see new Reeve footage and as the beginning of the film says "This picture is dedicated in loving memory to Christopher Reeve, without whom we would never have believed that a man could fly".
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