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| Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | |
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| Directed by | Richard Donner |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Mario Puzo |
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| Produced by | Pierre Spengler |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
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| Music by | John Williams |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $54 million |
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (titled onscreen as simplySuperman II) is a 2006re-editeddirector's cut of the 1980superhero filmSuperman II. It is a sequel toRichard Donner's 1978 filmSuperman: The Movie, based on theDC Comics superhero of thesame name, and starsGene Hackman,Christopher Reeve, andMarlon Brando. This alternate cut was edited by Michael Thau and was overseen and completed by Donner himself. It features a significant amount of discarded footage, alternative takes, and story elements not featured in the theatrical version.[1]
In 1979, after the tense nineteen month-long shoot onSuperman and a significant portion ofSuperman II (as much as 80%),Alexander Salkind, who had bought the film rights to the character, removed Donner from production on the sequel and replaced him with directorRichard Lester. Lester completed the remainder of the film for its theatrical release, but also re-wrote and re-shot a substantial portion of Donner's footage in order to receive full director's credit. While the sequel was a critical and financial success upon release, interest in Donner's cut ofSuperman II became well known after a community of online fans began petitioning forWarner Bros. Pictures to release Donner's vision. After Marlon Brando's death in 2004, his family estate allowed for Warner Bros. to feature archival footage of the late actor in the 2006 filmSuperman Returns, thus granting the studio permission to restore Donner's version ofSuperman II.
Since Donner never completedSuperman II in its original form, certain key scenes filmed by Lester, along with newly created visual effects shots and an earlyscreen test of one pivotal scene featuring Reeve andMargot Kidder, had to be added to the film in order to create a completed work. The film also features an early developed alternate opening and ending that were both envisioned before the theatrical release ofSuperman, in which the sequel's original ending was re-worked as the finale to the first film. Donner stated that, had he finished the film in 1980, he would have shot a different ending.[2]Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut was released onDVD,Blu-ray, andHD DVD on November 28, 2006, to positive reviews and is dedicated to Reeve's memory.
On the planetKrypton, criminalsGeneral Zod,Ursa andNon are sentenced to eternal banishment inside thePhantom Zone byJor-El forinsurrection and murder, amongst other crimes. Thirty years later,Superman diverts a missile into outer space, unknowingly freeing them from the Phantom Zone.
At theDaily Planet in Metropolis,Lois Lane suspects that Clark Kent is Superman. She tests Clark by jumping out of a window, but Clark uses his powers to save her while appearing to have done nothing. Meanwhile, with the help of Eve Teschmacher,Lex Luthor escapes from prison, abandoning Otis. They find and infiltrate theFortress of Solitude, learning of the impending doom brought by General Zod. Lex resolves to meet Zod, and begins tracking him. On the Moon, Zod, Ursa, and Non discover that they have superpowers due to Earth's yellow sun, and ruthlessly kill a group of astronauts.
Perry White has Clark and Lois pose as newlyweds to investigate a honeymoon suite scam atNiagara Falls. Superman's appearance and rescue of a small boy at the Falls renews Lois' suspicions, and she tricks Clark with a gun loaded withblanks into admitting that he is Superman. He takes Lois Lane to the Fortress of Solitude, where the two spend the night together. Meanwhile, Zod, Ursa and Non arrive on Earth and conquer a small town inIdaho. After learning that the U.S. military takes orders from the President of the United States, the Kryptonians fly toWashington, D.C., and invade theWhite House.
Superman, unaware of Zod's release from the Phantom Zone and his subsequent rampage, decides to transform himself into a human and remove his powers by exposing himself to red Kryptonian sunlight in a crystal chamber. On their way back to Metropolis, Lois and Clark stop at a diner, where Clark gets beaten up by an obnoxious trucker and learns of Zod's conquest of the world.
Knowing that humanity is helpless, Clark returns to the Fortress to reverse the transformation. Having anticipated this decision, Jor-El's artificial intelligence reveals it has been programmed to deal with this situation by sacrificing the remaining Kryptonian energy it needs to operate. To restore Clark's powers, it must be joined with him, fulfilling the Kryptonian prophecy concerning "the father becoming the son", resulting in the "death" of Jor-El and rendering the Fortress of Solitude inoperable.
Lex arrives at the White House. In exchange for Australia, he informs Zod that Superman is the son of Jor-El, and that he has the ability to find him. He takes the three Kryptonians to Metropolis to kidnap Lois as bait for Superman. Superman arrives and a fight ensues in and over Metropolis. After saving a bus full of civilians, Superman realizes he cannot win and flies to his Fortress, with Zod, Ursa, and Non in pursuit, bringing Lois and Lex with them.
At the Fortress, Luthor shows the chamber that stripped Superman of his powers to Zod, who forces Superman to again undergo the transformation process. Superman, feigning defeat, reveals by crushing Zod's hand, that he has altered the process to expose everyone outside the chamber, removing the Kryptonian criminals' powers, while protecting himself. Zod, Ursa and Non are quickly defeated.
After destroying the Fortress of Solitude with his heat vision, Superman returns Lois to her apartment, where she wishes him a tearful goodbye, knowing that she can never be with him. To undo everything, Superman accelerates around Earth, traveling back in time to restore the past few days, rebuild the Fortress of Solitude and place Zod, Ursa and Non back into the Phantom Zone. Clark returns to work the following day as Lois and Perry experience a slight case ofdéjà vu. Clark revisits the diner with the obnoxious trucker and summarily defeats him.
In 1977, director Richard Donner set about simultaneously filming an epic two-part adaptation of the Supermancomic book series.Principal photography began on March 28, 1977, at Pinewood Studios for the Krypton scenes, but by May 1977, production had run two weeks behind schedule.[3] It was reported that Donner had developed tensions with the Salkinds andPierre Spengler concerning the escalating production budget and production schedule. Donner responded by claiming he was never given a budget.[4] However, Donner toldStarlog in March 1979, "I got along with the Salkinds all right, but I didn't get on with Pierre Spengler. I told him to his face that the film was too big for him but he wouldn't face up to the responsibility. It had nothing to do with the film itself, it was in the making of the film—the knowledge to pull it off."[5]
In July 1977,Richard Lester, who worked with the Salkinds onThe Three Musketeers (1973) andThe Four Musketeers (1974), was brought in as a temporary co-producer to mediate the relationship between Donner and the Salkinds who were no longer on speaking terms.[6] Prior to this, Lester had won a lawsuit against the Salkinds for money still owed to him from making the films, but the assets were held in legal entanglements in theBahamas. The Salkinds then offered to compensate him if he would help on theSuperman films, in which Lester became asecond unit director where he and Donner formed an effective partnership.[7][8]
During production, Lester enlisted to be asecond unit director where he formed an effective partnership with Donner.[7][8] By October 1977, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, and Valerie Perrine had completed their scenes as they were all under contract to finish both pictures. Nevertheless, with months left of filming, the Salkinds halted filming forSuperman II and focused on finishingSuperman[9] by which time Donner had already completed 75% of the sequel.[10]
FollowingSuperman's December 1978 release, it was widely assumed that Donner would be recalled to complete the remainder of the sequel. Spengler had encounteredVariety columnistArmy Archerd at a Christmas party, and assured him that while there had been tension, he was proud of the film and looked forward to working with him on the sequel. Archerd then contacted Donner in which he responded "If he's on it—I'm not."[11] However, a number of events led to Donner's eventual replacement as director of the movie. Most importantly, producersAlexander andIlya Salkind announced that Marlon Brando's completed scenes forSuperman II would be excised from the movie in order for them to avoid having to pay the actor the reported 11.75%[12] of gross U.S. box-office takings he was now demanding for his performance in the sequel. Donner publicly lambasted this decision, announcing that he would make the film his way or not at all. In January 1979, Donner had toldVariety, "That means no games... They have to want me to do it. It has to be on my terms and I don't mean financially. I mean control."[13] As Donner had become unavailable during the European promotional campaign forSuperman, the Salkinds approachedGuy Hamilton to take over directional reins forSuperman II since Lester was filmingCuba (1979) at the time. However, Hamilton was unavailable, but by the timeSuperman II was ready to begin filming, Lester had completedCuba and was available to direct.[14]
Eventually, on March 15, 1979, the Salkinds decided to replace Donner with Richard Lester. Donner recalled that "One day, I got a telegram from them saying my services are no longer needed and that my dear friend Richard Lester would take over. To this day, I have not heard from them."[15] Ilya Salkind countered, "Dick Donner said, 'I will do the second movie on my terms and without [Pierre] Spengler'...Spengler was my friend since childhood and my father and I were very loyal guys. We said no, and it really boiled down to that."[15]
With Lester placed as director, he was not sympathetic to Donner's filmmaking style: "Donner was emphasizing a kind of grandiose myth. There was a kind ofDavid Lean-ish attempt in several sequences, and enormous scale. There was a type of epic quality which isn't in my nature, so my work really didn't embrace that...That's not me. That's his vision of it. I'm more quirky and I play around with slightly more unexpected silliness."[16] SinceGeoffrey Unsworth had died before the release ofSuperman, Lester brought on cinematographerRobert Paynter to have the film evoke the garish color scheme of the comics.[17]
Tom Mankiewicz was approached byTerry Semel, then a Warner Bros. vice president, to return for the sequel, but he declined out of loyalty to Donner. Mankiewicz recounted "I have a lot of respect for [Lester]. Friendship is more important than anything. And Dick [Donner] brought me on the picture and my loyalty was with Dick and I couldn't believe that they fired him."[18][19] David and Leslie Newman were then brought back to re-tool the script constructing a new opening and an ending. The new opening involved Superman thwarting the nuclear terrorists at theEiffel Tower. The new ending involved Clark causing Lois to forget his secret identity through a hypnotic kiss.[20]
Additionally,Christopher Reeve had become unavailable as he had accepted an offer to star in the romantic fantasy filmSomewhere in Time (1980), five months into the production shutdown, by which time his contract to shoot bothSuperman films back-to-back had expired. Reeve claimed that twelve hours after his casting was announced, he received a letter from the producers to be available forSuperman II on July 16, which was only five days after he was to finish filmingSomewhere in Time.[21] In March 1979, the Salkinds filed suit against Reeve alleging he had breached his contract by walking off the sequel.[22] Furthermore, Reeve had held reservations with Lester and the Newmans' script following the departure of Donner. During the renegotiation of his contract, Reeve agreed to the financial terms, but demanded more artistic control.[23]
The remaining sequences left to be shot included the scenes of the super-villains inMidwest America and the battle inMetropolis, which were all shot by Lester. Gene Hackman, out of loyalty to Donner, declined to return for re-shoots, which necessitated the use of abody double and a voice impersonator for several scenes.[20] Filming forSuperman II re-commenced in September 1979.[24] As previously announced, Brando's scenes were removed and entirely re-shot with actressSusannah York. Throughout filming, Lester opted to retain his directorial technique for thethree-camera setup while shooting scenes, which frustrated the actors as they did not know from where they were being filmed for their close-ups.[17] However, Reeve noted that it made the production move at a faster pace.[25] Filming was completed on March 10, 1980.[26]
ComposerJohn Williams was flown to England to score the film in which he was given a screening with Ilya Salkind and Richard Lester. When Salkind left the projection room, Williams and Lester fell into an argument; when Salkind returned, Williams told him that he "could not get along with this man."Ken Thorne was then selected to score the sequel.[26][27] Before the film's release, Warner Bros. had appealed to theDirectors Guild of America to assign the appropriate co-director credit, in which they argued Lester could not be credited unless he shot 40 percent of the film. Although Lester had earlier thought he would not be credited, he approached Donner to see if he wished to be credited as co-director, in which Donner replied, "I don't share credit".[28][29]
The title was released in Europe andAustralia on December 4, 1980, and June 19, 1981, in the United States. This version ofSuperman II combined Donner footage shot in 1977 with Lester footage shot in 1979. Approximately 30% of Lester'sSuperman II is Richard Donner's footage. In numerous scenes, the theatricalSuperman II interweaves footage filmed years apart. Much of this interweaving was necessitated byLex Luthor actor Gene Hackman's refusal to return to film any further scenes with Lester. Thus, all Hackman footage in the film is Donner's, although in certain scenes, a body double was used for wide shots re-filmed by Lester. In several instances, Lester re-staged Donner-filmed scenes, inserting certain newly filmed shots into pre-existing material. This is most evident during a scene in which the super-villains burst into theDaily Planet. The scene was filmed in its entirety by Donner in 1977. ThePerry White office set was then partly re-built under Lester in 1979, the actors placed in exactly the same positions, costumes, etc., and new material filmed and inserted into the final film, despite the actors looking physically different.
The following is a list of all major Donner footage that was retained forSuperman II:
Critics of Lester'sSuperman II, including Donner, have stated that Lester's penchant for comedy undermined the integrity of the film, especially when compared to Donner'sSuperman.[30] Examples of this trademark comedy are evident during scenes which feature Superman fighting the super-villains in Metropolis. The villains attack the citizens of Metropolis using super-breath. Several sight gags follow, including the wind blowing off a man's toupee, the ice cream being blown off of a cone and into someone's face, a man being blown over in a telephone booth and talking the whole time, a man with an umbrella being spun around as if dancing (parodyingSingin' in the Rain) and a man on roller-skates rolling uncontrollably backwards across the pavement. Conversely,David Denby, reviewing the film forNew York, praised the film's light approach and credited Lester for the film, particularly Hackman's performance.[31] Mankiewicz shot back in a mailed letter writing, "Just for the record, Gene Hackman never shot a foot of film with Lester and it was all written by me," butNew York never issued a correction.[28]
Discussions about the lost Donner footage raged for years. With the advent of the Internet, numerous letter-writing and other campaigns were instigated to persuade Warner Bros. to allow Richard Donner to create his version ofSuperman II. In 2004, the fan-restored DVD known asSuperman II: Restored International Cut was released through many Superman fan sites.[32] It featured extended scenes pulled from international TV broadcasts over the years. Warner Bros. threatened legal action over thebootleg release.[33][34]
When filming was suspended on Donner'sSuperman II in October 1977, the director had completed almost all of the major character-based sequences in the film. All scenes in theDaily Planet and most scenes set in the Fortress of Solitude were completed. All scenes featuringMarlon Brando,Ned Beatty,Jackie Cooper,Valerie Perrine andGene Hackman were also completed. What remained to be filmed was the villains' arrival on Earth, and their rampage through mid-west America as well as exteriors at Washington, D.C., during which Zod announces his takeover of the Earth from the tip of theWashington Monument. Most of the battle scenes between Superman and the super-villains had yet to be shot, as well as both the interiors and exteriors at Niagara Falls, which had been planned to be shot during the Canadian shooting onSuperman: The Movie, but was indefinitely postponed to make up for time and get the production back to England quicker. Several minor scenes including a love-struck Superman deliberately tilting over theLeaning Tower of Pisa (later adapted inSuperman III) and a scene in which Superman warns off some English fox-hunters were also not filmed.
The Donner Cut features most of the completed but previously unseen scenes (some scenes have been deleted for narrative or dramatic reasons, while others are in alternate takes different from what had been seen in previous television cuts). In many cases such scenes replace those re-filmed or altered by Lester. These include the original opening of the film set in the offices of theDaily Planet. In this opening, we see Lois trying to figure out the similarities between Clark Kent and Superman, followed by Perry White assigning Clark and Lois on the honeymoon racket in Niagara Falls, and then Lois testing Clark / Superman by jumping off the balcony of one floor of theDaily Planet (a revised version of this scene appears in the Lester theatrical cut).
A scene in a Niagara Falls hotel room, in which Lois tricks Clark into revealing he is Superman by shooting at him with a pistol loaded with blanks, is assembled from footage from Christopher Reeve's screen test, filmed with another actress (Holly Palance) as Lois. Footage from Margot Kidder's screen test for the same film was shot with the now-cast Christopher Reeve.[2] Accordingly, Reeve's build, clothing, haircut, and eyeglasses are notably different from shot to shot.
The prospect of creating a Richard Donner cut did not begin to gain momentum until the 2001 DVD restoration ofSuperman. At the time, six tons of footage of eachSuperman film were discovered in vaults in England by Michael Thau,[35] including much "lost" footage filmed by Donner. Soon after, Donner was approached by Warner Bros. to do an extended version ofSuperman II, but remained reluctant to revisit the movie. In May 2001, he told the websiteIGN: "At the time, the studio wanted me to go back in and re-cut the film and add anything I wanted to add or do anything I wanted to do. Quite honestly, I was done with it. I was finished."[36]
Nonetheless, fans continued to campaign for the film, includingBirmingham, England native Dharmesh Chauhan who launched his website, supermancinema.co.uk, in which he petitioned for a release of the Richard Donner cut.[37] In May 2004, thePlanet of the Apes fansite TheForbidden-Zone.com launched an Internet campaign demanding Warner Bros. to allow Donner to release his version ofSuperman II in conjunction with the film's 25th anniversary.[38] On June 19, 2004, the studio responded with the statement, "Warner Home Video is supportive of an extended version ofSuperman II on DVD. However, there are complex legal issues that need to be resolved before the film can be re-released. Warner Home Video is presently addressing those issues."[39] That same month, Margot Kidder said in an interview forStarlog: "There's a whole otherSuperman II in a vault somewhere, with scenes of Chris and me that have never seen the light of day. It's far better than the one that was released."[40]
Other than Donner's reluctance to re-visit the project, these legal issues were the greatest obstacle towards creating a Donner cut. The required footage was still owned by the Salkinds, and issues of using Brando's filmed footage inSuperman II remained unresolved. In March 2005, it was speculated that archive footage of Brando would be used in the then-upcoming sequelSuperman Returns (2006).[41] Later, in November 2006,Donner Cut producer Michael Thau toldAmerican Cinematographer magazine, "Marlon Brando's estate made a deal with Warner Bros. to license some of his footage forSuperman Returns. This later led to the studio going back to his estate for our re-cut ofSuperman II. If that footage couldn't be used, it wasn't worth doing the project."[42]
Work began on the project in late 2005, though without Donner's involvement. Thau explained Donner's reluctance to involve himself was because he was preoccupied with directing16 Blocks (2006) at the time.[35] In January 2006, Donner told IGN: "They're doing it. I'm not doing it... I don't even want to see it until it comes out in the theater... I'm too far away from it now."[43] A month later, when asked about the newSuperman II cut, Donner told the websiteDark Horizons that Thau was "recutting my picture and again, he's asked me would I help. I can't because it's so long ago and the little bit of footage that I looked at, I would never shoot like that now in a million years, I mean it was a different way, a different style, different interpretation."[44]
"A lot of scenes that had been already cut, that Richard Lester had interwoven new material in – and there was a lot of them – I unwove that material and recut those scenes, basically from scratch a lot of times. I also had to deal with negatives that had already been cut. And when I wanted to recut it, and Lester had already cut it in a different way, I'd have to unwind that. It was a complicated jigsaw puzzle sometimes, to put it back the way I envisioned Dick [Donner] would want it cut. We only used the Lester footage when there was material when they had not been able to shoot, and to keep some continuity to the story."
Throughout the years, Donner had frequently proclaimed diametrically opposing views with regards to the possibility of re-assembling hisSuperman II – often stating that he would like to do it, other times stating that he would not. In June 2006, Thau stated, "Dick [Donner] was beginning to free up from16 Blocks and I would try to lure him into the cutting room with 'Here Dick here's a piece of candy, come take a look' and then he started warming up to the project."[35] Sometime later, Thau confirmed that Donner had decided on a far closer involvement with the project, also bringing in Tom Mankiewicz to assist. In an interview with the magazineMovie Magic, he stated, "When I'd get a cut on a scene, I'd show it to Dick and he'd say, 'I don't like that line; that reading's not good,' and so on. With Dick it's always, 'Make it move faster."[citation needed]
Overall,The Donner Cut comprises Donner'sSuperman II scenes edited byStuart Baird in 1977–78, 1980Superman II theatrical scenes cut by John Victor Smith, as well as a large amount of new material edited by Michael Thau. The new cut reportedly used less than 20 percent of the footage shot by Lester.[45]
In a June 2006 interview with Amazon.com, George Feltenstein, senior vice president of Warner Home Video's Catalog Marketing division, stated:[46]
We have been getting for years and years and years letters begging us to release the Donner cut ofSuperman II, and this year we bit the bullet and we've created what is ostensibly a new film, although the footage is all footage that was shot years and years and years ago. But it was sitting in a lab and never assembled. And for those of us who were very saddened and touched by the loss of Christopher Reeve – to see footage you've never seen of him before, and a whole different take on theSuperman II story, is really thrilling.
Donner contacted composer John Williams about creating a new score for his version of the film, but Williams was unable to help out, as he had also turned down a similar request bySuperman Returns directorBryan Singer because he was scoringStar Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). Donner reused Williams' music (along with unreleased and unused cues) from the first film, while still retaining a small amount of Ken Thorne's score, subsequently relegating Thorne to the closing credits for "additional music", and the new opening title sequence gives Williams' composing credit.[citation needed]
On Friday, July 21, 2006, extended exclusive footage from theDonner Cut was screened during a panel at the 2006San Diego Comic-Con. The hour-long panel, titled "Warner Home Video's Superman Through the Ages", included a Q&A with Donner, Mankiewicz, Thau, and actors Marc McClure and Jack O'Halloran.[47]
The world premiere ofThe Donner Cut was screened on November 2, 2006, at theDirectors Guild of America building inHollywood. It was attended by several members of the cast and crew, including Donner, Ilya Salkind, Mankiewicz, Kidder, Sarah Douglas, O'Halloran, and McClure. After the screening, they participated in a panel discussion.[48][49][50] On November 25, 2006, an exclusive screening benefit forSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut was held at the Fine Arts Theatre inLos Angeles, California.[51]
On November 28, 2006, the film was released on DVD, Blu-Ray, andHD DVD, which featured an optional introduction by director Richard Donner and an audio commentary by Donner and Mankiewicz. Additionally, the release included a new making-offeaturette titledSuperman II: Restoring the Vision and six deleted scenes.[52]
The review aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes gaveSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut an approval rating of 90% based on 10 reviews with an average rating of 7.6 out of 10.[53] In comparison, the theatrical cut ofSuperman II received an approval rating of 83% based on 58 reviews with an average rating of 7.4 out of 10.[54]
Kenneth Sweeney, writing inAmerican Cinematographer magazine, praised the DVD release, noting that "Donner's take on the narrative events ofSuperman II is unusual and fascinating. This version includes a longer prologue, deletes many of Lester's campy sequences, and offers a more consistent balance between adventure and romance." He concluded that "[t]his exciting, one-of-a-kind DVD is really a joy to behold for longtime fans of the Superman franchise, and is a must for all fans of the superhero genre."[55] Todd Gilchrist ofIGN gaveThe Donner Cut a score of 9 out of 10, writing "the film itself is a remarkable artistic accomplishment".[56] Vic Holtreman, reviewing forScreen Rant, praisedThe Donner Cut as superior to the theatrical version, but lamented that "there is still almost all of the silly humor that was in the firstSuperman film and the original release ofSuperman II."[57]
In his bookSuperman vs Hollywood, Jake Rossen wrote, "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is neither a better nor a worse film than its first incarnation. Lester's labored slapstick has been all but excised, and Brando's presence certainly elevates the melodrama surrounding Clark's conflict over becoming 'human.' But incorporating the unpolished audition footage is jarring; ultimately, the edit is simply a curiosity."[58] Keith Phipps ofThe A.V. Club graded the film a C+, concluding, "It's nice to see the Brando footage and the restored scenes of Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder's breezy chemistry. But where the original cut at least played as a relatively cohesive movie, loose ends and all, this looks like little but loose ends. It's a curio, not a corrective."[59]
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut received an award at the33rd Saturn Awards in the category of Best DVD Special Edition Release.
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| 2007 | Saturn Awards[60] | Best DVD Special Edition Release | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Won |
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection | IncludesSuperman: The Movie,Superman II,Superman II:The Richard Donner Cut,Superman III,Superman IV: The Quest for Peace &Superman Returns | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Satellite Awards | Best Overall DVD | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Won |
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