(R4, Warner Bros Entertainment)

SUPERMAN II -- ORIGINAL THEATRICAL VERSION

Unwittingly released from Phantom Zone imprisonment, three super-powered Planet Krypton criminals (Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas and Jack O'Halloran) plan to enslave Earth -- just when Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides to show a more romantic side to Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). Gene Hackman (as Lex Luthor) also returns from the first film and with a top supporting cast, witty Richard Lester direction and visuals that astound and delight, Superman II saves the day any day you watch it!


SUPERMAN II -- THE RICHARD DONNER CUT

Director Richard Donner began shooting his vision of Superman II while concurrently filming Superman: The Movie. For the first time, his never-before-seen vision is here -- with a different beginning and resolution. With Jor-El (Marlon Brando in recently found footage) in key scenes trhat amplify Superman's lore and deepen the relationship between father and son. And, with different Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman.




DISC 1 -- Original Theatrical Version
  • Commentary by executive producer Ilya Salkind and producer Pierre Spengler
  • Superman's Souffle deleted scene
  • Theatrical trailer

DISC 2
  • Vintage TV specials The Making Of Superman II and Superman 50th Anniversary
  • New featurette First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series
  • Eight 1940s Famous Studios Superman cartoons mastered from superior vault elements
        -- Japoteurs
        -- Showdown
        -- Eleventh Hour
        -- Destruction, Inc
        -- The Mummy Strikes
        -- Jungle Drums
        -- The Underground World
        -- Secret Agent

DISC 3 -- The Richard Donner Cut
  • Introduction by director Richard Donner
  • Commentary by director Richard Donner and creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz
  • New featurette -- Superman II: Restoring the Vision
  • Deleted scenes













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