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Superman II

Anno di produzione: 1980

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: UK
Location del set: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Chobham Common, Surrey, England, UK Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Paris, France
Versioni alternative: - The ABC television version originally contained 17 minutes of footage that had been cut from the theatrical release, much of it remnants of Richard Donner's scenes he originally shot before Richard Lester became director, while others are alternate scenes involving Lex Luthor in prison and the Fortress of Solitude. Also, the network version has an alternate ending where Lex Luthor is arrested and taken away by the Arctic Police (and, if you look closely, the three Phantom Zone villains are also arrested and taken away!), thus explaining Luthor's appearance in "Superman IV". The theatrical version had Lex stranded at the Fortress Of Solitude. - At the end of the film Clark Kent bumps into a large bald guy, which reminds him to go to the diner to face the obnoxious trucker who beat him up earlier! Superman destroys his fortress of solitude! - The phantom zone villains land outside the fortress of solitude with Lex Luthor and Lois Lane, trying to figure out how to get in! - Extended scenes of the three Kryptonians invasion of the Whitehouse, with Zod using a gun and Non frighting a dog! - Superman cooks souffle using his heat vision, during dinner with Lois! - Extended discussion between Zod and Ursa on the moon! - The three Kryptonian villians are arrested in the TV version - Some versions show a young boy in the small town get killed by Zod as he rides away for help. - Another version shows Superman destroying his fortress of solitude after he's trapped Zod inside. - In the ABC TV version, Superman passes a Concorde jet on his way to Paris. This is not in the video release. - The Canadian version has scenes not in the ABC version! - A little Girl watching the destruction of East Hoston by the Kryptonians on TV - Longer conversation between Lois and Superman after he destroys the fortress! - Lex Luthor taking Perry White's coffee during the Time Square battle! - Lex and Eve Teschmacher admiring the fortress of Solitude. - Lex's negotiating with Superman after they leave the fortress is longer! - The ABC television version originally contained 17 minutes of footage that had been cut from the theatrical release, much of it remnants of Richard Donner's scenes he originally shot before Richard Lester became director, while others are alternate scenes involving Lex Luthor in prison and the Fortress of Solitude. Also, the network version has an alternate ending where Lex Luthor is arrested and taken away by the Arctic Police (and, if you look closely, the three Phantom Zone villains are also arrested and taken away!), thus explaining Luthor's appearance in "Superman IV". The theatrical version had Lex stranded at the Fortress Of Solitude. - At the end of the film Clark Kent bumps into a large bald guy, which reminds him to go to the diner to face the obnoxious trucker who beat him up earlier! Superman destroys his fortress of solitude! - The phantom zone villains land outside the fortress of solitude with Lex Luthor and Lois Lane, trying to figure out how to get in! - Extended scenes of the three Kryptonians invasion of the Whitehouse, with Zod using a gun and Non frighting a dog! - Superman cooks souffle using his heat vision, during dinner with Lois! - Extended discussion between Zod and Ursa on the moon! - The three Kryptonian villians are arrested in the TV version - Some versions show the sheriff's son in the small town get killed by Ursa as he rides away for help. She hurls the police car's flasher at him with enough force to cause it to explode. A bystander laments, "He was just a boy!" to which Ursa replies with glee, "Who will never become a man!" - Another version shows Superman destroying his fortress of solitude after he's trapped Zod inside. - In the ABC TV version, Superman passes a Concorde jet on his way to Paris. This is not in the video release. - The Canadian version has scenes not in the ABC version! - A little Girl watching the destruction of East Hoston by the Kryptonians on TV - Longer conversation between Lois and Superman after he destroys the fortress! - Lex Luthor taking Perry White's coffee during the Time Square battle! - Lex and Eve Teschmacher admiring the fortress of Solitude. - Lex's negotiating with Superman after they leave the fortress is longer! - An even longer version of the film was aired in Northern Ireland, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Australia in the 1980s, featuring these deleted scenes: - A scene of a young woman watching a football game, only to see it be interrupted by a newsflash involving the three Kryptonian villains' attack on the small town, causing her to call the TV station and attempt to get them to put the football game back on; - A scene of a young Japanese girl viewing the villains' destruction of the small town on TV, followed by her father telling her that she shouldn't watch it due to excessive violence, causing her to reply, "Shut up!"; - An longer version of the scene of Zod using a machine gun in the White House, where Zod kills a young black secret service agent, then fires at a portrait of Richard Nixon; - A longer version of the scene of Clark and Lois traveling by car in the snow before they go to the diner and meet the bully.
Genere: Action Adventure Sci-Fi
Lingue: English
Plot: Terrorists have taken over the Eiffel Tower, and threaten to blow it up with a nuclear bomb. Once again, Superman is there and saves Paris by throwing the bomb into outer space. Unfortunately, the explosion releases the three bad guys imprisoned in the first Superman movie. They then move in on Earth, taking it over, but little do they know who they will have to defeat. Picking up where "Superman: The Movie" left off, three criminals from the planet Krypton are released from the Phantom Zone by a nuclear explosion in space. They descend upon Earth where they could finally rule. Superman, meanwhile, is in love with Lois Lane, who finds out who he really is. Lex Luthor escapes from prison and is determined to destroy Superman by joining forces with the three criminals.
Visti censura internazionale: France:U USA:PG Australia:PG Norway:12 Argentina:Atp UK:PG Finland:K-12 Sweden:15
Date di uscita internazionali:
Finland:17 April 1981
Norway:9 December 1980
Sweden:31 July 1981
USA:19 June 1981
Iceland:22 February 2000 (video premiere)
Dati tecnici:
OFM:35 mm
PFM:35 mm
RAT:2.35 : 1
PCS:Panavision (anamorphic)
Suono:
Dolby
Durata:
Argentina:126
Sweden:125
USA:127
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Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale: warner bros. 
produzione cinematografica: warner bros.  international film production  alexander salkind  film export a.g. 
produttore cinematografico: spengler pierre  salkind ilya 
regista: lester richard  donner richard 
attore: hackman gene  reeve christopher  beatty ned  cooper jackie (i)  douglas sarah (i)  kidder margot  o'halloran jack  perrine valerie  york susannah  james clifton  marshall e.g.  mcclure marc (i)  stamp terence  willoughby leueen  pappas robin  kemp roger  brierley roger  milner anthony  griffiths richard (i)  wiltsie melissa  demay alain  boyle marc  stuart alan (i)  ratzenberger john  rimmer shane  morton john (i)  dowdall jim  macinnes angus  sher antony  hoover elva mai  kay hadley  woodcroft todd  hollis john (i)  rawlings gordon  whitman peter  bailey bill (ii)  powell dinny  galili hal  d'amico marcus  leparmentier richard  fellows don  shannon michael (i)  sibbald tony  duggan tommy  mandell pamela  martin pepper  lipinski eugene  spencer cleon  parris carl  walsh joe (i)  porter beth 
direttore della fotografia: paynter robert  unsworth geoffrey 
scenografia: barry john (iii)  murton peter 
montaggio: victor-smith john  baird stuart 
compositori: williams john  thorne ken 
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: puzo mario  newman leslie  newman david (iii) 
costumi: blake yvonne  yelland sue 
effetti speciali ottici: howard anderson company  cinema research corporation  zoptic 
troupe varia: mankiewicz tom  james allan (i)  lucraft sarah  miller craig (i)  schlesinger nick 
varie ecomond press: lee lighting ltd.