Christopher Reeve to Superman is what Sean Connery is to James Bond.

R.I.P Richard Donner! Thank you for making us believe a man can fly.

God bless this man. He was kind of the architect of my childhood. Superman, Ladyhawke, Goonies, Scrooged, Lethal Weapon...Rest easy Mr. Donner.

RIP Richard Donner cut was the best,..

the Godfather of superhero films. thank you, MR. DONNER.

R.I.P. Richard Donner

Donner is great, I wish he could have done all the Superman films.

Maybe Richard Donner was an legendary film director. He directed movies like: "Superman: The Movie", "The Goonies" and "Lethal Weapon" film series. Sadly, Richard Donner died on July 5th, 2021.

RIP Richard Donner, thanks for giving us the superhero genre

You will be missed Mr. Donner. Your films were important part of my childhood. Last year on July I had finally opportunity to watch "Superman: the Movie" in the cinema. Thank you for all these moments🧘‍♂️

RIP Mr. Donner. I am saddened by your passing. You are one of my favorite directors Always enjoyed your interviews. Thank you so much for all your years of providing us with entertainment.

There was only one Superman,Christopher Reeve!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

The difference with all the other superman's is that Chris Reeve was classically trained. They could dress up all the other guys all they wanted to but none of them could "emote" like Chris could. He absolutely owns this character. Just his little transformation of when he takes off his glasses and stands a little taller and smiles with that internal.. "knowing" .

R.I.P. Richard Donner, thank you for making us believe that a man can fly.

Now KZfaq recommends this to me. R.I.P Donner

Richard Donner being fired is one of the great tragedies of cinema. A couple of producers got to save a couple of bucks, and we as the audience were robbed of something truly great.

Rest in peace the architect of superheroes movies. Richard Donner (1930-2021)

Rest in Peace my guy. You were the only one capable of making a damn good Superman movie.

I know Richard and he was always a class act guy. At this point in his career he is very much retired, and just enjoys being with his wife Laura. He will still do comic cons occasionally but had some health issues of late, but doing well

he was MAGNIFICENT. Love his films & an animal lover too. All the greats are leaving us 😢.

Richard Donner is now with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder in Heaven 😞😢

I see Richard Donner in clips even today, and he has such energy, its as if he's still with us.

Perfect director for Superman, thank you and his passing is a great loss.

Superman was a classic. Superman II would've been monumental if RD had gotten his way. Lotsa love.

He make great movies in the 70's (superman:the movie,the omen)...80's (Ladyhawk,the goonies,lethal weapon 1 & 2)...90's (lethal weapon 3 & 4,radio flyer,maverick)..He's a great director

What a great Director Richard Donner is, Never really got the acclaim that Speilberg or Lucas got, The Picture's he has directed have been classics, He should be hollywood royalty He certainly is my favourite,.

Donner is a living part of american movie history

I can actually imagine Donner telling Reeve to be HIMSELF when playing Superman but play "a character" when playing Kent. The difference between the screen test and the final product is so obvious. With other "superheroes" , a person BECOMES the hero. Superman was BORN the hero. So, Superman PRETENDS to be Kent so he can blend in. Reeve didn't play Superman like a plastic character. He made us like and relate to Kal-El. Today, it's all about the special effects. Reeve and Donner made a movie about a special PERSON. We couldn't help but like him. Still, to this day, my favorite movie of all time.

RIP Richard Donner

RIP Richard Donner! You will be missed!

Superman was a game changer for superhero films. It was and IS the beginning of making serious and great comic book films. It's a classic and for me truly a special and amazing film.

Had Donner been able to have finished Superman 2, as he intended, it would have been a worthy sequel to Superman the Movie. His SII cut, was piecemeal after 30 years. We're glad to have been able to see the additional footage, and be given an opportunity to imagine the film that "could" have been.

R.I.P Richard Donner (1930 - 2021)

Now he's with Superman & Lois Lane in heaven, Thanks for all the memories RIP 💐🙏💖

Donner seems to have a genuinely cool, down to earth personality. The Superman franchise would have been amazing had Donner been in control. Damn shame contemplating the what ifs. Smh!

I second the motion for how great a director/filmmaker Richard Donner is. I've followed him from the early 60's, when he directed television. Everything he touches, has evidence of his presence. Just a wonderful director.

He is such a positive person. I wish I could act for him.

There will never be another Superman for me other Christopher Reeve! I don't care what anybody says I don't care whatever differences people had throughout the movies with one another there will never be another superman think Christopher Reeve for me he is the Superman. And my six-year-old grandson even knows that! My six-year-old grandson saw my shirt was superman on it played by Christopher Reeve, and my grandson looked me right in the face and said,"Nana that's the real Superman". He's only six years old. I asked him how did he know that because this Superman was out way before he was born. He looked me in the face, and in this serious tone like a grownup said to me, "there is no other real Superman but that superman Nana." He said it in a way I should know that, it was classic. I agreed with him. Two seconds later he said out of the blue," Nana the other Superman's are fake." lol sorry to the other ones but Christopher Reeve is the only one that is the real Superman!

Richard Donner 1930-2021 *RIP* 🌹🌹🌹🌹

Verisimilitude, Mr. Donner. Rest in Peace.

What a crime that this guy got fired.

Brilliant director, incredible guy. R.I.P.

My Favorite Movie of all time, so I choose this man as my Favourite Director. Simple as that

Rest in peace to the king

I wish I could’ve got the chance to meet him. I never heard a bad thing ever said about the man. Rest In Peace.

RIP Mr. Donner.

Rest In Peace

Quite an honour, to interview, or even be in the same room.

I'm behind Donner all the way. The idiot Salkinds brought him in to do a job, but then wouldn't let him do it.

Wonderful Guy...Great Director!

Superman II and the Goonies were my favorite films growing up. It's nit until my adult years that I realized the same man directed these two films. The irony.

RIP. Always loved him and his movies. He always seems genuinely happy to talk about his career and never gets tired of telling the same anecdotes again. Patient, funny, affable. I never wanted to meet my idols, but I would have made an exception for him.

Sadly, he probably had a more overall relaxing experience with the "Lethal Weapon" films, than the "Superman" franchise.

What a fabulous director. He made so many great films, including "The Omen," a true horror classic. RIP, Dick Donner.

Lol that "Flip 🖕🏻" was great, R.I.P Donner

R.I.P legend

Such a pity he never finished superman 2 and not go on to make 3 and 4

This man reminds me of the Mall I saw these first 2 movies in, I can Smell it. That mall is dangerous as hell now, maybe condemned.

Great man.Great director.RIP

Rest In Peace Richard Donner.

RIP. return if possible, dude! miss you already...

If you haven't seen "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut", please do.

Esse cara fez o melhor filme de super herói de todos os tempos.

A very talented man

You have to remember that superman ending was meant to end when he throws the rockets in to space then it ends ,superman 2 would start with the rocket breaking the villains out of the phantom zone, so the reversing would of really only happened once, a new ending was made for superman 1 to get it in the cinemas for Christmas as filming was Behind schedule.

Richard Donner is a great director.

Gene Roddenberry was shopping around for special effects for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and soon discovered there was no such thing as a bargain. That stuff was expensive. The Salkinds must have had Star Wars' original shoestring budget in mind when they decided to do Superman. They got way better than they deserved in Dick Donner.

Donner seems like a guy that you dont want to mess with

He is 100% right in everything he says.

he also directed arguably the greatest Twilight Zone episode of all time, 'Terror At 20,000 Feet" featuring William Shatner, which was recreated in the TZ movie - a tremendously gifted director who got HOSED by the Salkind's who were famous for being cheap skates - they utterly destroyed what should have been a great trilogy by bringing in Lester, a comedy director, who created the dreadful Superman III with Pryor - if they'd left him alone he would have created two classic films.

For a 72 years old guy he hold's himself pretty good.

In my opinion he probably would of changed the ending, as the reversal was used in the first film as a desperation to have a ending if the first film flopped. I agreed Lester gags are surreal, but I get the impression he used them for his mark as an autuer filmmaker. I did think the Susannah York scenes Lester directed worked in a Superman feel. Overall if I had to choose between the two directors. It would of been Richard Donner as the first film made a lot of money.

Fantastic Director should done both films

It's weird that some of best films ever made had trouble and tension on set..I mean real tension, not made up shit they use as fake stories today....Superman, BladeRunner, Aliens, Back to the Future...They all had tension between staff on set that nearly made actors or directors quit but they are all classics that out weight most movies even made today...Even Star Wars nearly never got made because producers were assholes about it.....It's a weird correlation.

R.l.P

Before Marvel Studios...before Kevin Feige...there was Richard Donner.

I wished there would have been a long scene between Reeve and Brando. Jor-El did sort of communicate with him when he did the monologue telling him who he is. There was the scene in the Superman 2 DC that If they could have extended it, make it as if they almost talked to each other would have been interesting.

Snyder also made 300 and Watchmen. And the movie is produced by Dark Knight Trilogy director Christopher Nolan. That's why.

I wish there was more (or I am sure there is) behind the scenes Goonies footage.

Back when real men made movies.

Thanks for the upload! Was Donner crying? If so, why?

Let's not forget they was no Clark Kent only superman. Clark Kent was superman alter ego

If he only could've finished what him and Mank started I know all the films would've been special not comedies but classic film series straight from the comics.

Lester seemed more interested in gags than anything else. The only thing about the Richard Donner cut of Superman II I didn't like was the second time reversal. But I have no doubt he would've scrapped it for a better ending.

Im sure Chris did plenty of lines with Brando 😊

The two Richards were two different kind of directors. I would rather Richard Donner to finish off Superman II. Lester was a talented filmmaker but had a different style. It's a shame that Lester had been scapegoat became a clash between Donner and producers.

so is louis lanes actress

Rip

After see Snyder Shucker Punch i dont know How can some people have the guts to say that him is more appropiated for a film of superman than Donner. I hope they get it dont get me wrong i would love to see a new brilliant movie of Superman but best than Donner´s film i see it di fi cult

Donner wasn't able to finish Superman 2.. What you saw was a general idea where he was going with Superman 2..

As a young kid about 10 to 18. Lo....... ng. Crush. 🍑 him. Watched almost all of his movies.

It's so strange how at first the salkans were throwing big money around like brando is still in the guiness book for most money in the shortest amt of time for an acting job. They paid him like 4 mill in 78 $$ & the biggie is 12% of the backend. The movie made about 250 million so that's another 10 mill plus. They paid Donner 1 million which he said was big money then. Suddenly they got cheap , they were making 2 films at once that takes a lot of time. Then they didnt want to pay brando the backend for the 2nd film. He was already paid his base salary for both films as they all were. It just seems more expensive to have lester reshoot scenes already done to satisfy the d.g.a. to get credit u must direct 50% of the film. Donner had 75 % finished & half his stuff is still in part 2. Any scene w/ gene hackman in part 2 is Donner. Also u can tell donner from lester in that margot kidder looks very pretty in the 1st film & not her best in the 2nd. I think she lost weight & her hair was shorter & in the 1st film they did great on her hair makeup & wardrobe. I have no idea how she looked so different in only 2 years. Hackman did not even return for part 2 I guess contractually he fulfilled his obligation & not his problem they did not finish part 1. I think he also refused to work w/ o donner. Margot kidder also was very upset about donner thus her cameo in part 3

So... what'd you think?

Lol he just wanted the crystal to talk.

Lethal Weapon' 5 ?

@TheDrawingLab Erm yea. So what?? People age what is yer point?

i slightly disagree. even though i don't think snyder is as good a director as donner, i still believe that both he and donner expressed to film the superman of the times. donner with the superman of the silver and bronze age and snyder the superman of the modern age.

I would love to see Richard Donner's full vision of Superman I and II with no interference using todays technology letting him make the movies he wanted to make. It would be so much better than the crap we've been getting from Zack Snyder and DC right now.

supe II was great...the way it came out.....donner did a great job with supe I. but I saw the richard donner cut of Supe II...it was awful.

REEVE the Best !!!!!!!!!!\ Cavil Not good Actor