Lester was brought in, had to refilm a good amount so he could get a directing credit, and the Donner footage was thought lost until a few short years ago when it was found in a UK vault.
If you’ve lived in a bubble and have no clue what I’m talking about – the short end of the stick is Donner had filmed most of Superman II (which he filmed at the same time as Superman:The Movie), stopped to edit Superman, and was let go. It is interesting to know the history behind those films.
I’ve seen them both, Lester’s perhaps a dozen times over the years, but wanted to watch them back to back to see just how different they were.īoth had some clever moments – Lester sometimes added a bit too much comedy and Donner could be a tad more serious. I sat down a couple weeks ago with the original Richard Lester Superman II and the Richard Donner cut that came out a few years ago.
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