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[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=+1]"Superman" DVD set restores ill-fated sequel[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]Friday July 21 6:25 AM ET[/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]On the heels of "Superman Returns" storming the box office, the four original "Superman" movies starring Christopher Reeve are set to get the special DVD treatment.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]The highlight of the November 28 DVD rollout: "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut," a revised version of the controversial 1980 sequel as it originally was conceived and intended to be filmed by director Richard Donner, who also shot the 1978 original.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]Donner was fired midway through the shoot and replaced by Richard Lester, who gave the film more of a comic bent. The version of the film being prepared for the DVD features Donner's original footage, shot but never used, including a never-before-seen beginning, a different ending and 15 minutes of Marlon Brando as Jor-El in key scenes that probe deeper into Superman lore and further the relationship between father and son.
[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1] Donner shot most of the "Superman II" footage while he was filming "Superman: The Movie." But as production on the sequel continued, friction between the director and the film's producers led to his dismissal. Lester was hired to finish the shoot but wound up making substantial changes.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]Warner Home Video also is releasing a four-disc special edition of "Superman: The Movie," deluxe editions of "Superman III" and "Superman IV" and a two-disc special edition of Lester's theatrical version of "Superman II." The four films also will be available in an eight-disc boxed set, "The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection."[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]The four-disc "Superman: The Movie" includes two versions of the movie: The 1978 theatrical original and the 2001 director's cut.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]Reuters/Hollywood Reporter [/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]Friday July 21 6:25 AM ET[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1] [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]On the heels of "Superman Returns" storming the box office, the four original "Superman" movies starring Christopher Reeve are set to get the special DVD treatment.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]The highlight of the November 28 DVD rollout: "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut," a revised version of the controversial 1980 sequel as it originally was conceived and intended to be filmed by director Richard Donner, who also shot the 1978 original.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]Donner was fired midway through the shoot and replaced by Richard Lester, who gave the film more of a comic bent. The version of the film being prepared for the DVD features Donner's original footage, shot but never used, including a never-before-seen beginning, a different ending and 15 minutes of Marlon Brando as Jor-El in key scenes that probe deeper into Superman lore and further the relationship between father and son.
[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1] Donner shot most of the "Superman II" footage while he was filming "Superman: The Movie." But as production on the sequel continued, friction between the director and the film's producers led to his dismissal. Lester was hired to finish the shoot but wound up making substantial changes.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]Warner Home Video also is releasing a four-disc special edition of "Superman: The Movie," deluxe editions of "Superman III" and "Superman IV" and a two-disc special edition of Lester's theatrical version of "Superman II." The four films also will be available in an eight-disc boxed set, "The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection."[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]The four-disc "Superman: The Movie" includes two versions of the movie: The 1978 theatrical original and the 2001 director's cut.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]Reuters/Hollywood Reporter [/SIZE][/FONT]
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