SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE Discussion Group
Added 2025-06-30 20:27:08 +0000 UTCTonight I believe a man can fly… hope to see you there! 🖤
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When this came out, the producers of "Superman" and "Superman II" (not Donner) were involved in a lawsuit over their production of "The Three Musketeers" (1973) and "The Four Musketeers" (1974). They had filmed them as one long movie, then in post-production told the actors that it was too long and split it into too parts, but insisted that they would only pay the SAG union rate for a single film. Their big mistake was that they had cast Charlton Heston as Cardinal Richelieu. He was the President of SAG at the time and brought the full weight of SAG's bankroll to fund a lawsuit, and got the other unions (writers, etc.) to join. The suit was still in court in 1978 when the producers did the same thing for Super 1 & 2: filming it as one movie, then telling the actors that it was too long and they were going to split it into 2 parts, but only pay the single movie rate. When this was presented to the judge, he called it a "Pattern and Practice" and summarily ruled in favor of SAG, so they had to pay everyone for 2 movies, plus pay for SAG's legal team, plus pay for 2 "Superman" movies.
JAKH
2025-07-06 14:53:58 +0000 UTCI just heard a little about the new Superman movie. There’s something about that movie that I think you’re gonna especially like. I don’t want to spoil it so I won’t say what it is. When you see it you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. After you see it please let me know if I was right. 😁
Larry
2025-07-04 02:52:24 +0000 UTCLook! Up in the sky! It's a bird!, It's a plane! it's Superman is actually from the 1952 tv show starring George Reeves )no relationship to Christopher) "Adventures of Superman"
John A
2025-06-30 22:20:53 +0000 UTCFun Fact Noel Neil, who played Lois Lane in "Adventures of Superman" 1952 TV show appeared in the movie on the train as it Clark Kent was running past it, and the little girl is supposed to be Lois Lane and Noel Neil Lois mother.
John A
2025-06-30 22:18:09 +0000 UTC
