Description: Original Folded Theater one sheet poster (27x41 inches) sent to film cinemas, in envelopes for marketing purposes in USA. Condition is GOOD+ to VERY GOOD. An unrestored poster that displays signs of use with good color and overall, a very presentable appearance. It displays well and its "look" is age-appropriate. The poster features all original folds and edge wear. Minor blemishes are present like edge tears, chips, unobtrusive border soiling, stains, creases, few, if any visible pin holes or pin hole fold separations. See Photos. Otherwise the poster is in nice condition and after simple linen backing would look great! FAST & SAFE DELIVERY. SUPERMAN II - 1980. Directed by RICHARD LESTER, co-scripted by JERRY SIEGEL, JOE SHUSTER, MARIO PUZO,. TAGLINE : "The three outlaws from Krypton descend to Earth to confront the Man of Steel in a cosmic battle for world supremacy" - Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth. Picking up where "Superman: The Movie" left off, three criminals, General Zod (Terence Stamp), Ursa, (Sarah Douglas), and Non (Jack O'Halloran) 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 (Margot Kidder), who finds out who he really is. Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) escapes from prison and is determined to destroy Superman by joining forces with the three criminals. CAST includes Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Jack O'Halloran, Sarah Douglas, Valerine Perrine, Susannah York, Clifton James, E. G. Marshall, Marc McClure, John Ratzenberger, Shane Rimmer, Pepper Martin, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Richard Donner. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : In a 2004 interview, Margot Kidder claimed that Richard Donner shot enough scenes to make his own cut of the film, and that the unused footage was "somewhere in a vault." A website started a petition for Warner Bros. to allow and sponsor Donner's cut of this movie. The footage was re-edited into Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006). Apparently Richard Lester had to (re-)shoot a large volume of the film to gain a sole director credit, rather than just shoot the remainder of the Richard Donner version scenes to "fill in the gaps." This is why there is a portion of duplicate alternate versions of certain sequences, and scenes in one director's version not appearing in the script of the other version, rather than two alternate edits of one combined source of shot material. Hence why the Donner and Lester cuts are radically different, yet confusingly similar. Director Richard Lester was not sympathetic to the epic look that Richard Donner had given to Superman (1978), saying that he didn't want to do "the David Lean thing." Lester decided to scrap most of Oscar®-winning cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth's footage, and hired director Michael Winner's cinematographer, Robert Paynter, to create a style that would evoke Superman's roots in comic books. Lester, Paynter, and camera operator Freddie Cooper replaced Unsworth's gliding camera with horizontal panning and static framing to evoke comic books and comic strips, with static frames crammed with people and objects. Similarly, the composition of shots the trio developed for Superman II had objects and people crammed into the frame. To further emphasize comic book composition, the action was photographed from one angle, to give the film a desired flatness. Harkening back to the techniques of the early sound era, Lester's films had always been shot with three cameras filming the action simultaneously; two cameras for close-ups, one for the long shot. Lester's technique added to the friction on the set caused by Donner's firing. Margot Kidder particularly disliked him. Gene Hackman (Lex Luthor), Ned Beatty (Otis), Valerie Perrine (Eve Teschmacher) and E.G. Marshall (The President) were the only actors not to participate in the film's re-shoots under the direction of Richard Lester. Originally, Richard Donner had filmed Superman talking to his father for this movie, but Marlon Brando sued for (and won) a share of the first film's gross. The lawsuit also awarded him a share of this film's gross, even though he doesn't appear in it. Brando's scenes were replaced by scenes with Superman's mother. Brando's scenes appeared in Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006), and briefly during a scene in Superman Returns (2006). This was the third most popular movie at the U.S. and Canadian box-offices for 1981. Part of a gallery of more than ONE THOUSAND LINENBACKED and more than 30,000 un-restored original rare paper items being offered for the first time to the eBay community. ALL PHOTOS of Rare Paper are ACTUAL ITEMS being sold. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you.
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Industry: Movies
Movie: Superman II (1981)
Size: USA 27x41 One Sheet
Object Type: Poster
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States