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Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American filmmaker. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters," [1] [2] Donner directed some of the most financially-successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. [3] His 50-year career crossed genres and influenced trends ...
Apr 26, 2024 · The Donner Cut of Superman II is considered to be a better film than the theatrical version, with an improved love story and restored scenes featuring Marlon Brando as Jor-El. There has never been ...
Mar 16, 2021 · By the time production on Superman II was set to resume, producer Richard Lester had seen through his directorial commitments on adventure film Cuba (1979), and so in March 1979, he stepped out ...
Before the film's release, Warner Bros. had appealed to the Directors Guild of America to assign the appropriate co-director credit, in which they argued Lester could not be credited unless he shot 40 percent of the film. Although Lester had earlier thought he would not be credited, he approached Donner to see if he wished to be credited as co ...
Jun 25, 2024 · Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is a 2006 re-edited director's cut of the 1980 superhero movie Superman II. The re-edited version of the film was created by director Richard Donner and producer Ilya Salkind using existing footage but with new scenes shot by editor Michael Thau and composer John Williams. The DVD release includes an optional ...
English. Budget. $54 million [6] Box office. $190.4 million [6] Superman II is a 1980 superhero film directed by Richard Lester and written by Mario Puzo and David and Leslie Newman from a story by Puzo based on the DC Comics character Superman. [7] [8] [9] It is the second installment in the Superman film series and a sequel to Superman (1978).
Mar 17, 2021 · Shot in tandem with the first film, Superman II was 75% complete when Donner agreed to pause filming on the sequel to concentrate on completing Superman in time for a Christmas 1978 release date. With other commitments in waiting, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, and Valerie Perrine had already wrapped their scenes from both films ...
