Superman: The Movie 3 hour cut is being released on Bluray

[Johnny2523]

http://www.slashfilm.com/superman-the-movie-three-hour-extended-edition-is-coming-to-home-video-this-year/

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a three-hour extended cut of Richard Donner‘s 1978 classic Superman: The Movie! But what’s it doing up there? Oh, I see now, it’s preparing for its long-awaited home video release later this year. Naturally.

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Warner Bros.’ Archive Collection has finally decided to give Superman fans the chance to own this rare, newly-remastered extended edition for themselves, and considering how Henry Cavill’s modern cinematic interpretation of the Man of Steel isn’t exactly cheery, it seems like a great time to bring Christopher Reeves‘ smiling, unabashedly positive take on the superhero back into our lives.

io9 points out that this is the first time the three-hour cut, which stands at 188 minutes (nearly 40 minutes longer than the theatrical version), will be officially available since it aired as a two-night television event on ABC back in 1982. Here’s part of the description from Warner Archive’sFacebook announcement:

Unseen in decades, this version is paired here with Richard Donner’s definitive vision of his film, the Special Edition Director’s Cut (2000), to create a supersized celebration of Metropolis’ favorite son that preserves the director’s intent while feeding superfan demands.

So in addition to the three-hour TV cut, we’re also getting Donner’s preferred director’s cut of the movie, which serves as a nice lead-in to the Richard Donner cut of Superman IIthat came out back in 2006. There are also a handful of pre-existing special features that will be on that Special Edition disc, including:

Commentary by Director Richard Donner and Creative Consultant Tom Mankiewicz
3 Documentaries: Taking Flight: The Development of Superman, Making Superman: Filming the Legend, and The Magic Behind the Cape
Screen Tests for Superman and Lois Lane
Restored Scenes
Additional Scenes
Additional Music Cues
Music-Only Track

When the 188-minute version of Superman: The Movie debuted on TV, it included tons of never-before-seen footage; since then, much of that has made its way onto subsequent releases of the movie in the form of deleted scenes.

Its being released on Oct.3
I already preordered it on importcds.com

[elvis4life]

It's also for preorder on Amazon:

[Drutt monsoon]

Fantastic! I cannot wait for this. I absolutely love this uplifting interpretation of the man of steel
Thank you for the info

[Johnny2523]

Fantastic! I cannot wait for this. I absolutely love this uplifting interpretation of the man of steel
Thank you for the info

I too prefer the uplifting version of Christopher Reeve's superman
The latest movies (Man Of Steel / Batman V Superman) i don't really like, superman is awfully depressingly represented, and Clark Kent is hardly a different persona - there is no balance between the two persona's.

[When In Rome]

Marlon Brando got a lot of stick for his infamous highly paid albeit brief appearance in this film, what the naysayers didn't know was that much of his performance had been cut. I like Brando and I love this Superman film. Might just invest in this one and become a kid all over again for 3 glorious hours!

[Johnny2523]

Marlon Brando got a lot of stick for his infamous highly paid albeit brief appearance in this film, what the naysayers didn't know was that much of his performance had been cut. I like Brando and I love this Superman film. Might just invest in this one and become a kid all over again for 3 glorious hours!

I loved marlon brando's performance in these movies (and was glad when they put him back into the role for Superman Returns albeit through cgi, and cut dialogue from the first movie)

[Mike C]

I remember watching and taping Superman when it aired on ABC in the 1980s. Just curious, is the original theatrical cut released in 1978 on DVD anywhere?

[Johnny2523]

I remember watching and taping Superman when it aired on ABC in the 1980s. Just curious, is the original theatrical cut released in 1978 on DVD anywhere?

Its available on this boxset
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000P6XQ50/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506526283&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=superman+box+set&dpPl=1&dpID=51CxRwj%2BrsL&ref=plSrch

[keninlincs]

Am glad i have it on order,Reeve was Superman

[Tang Lungs side kick]

Chris Reeve wouldve been 65 on Sep 25

[Johnny2523]

Am glad i have it on order,Reeve was Superman

He sure was, and still is to me. r.i.p

[Rich_TCB]

Wow that's interesting, may have to get that. Thanks for posting.

[r&b]

I'll take the 50's TV series Superman with George Reeves and that wonderful cast anyday over the movies, but as far as the movies go, yeah Christopher Reeves was the best and the first movie was great.

[Austin]

This is good news. I enjoy the Christopher Reeve Superman films very much and I've never seen the 3-hour version, so I'm looking forward to it.

I have the box set with all of the movies, and when it comes to the first film, I prefer the original 1978 cut over the director's cut. The scenes that were added in 2001 disrupted the pacing of the film and/or hurt the continuity to an extent. It also seemed a bit half-assed that a 188 minute version existed and all we got was 151 minutes. Go big or go home I say!

Still, it will be interesting to see all of the new footage for the first time.

[Rich_TCB]

According to Amazon, the release date is October 3, 2017.

[Johnny2523]

There's a nice review up on Blu-ray.com right now. The screencaps look great!
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Superman-The-Movie-Blu-ray/189338/#Review