Richard Downer will release the edited DVD of "Superman 2" Richard Downer on November 20. As the director of "Superman II", he was fired midway because of a violent relationship with the producer. Downer’s edited version is completely different from the movie "Superman II" and includes a 15-minute clip of the father of Superman played by Marlon Brando, which audiences have never seen before. Downer also inserted clips from the audition into the film to replace scenes he really didn't have time to shoot. A recovered clip involves Clark Kent (Superman), who was tricked by his girlfriend to reveal his secret identity. In the theater version, Kent accidentally put his hand into the fire, but did not burn, and accidentally revealed his identity. Downer’s edited version is that when Lois Rani (Kent’s girlfriend) shoots at him with a gun containing empty bullets, Kent reacts with superhuman speed.
The release of "Superman II" Downer's edited DVD marked the end of one of the longest quarrels in film history. "Superman" producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind (Ilya Salkind) believe that the cost of the two Superman movies has risen sharply, and the atmosphere is too dull and gloomy. For this reason, they have had friction with Downer many times. When Brando announced that he would not allow scenes about him to appear if his remuneration did not reach nearly 12% of the film’s box office revenue in the United States, the conflict between the two parties finally broke out. Salkind and his son categorically rejected Brando's unreasonable request, announcing that the scenes about him in the film would be cut. Downer didn't want to participate in this incident, and it angered them. In an interview with Starlight Science Fiction magazine in April 1978, he said: "They asked me to also put pressure on him. But the decision-making power should be in my hands. What I mean is not the financial power, but the filming control."
Downer He was fired in March 1979 and was replaced by Richard Lester, who was given the honor of being the sole director of "Superman II". Downer's edited version includes less than 20% of the footage shot by Leicester, which Superman fans have been looking forward to for decades. Fans even produced their own unofficial version of "Superman"-mixed with rare clips published by Salkind and his son, this version is more faithful to Downer's version.
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