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Superman II
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Directed byRichard Lester
Richard Donner (uncredited)
Written byScreenplay:
Mario Puzo
David Newman
Leslie Newman
Tom Mankiewicz (uncredited)
Story:
Mario Puzo
Characters:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Produced byIlya Salkind
Pierre Spengler
CinematographyRobert Paynter
Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited byJohn Victor-Smith
Music byKen Thorne
Production
companies
Alexander Salkind Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
Australia:
December 4, 1980
United Kingdom:
April 19, 1981
United States:
June 19, 1981
Running time
127 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$54 million
Box office$118 million

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  • Howard Anderson Company, The
  • Zoptic

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"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]

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