| Superman II | |
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| Directed by | Richard Lester Richard Donner (uncredited) |
| Written by | Screenplay: Mario Puzo David Newman Leslie Newman Tom Mankiewicz (uncredited) Story: Mario Puzo Characters: Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster |
| Produced by | Ilya Salkind Pierre Spengler |
| Cinematography | Robert Paynter Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | John Victor-Smith |
| Music by | Ken Thorne |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates | Australia: December 4, 1980 United Kingdom: April 19, 1981 United States: June 19, 1981 |
Running time | 127 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $54 million |
| Box office | $118 million |
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- Cinema Research
- Howard Anderson Company, The
- Zoptic
Reception
edit- http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/superman_ii/
- http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/superman_ii/?critic=creamcrop
- Highest All Time Rank (on January 1, 1982) 21
- http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman2.htm
- http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1981&p=.htm
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081573/dvd
- Won Best Science Fiction film. Nominated for Best Actor (Reeve), Best Actress (Kidder) and Music (Ken Thorne)
References
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- Wildroot/Superman II at IMDb
- Wildroot/Superman II at AllMovie
- Wildroot/Superman II at Rotten Tomatoes
- Wildroot/Superman II at Box Office Mojo
"Every single shot with Gene Hackman was shot by Richard Donner. Donner didn't receive his share of credit." Stop Superman II to finish Superman I. David Denby felt Lester was a better director because Luthor was funnier. Manky sent a letter, told him he respected Lester, but all Hackman stuff was shot by Donner. The letter was never published.[1]
December 1978: "Coming Next Summer: Superman II". Donner shot around 80%. Fired and replaced by Guy Hamilton. Hamilton's departure in late-1976 gave Donner the director's position in early-1977. "The Salkinds and Spengler replaced me with he original director," Donner commented in 1980. "Whose material I had to radically change to make the picture you have seen." Then came Richard Lester.[2]
Dana Gillespie auditioned for Ursa.[3]
- Barry Freiman (February 2006). "One-on-One Interview with Producer Ilya Salkind". Superman Homepage.
- Barry Freiman (2005-02-15). "One-on-One with Sarah Douglas". Superman Homepage.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Barry Freiman (2005-02-14). "One-on-One with Jack O'Halloran". Superman Homepage.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Barry Freiman (2005-02-08). "One-on-One with Margot Kidder". Superman Homepage.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Steve Younis (2001-10-25). "Exclusive Jack O'Halloran Interview". Superman Homepage.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Barry Freiman (December 2006). "Interview with Michael Thau". Superman Homepage.
- Don Shay (Summer 1979). "Richard Donner on Superman". Cinefantastique. pp. 26–36.
- http://www.superherohype.com/news/supermannews.php?id=3848
- http://www.aintitcool.com/node/23943
- http://www.supermanhomepage.com/movies/movies.php?topic=m-movie2
- http://www.supermanii.com/S2Articles.php#
- Cool timeline
- http://thethunderchild.com/Reviews/Movies/ReeveSuperman/Superman.html
- http://www.supermansupersite.com/movie2.html
- http://www.cinemademerde.com/Essay-Superman_II.shtml
- Superman Cinema
- Time
- DVD info
- IGN
- http://movies.ign.com/articles/057/057536p1.html
- http://www.avclub.com/articles/random-roles-margot-kidder,24554/2/
- ^ Daniel Dickholtz (1998-12-16). "Steel Dreams: Interview with Tom Mankiewicz". Starlog. pp. 67–71.
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