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Superman II (1980) -- Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to marry Lois, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Superman II (1980) -- Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to marry Lois, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Superman II (1980) -- Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to marry Lois, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Superman II (1980) -- Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to marry Lois, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Superman II (1980) -- Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to marry Lois, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.

Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Richard Lester
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Writers:
Jerry Siegel (characters) &
Joe Shuster (characters) ...
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Release Date:
19 June 1981 (USA) more
Tagline:
Miraculously freed from eternal orbit, the three outlaws from Krypton descend to earth, for the ultimate confrontation. more
Plot:
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to marry Lois, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
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(16 articles)
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The Greatest Adventure in the Superman Series more

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  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Superman 2 (Australia) (TV title)
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Runtime:
127 min | USA:116 min (Richard Donner Cut)
Country:
UK
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (MegaSound encoding) (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
Originally, Richard Donner had filmed Superman talking to his father for Superman II (1980), but Marlon Brando sued for (and won) a percentage of the profits of the first film, so the producers had his scenes removed, and they were replaced by those with Superman's mother instead. The lawsuit also resulted in him receiving a share of the proceeds from this movie - even though he doesn't appear. These scenes with Brando appear in Superman II (2006) (V) and can be heard briefly during a scene in Superman Returns (2006) more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the scenes of Lex Luthor and Otis in prison, Lex Luthor's bald head is obviously a bald cap - you can see the flaps meant to cover Gene Hackman's sideburns, and when he is facing the prison wall during his escape, the back part on his neck wrinkles like a plastic cap would. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Krypton guard: Alert, alert, alert.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Superman II: Restoring the Vision (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Pick Up the Pieces more

FAQ

Why was Richard Donner fired and replaced by Richard Lester as director?
How did Superman regain his powers?
Did Superman and the three villains gain extra powers in the Fortress of Solitude?
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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
The Greatest Adventure in the Superman Series, 21 May 2001
10/10

This Superman movie has got to be the bench mark for future producers of Superman movies. They must be sat down with this film, because it is an absolute classic, and as far as Superman films go it will be hard to top. Richard Lester, is not very popular with some Superman fans, because he took over on a movie that they feel would have been better had Richard Donner been allowed to complete. But Lester has his admirers, and iam one of them. The first Superman movie tended to go along with boring philosophising, or over sentimental dramatics, these are mainly absent in Superman II,. They are replaced with cut to the action dramatics by Richard Lester who in my opinion saved the movie, or at least made it all the more exciting. I enjoy his sense of comic book adventure, and the final Times Square battle between Superman vs Zod,Non and Ursa is straight out of a comic book and is all Lesters. The main thing that complements the movie is the towering performance by Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman. Reeve is hillarious in his Cary Grant-a-like interpretation of Kent and wonderfull as a humanistic Superman. Margot Kidder is fabulous to and it is the acting of theese two that makes the Superman//Lois love triangle work. Terance Stamp as Zod is very creepy, and Sarah Douglas as Ursa very sexy, but the man who very nearly steels the show is Gene Hackman hilarious as Lex Luther. The special effects are brilliant, because they look glossy, and the Ken Thorne variation of John Williams Superman theme is at its best here. The best aspects though is the action, the aforementioned Times Square battle, and the interaction between the actors. Well done Richard Lester. A True classic of Superhero cinema.

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