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September 20, 2006: “Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut” DVD Artwork

DVDActive.com has revealed the package artwork for the November 28th release of "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut" on DVD.

Warner Home Video has also released the back cover artwork for "The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection" and the "Superman II Two-Disc Special Edition" DVDs.


Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut DVD	Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut DVD (Back Cover)	The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection (Back Cover)	Superman II Two-Disc Special Edition DVD (Back Cover)

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980/2006)
Superman II will delight fans who, for years, have been imploring Warner Home Video via voluminous numbers of petitions, letters, phone calls and e-mails to release the Donner cut. In fact, Donner had already shot most of the Superman II footage during Superman: The Movie. But as production on the sequel continued, creative differences between the director and the film's producers became irreconcilable and Donner left the project. Although Richard Lester was hired to finish production, he chose to make major changes to the film, leaving only vestiges of Donner's original vision and concepts in the version of Superman II that was ultimately released to theaters. Now, nearly thirty years later, Warner Home Video is honored to grant the wishes of countless Superman fans. With this DVD release, Richard Donner has become the first director in history to be able to complete a film he left during production with nearly all his footage "in the can." Adding back a substantial amount of that unused footage, the director has seen his original vision restored and brought to fruition. Most notably, the "Donner cut" restores the Marlon Brando role, filmed for, but not included in the final theatrical release version of Superman II. The legendary Brando's performance as Jor-El has finally been restored in key scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the profound relationship between father and son.With so many other changes, large and small, including a variety of Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman, this Superman II will prove to be an eye-opening experience and an important addition to film history.

All new introduction by director Richard Donner

Commentary by director Richard Donner and creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz

New featurette Superman II: Restoring the Vision

Additional scenes

Subtitles: English, Fran�ais & Espa�ol (feature film only)