note this would've been up a while ago but Wiki is being super slow today
Four way tie at number 31...
4 Smokey and the Bandit III
The first Smokey and the Bandit wasn't too great but it was amusing. The second one was crap but at least it had the cast back. The third one only had Jackie Gleason, his idiot son and in a desperation move, Jerry Reed. And desperate is what this movie cries out. Worst of all it's a PG-rated movie...and there's an orgy in it. As seen in a few less-than-a-second flashes just hinting at boobs which is stupid cause the other Smokey movies didn't have that.
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Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (often referred to by the shorter title Smokey and the Bandit 3) is the 1983 sequel to Smokey and the Bandit and Smokey and the Bandit II starring Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick, Mike Henry and Colleen Camp. The film also includes a very brief cameo near the film's end by the original Bandit, Burt Reynolds.
As is the case with the two preceding Smokey and the Bandit films, Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 begins with Big (McCormick) and Little (Williams) Enos offering a sizable wager on one's ability to transport a shipment a large distance in a short period of time. Offering a slight twist, however, the offer is this time made to a retiring Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason), betting $250,000 against his badge on his ability to transport a large stuffed fish from an eatery in Florida to Texas.
Unlike the two earlier films, Big and Little Enos this time seem to be quite active in their desire to see Buford fail in his goal. After Buford dodged their many traps (especially after he destroyed their milk truck, which drenched them and disabled their engine), they then went so far as to actually attempt to hire The Bandit (as a distraction) to stop him. Deciding that The Bandit is too egotistical and hard to manage, they hire Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Reed) as his replacement. Accepting the offer, Cledus parks his Peterbilt 359 and climbs behind the wheel of a black and gold 1983 Pontiac Trans Am.
He later picks up Dusty, who quits her job as a "bookkeeper" for a used car dealership, but not before attempting to wreck her boss' business (a seedy used car dealership) by badmouthing him in the middle of broadcasting a live TV commercial. The scene of Cledus picking up Dusty in the middle of the road is almost an exact repeat of how Bo picked up Frog in the 1977 film. Cledus manages to catch up with Buford on an interstate, where he then lassoes Buford's fish off of the Justices' police cruiser; Buford needs the fish to retrieve his $250K. Buford then begins a hot pursuit of Cledus, with another local officer who attempts to take charge of the situation. Not long after the local officer is disabled, Buford becomes disabled as well when sand is dumped on his squad car.
The pursuit quickly resumes as Buford catches up to the duo after Cledus and Dusty stop at a redneck bar to pick up some food. The chase resumes as they enter a local town, where mass chaos comes with their entry. Cledus escapes when an 18 wheeler blocks the alleyway where Cledus ran through. While trying to get the truck out, Buford's car is towed, angrily, he reverses the car and escapes. The tow truck operator chases him in pursuit, with Junior dangling on the hook, spinning freely. Eventually, Buford manages to make the truck flip over, sending the Truck and Junior flying. A number of cars continue to crash into the pile-up. The next scene comes sudden as the Bandit and Justice are in the Mississippi Fairgrounds. Buford continues to pursue on 2 wheels after driving on an incline with Cledus letting the fame get to his head.
Cledus and Dusty decide to stop at a hotel for the night, which contains people who are involved in "sexual" acts, several of which quite deviant. Buford finds the Bandit's Trans Am and decides to make a search of the building to find the fish, which he eventually does. While searching in the steamroom, Buford handcuffs himself to a muscular nymphomaniac female who will not take no for an answer.
The next final scenes show Buford getting his tires blown by the "Enos Devil Darts". Cledus quickly arrives and retakes the fish. Cledus and Justice then start a final pursuit with Buford on 2 tires, first through a bunch of cattle, then to boats, then finally through a field where the Enoses set off a type of explosive, one of which destroys all of the bodywork, leaving the engine, seats, and police light bar (being held by Junior above his head). Cledus decides to surrender the fish to let Buford win. Just after cashing in on the 250 grand, Buford finds Cledus and begins to apprehend him, but Buford then imagines Cledus to be The Bandit (Burt Reynolds) who sweet talks him to letting him go and starting a new pursuit. Similar to the ending of the 1977 movie, Buford is again chasing the Bandit in the hulk of his police cruiser (the muscular female has taken Junior's place shotgun this time), while Junior chases after "Daddy" for miles on end, dropping the reward money as he goes.
According to an oft-repeated urban legend, the film was originally entitled Smokey IS the Bandit, with Jackie Gleason playing both Sheriff Buford T. Justice and the Bandit. According to the legend, test audiences reacted poorly, and so the Bandit scenes were re-shot with Jerry Reed playing the role. No footage or stills from this alleged version of the film have ever surfaced.[1]
Superman Returns
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Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman. Directed by Bryan Singer, the film stars Brandon Routh as Superman, as well as Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden and Parker Posey. Superman Returns is a loose continuation of Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980). The film tells the story of Superman returning to Earth after several years of absence. He finds that Lois Lane has moved on with her life and that Lex Luthor is plotting a scheme that will destroy the United States.
After a series of unsuccessful projects to resurrect Superman on the screen, Warner Bros. hired Bryan Singer to direct and develop Superman Returns in July 2004. The majority of principal photography took place at Fox Studios Australia, Sydney, while the visual effects sequences were created by Sony Pictures Imageworks; filming ended in November 2005. Superman Returns was released with positive reviews, and grossed $391 million in worldwide box office totals. However, Warner Bros. was somewhat disappointed with the box office return and are now considering a future reboot of the Superman franchise.[2]
Superman (Brandon Routh) has been missing for several years, having traveled to where astronomers believed they had discovered the remains of Krypton. During his absence, Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) was released from prison and married a rich widow to obtain her fortune upon her death. Superman returns to Earth, having failed in his hopes to find surviving Kryptonians, and, as Clark Kent, resumes his job at the Daily Planet in Metropolis, and learns that Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has won the Pulitzer Prize for her article “Why the World Doesn't Need Superman”. Meanwhile, Luthor travels to the Fortress of Solitude and steals Kryptonian crystals. During an experiment with the crystals, Lex causes a power outage on the east coast. The power loss interferes with the flight test of a space shuttle attached to a Boeing 777, occupied by Lois Lane who is covering the story. Clark flies into action as Superman and stops the plane from crashing onto a baseball stadium, which is full of spectators.
The world rejoices at Superman's return, but Lois is more concerned with the blackout. Clark later meets her fiance Richard White (James Marsden), nephew of Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White (Frank Langella), and their son, Jason (Tristan Lake Leabu). Clark is emotionally hurt when he overhears a conversation between Lois and Richard in which she says she never loved Superman. He then stops a bank heist, and saves Kitty Kowalski (Parker Posey), Luthor's co-conspirator. With Superman distracted, Luthor steals Kryptonite from the Metropolis Museum of Natural History. Perry assigns Lois to interview Superman while Clark investigates the blackout. That night, Superman arrives at the Daily Planet and takes Lois for a flight, during which he apologizes for leaving her and tells her that, because of his superhuman hearing, he knows the world needs his protection.
Lois focuses her attention on the blackout again and ascertains its origin. Lois and Jason inadvertently board Luthor's ship and are captured. Luthor reveals to them his grand scheme of using one of the stolen Kryptonian crystals to grow a new continental landmass in the Northern Atlantic Ocean that will destroy the United States, in the process killing billions of people and leaving him as the new landmass' owner. Seeing the effect of a Kryptonite sample on Jason, Luthor asks who Jason's father really is; after Lois asserts that the father is Richard, Luthor leaves to launch the crystal, which he has encased in green Kryptonite, into the sea. Under water, the crystal begins to create Luthor's new landmass. Lois faxes their co-ordinates to The Daily Planet and is attacked by a henchman. The henchman is crushed to death by a piano, which Jason shoves at him. Afterward, Lois and Jason are imprisoned in a kitchen galley. Luthor flies in his helicopter to the still forming continent. Meanwhile, Superman is attempting to minimize the destruction in Metropolis caused by the new landmass' growth when Richard arrives in a sea plane to rescue Lois and Jason. Superman soon arrives to help and then flies off to find Luthor.
Meeting Luthor, Superman discovers the landmass is filled with Kryptonite, which weakens him to the point that Luthor and his henchmen are able to beat him. Superman is stabbed by Luthor with a shard of Kryptonite and falls into the ocean. Lois makes Richard turn back to rescue Superman, whereupon she removes the Kryptonite from his back. Superman, after regaining his strength from the sun, lifts the landmass after putting layers of earth between him and the Kryptonite. Luthor and Kitty escape in their helicopter; Kitty, unwilling to let billions of people die, tosses away the crystals that Lex stole from the Fortress of Solitude. She and Luthor are stranded on a desert island when their helicopter runs out of fuel. Superman pushes the landmass into space, but is weakened by the Kryptonite and crashes back to Earth. Doctors remove more Kryptonite from Superman's wound, but after it is removed they cannot penetrate his skin with their surgical tools. While Superman remains in a coma, Lois and Jason visit him at the hospital where Lois whispers a secret into Superman's ear and then kisses him. Superman later awakens and flies to visit Jason, reciting Jor-El's last speech to Jason as he sleeps. Lois starts writing another article, titled “Why the World Needs Superman”. Superman reassures her that he is now back to stay, and flies off to low orbit, where he gazes down at the world once again.
Superman 4: The Quest for Peace (31)
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is a 1987 superhero film, the last of the Superman theatrical movies starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. In this film, Superman battled Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) and his creation, a solar-powered evil clone of Superman called Nuclear Man.
Unlike the previous three movies, which were produced by Alexander and Ilya Salkind, the fourth movie was produced by Golan-Globus's Cannon Films, in association with Warner Bros.
The movie begins in Earth orbit, with Superman saving a group of cosmonauts whose ship has been thrown off course by a rogue satellite. Shortly after, his alter ego, Clark Kent visits his hometown of Smallville to check on the now uninhabited family farm where he grew up. Venturing into one of the empty barns, he uncovers the hidden space-capsule he was sent to Earth in as a baby, and removes from it a green-glowing, Kryptonian energy module. A voice recording left by his birth mother, Lara, states that its power can be used only once.
Unwilling to sell the family land to a local developer, Clark returns to Metropolis and transforms into Superman in order to stop a runaway subway train after its driver suddenly loses consciousness whilst at the controls. Returning to the Daily Planet as the reporter, Clark Kent, he learns that the once great metropolitan newspaper has been taken over by Warfield, a tabloid tycoon who promptly fires Perry White and hires his desirable daughter Lacy (Mariel Hemingway) as the new editor. Lacy very soon takes a liking to Clark, and does her best to seduce him, by asking him to come to her office while she is lying on her desk revealing her suave, smooth legs, despite Lois' advice that knowing her old friend's implacably kind-hearted nature, he will most likely not reciprocate her less-than-subtle advances. Though, as a result of her persistence, Clark eventually agrees to go on a date with her.
Following the news that the United States and the Soviet Union may soon engage in nuclear war, Clark is conflicted with regard to how far he as Superman can intervene. After receiving a heartfelt letter written by a concerned schoolboy, Superman travels to the North Pole, where he seeks advice from the spirits of his Kryptonian ancestors at the Fortress of Solitude. Rather than interfere in such human matters, they recommend he leave Earth and find a new world where war is long forgotten.
After indulging in a flight of fancy with Lois where he asks her advice on the matter, Clark's mind is made up. At a meeting of the United Nations, as Superman, he tells the assembly that he is going to rid the Earth of all nuclear weapons. An undisclosed amount of time later, Superman has collected almost the world's entire nuclear stockpile in a gigantic net he holds in high Earth orbit. On closing the net, he promptly hurls it into the sun, destroying the warheads and thereby eradicating the threat they once posed to the planet he has sworn to protect.
Meanwhile, Lenny Luthor helps break uncle, Lex Luthor out of prison with the aid of a deadly, remote control automobile. On returning to Metropolis, the pair steal a strand of Superman's hair that he donated to a museum, and use it to create a genetic matrix which they later attach onto one of the few, remaining American nuclear missiles. After the missile is test fired on Luthor's command, the ever-vigilant Superman intercepts the missile and throws it into the sun like all the others.
As the missile is soon enveloped by the star's intense heat and radiation, a glowing ball of energy is discharged which rapidly develops into a space-born super-human (Mark Pillow). This "Nuclear Man" then makes his way back to Earth to find his "father", Luthor, who establishes that while his "son" is indeed powerful, he will deactivate if isolated from the sun's rays or suitably bright artificial light - as in the Greek legend of Antaeus; a wrestler whose strength came solely from his bodily contact with the Earth.
A worldwide battle ensues between Luthor's creation and the Man of Steel. After successfully saving people from all over the globe from the clutches of Luthor's manically monstrous creation, Superman is forced to save the Statue of Liberty from falling onto the crowded city streets below - during which time, he becomes poisoned as a result of a vicious scratch from Nuclear Man's deadly, radioactive fingernails. Nuclear Man then kicks his mortally wounded opponent into the distance with such strength, that his trademark red cape is torn away.
To Lois' disgust, The Daily Planet, now reformatted as a tabloid newspaper, publishes the headline, "Superman is dead". Lois indicates a desire to quit, and seizes Superman's recovered cape for herself. Also distressed at the headline (her father's idea), Lacy reveals to Lois that she genuinely cares for Clark and asks if she knows where he is. Saying nothing, Lois ventures to Clark's apartment where she proclaims her undying love for Superman. Felled by radiation sickness, Clark staggers weakly to his terrace, where he retrieves the last benevolent Kryptonian energy crystal in a last-chance bid to heal himself...
Having developed a sudden crush on Lacy, Nuclear Man threatens mayhem if he is not introduced to her. The newly-restored Superman eventually agrees to take him to her in order to prevent anyone else from being hurt. In an attempt to disable the villain, Superman cunningly lures Nuclear Man into an elevator located inside one of Metropolis's many skyscrapers, trapping him within it and then depositing him on the dark side of the moon. Not having realized the elevator doors have been left slightly ajar, as the sun rises, Nuclear Man breaks out of his makeshift prison and Superman is forced once again to defend himself, this time on the moon's surface. At the end of the battle, it appears as though Superman has been defeated once again, and he is driven into the ground like a stake by his increasingly barbaric opponent.
Nuclear Man returns to Earth and abducts Lacy as she directly protests her father's journalistic motives. Meanwhile, Superman claws his way out of the thick moon dust, and pushes the moon out of its natural orbit, casting Earth into a solar eclipse which temporarily nullifies Nuclear Man's powers and life-force. Rescuing Lacy from Nuclear Man's arms, he safely returns her back to Earth, before recovering Nuclear Man and depositing him into the core of a nuclear power plant, where he becomes a plentiful energy source. Superman also recovers the fleeing Luthors - returning Lex to prison, and Lenny to Boys Town.
Perry White restores the previous Daily Planet decorations, much to tycoon, Warfield's annoyance. It is revealed that during his absence, White has been busy securing a loan with which to buy back the controlling shares of the newspaper, thereby making Warfield a minority shareholder and protecting it from any further abuse. With Perry White now the practical owner, the Daily Planet can return to being a more respectable publication, much to the relief of Lois and Jimmy.
Later, in a press conference, Superman declares only partial victory in his peace campaign, saying "There will be peace when the people of the world want it so badly, that their governments will have no choice but to give it to them." He then flies into space, smiling optimistically.
Here's a picture of Nuclear Man.
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In 1983, following the mixed to negative reaction to Superman III, Reeve and the producers, father and son team Alexander and Ilya Salkind, assumed that the Superman films had run their course.[1] Reeve was slated to make a cameo in 1984's Supergirl but was unavailable; the film was a box office failure in the U.S. Four years later, Ilya Salkind sold the Superman franchise to Golan & Globus of Cannon Films.[2]
According to Reeve, Golan & Globus did not have a script in mind when they first approached him about doing the fourth installment; they simply wanted him to reprise his role. Reeve himself admitted in his autobiography Still Me that he really wasn't sure that he wanted to do another Superman film, especially if it were going to be treated as a farce, which had been the case with the third film, an approach that Reeve felt was disrespectful to fans and the source material. The new filmmakers then offered Reeve a deal he couldn't refuse – in exchange for starring in the fourth Superman film, they would produce any project of his choosing, and also promised him story input (there was also talk of having Reeve direct a fifth Superman film in case the fourth one proved successful). Reeve accepted, and in exchange, Golan & Globus produced the crime drama Street Smart[3][4], in order to give the film a more serious feel to distance itself from the previous film. Unfortunately, Golan & Globus had so many other films in the pipeline at the time that their money was spread too thinly to properly accommodate what became Superman IV: The Quest for Peace,[5] released in 1987, forcing the film's veteran director Sidney J. Furie to cut corners everywhere. The film was panned by critics and fans alike.
In Reeve's autobiography Still Me, he described filming Superman IV as "simply a catastrophe from start to finish".[citation needed] He wrote:
We were also hampered by budget constraints and cutbacks in all departments. Cannon Films had nearly thirty projects in the works at the time, and Superman IV received no special consideration. For example, Konner and Rosenthal wrote a scene in which Superman lands on 42nd Street and walks down the double yellow lines to the United Nations, where he gives a speech. If that had been a scene in Superman I, we would actually have shot it on 42nd Street. Dick Donner would have choreographed hundreds of pedestrians and vehicles and cut to people gawking out of office windows at the sight of Superman walking down the street like the Pied Piper. Instead, we had to shoot at an industrial park in England in the rain with about a hundred extras, not a car in sight, and a dozen pigeons thrown in for atmosphere. Even if the story had been brilliant, I don't think that we could ever have lived up to the audience's expectations with this approach.
Mark Rosenthal's DVD commentary pointed to this scene as an example of Cannon's budget slashing. According to Rosenthal, Reeve and director Furie begged to be able to film that sequence in New York in front of the real United Nations because everyone knew what New York and the United Nations was supposed to look like and that the Milton Keynes setting looked nothing like it. However Cannon refused. According to Rosenthal, they were "pinching pennies at every step" and that it was impossible to look at the location and think of it as the United Nations, but more rather a municipal auditorium, which is, according to Rosenthal, exactly what it was.
Rosenthal has also described the final film as Cannon stabbing Christopher Reeve in the back. He also revealed on the Deluxe Edition DVD that he and writer Lawrence Konner wanted Reeve to play Nuclear Man as well as his dual roles of Superman and Clark Kent in the film as they imagined the villain being a darker version of the hero in the cloning process. This would be financially expensive and was already explored in minor detail in Superman III so Cannon decided to hire Mark Pillow instead for the part of Nuclear Man in the final film.
According to Jon Cryer, who played Lex Luthor's nephew Lenny, Reeve had taken him aside just before the release and told him it was going to be "terrible". Although Cryer enjoyed working with Reeve and his on-screen uncle, Gene Hackman, Cryer claimed that Cannon ran out of money five months ahead of time and ultimately released an unfinished movie.
The movie was not well received by either the general public or film critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 11% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 28 reviews.[6] Some critics considered the film to be one of the worst of its year. The movie suffered from poor sound and visual effects, believed to be caused by Cannon using much of the film's intended budget on their other projects. Reportedly, Warner Bros. gave Cannon approximately $40 million to produce Superman IV but in the end, Cannon used only $17 million for Superman IV.
The film was released July 24, 1987 in the United States and Canada and grossed $5.6 million in 1,511 theaters its opening weekend, ranking #4 at the box office.[7] It grossed a total of $15.6 million in the United States and Canada.[8]
Of the four Superman films starring Reeve, this one fared the worst at the box office, and the series, as it turned out, went dormant for 19 years. Reeve himself admitted that both this and the third installment were very poor and did not live up to the potential that had been established by the first two films, and his 1995 paralysis made the development of any further sequels involving him in the starring role impossible. Time Warner let the Superman feature film franchise go undeveloped until the late-1990s when a variety of proposals were considered (see: Superman film series#Failed projects), including several that would reboot the franchise altogether with substantially different versions of the characters and setting, rather than attempt to follow up on this film.
The film ended with the final line, "See you in twenty,". In fact, it would be 19 years before the next Superman film, Superman Returns, would arrive at cinemas in June 2006, . This film discarded the events of Superman III and IV, continuing where the first two installments left off, although most of Richard Lester's concepts in Superman II are jettisoned as well.
According to writer Mark Rosenthal's commentary on Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Deluxe Edition DVD released in November 2006, and the gallery of deleted scenes included on the disc, there are approximately 45 minutes of the film that have not been seen by the public after they were deleted following a failed Southern California test screening. In fact, the Nuclear Man that appears in the film is actually the second Nuclear Man Luthor created. Cut scenes featured the original Nuclear Man engaging Superman in battle outside the Metro Club and being destroyed by the Man of Steel. The first Nuclear Man was somewhat more inhuman-looking than his successor, and resembled vaguely in looks, and significantly in personality, the comic book character Bizarro. Luthor postulates that this Nuclear Man was not strong enough, and hatches the plan to create the second Nuclear Man inside the sun as a result. The comic book adaptation of the film, as well as the novelization, depicts these scenes and several photos of Superman's battle with the first Nuclear Man can be seen online. Three of the "lost" minutes, consisting of two scenes (the "tornado scene", in which Christopher Reeve's daughter Alexandra plays the girl swept away by the tornado; and the "Moscow" sequence, in which Superman stops a nuclear missile from being launched) were used in the international release by Cannon Films, and in the U.S. syndicated television version prepared by Viacom. At one point the producers of this film considered using all of this footage (and presumably shooting new footage) into a fifth film (see Superman Lives), but the poor box office performance of this film led that idea to be scrapped. Rosenthal commented on the DVD commentary that this showed just how out of touch Cannon was with reality.
The original 2-hour 14-minute preview version has never been seen outside its ill-fated Southern California test screening. There had been rumors that this version, including all the deleted scenes described above, of the film was shown only one known time, on the SFM Holiday Network in 1989. In actuality, another film that co-starred Christopher Reeve was shown on SFM, and this is where the misconception originated. A spokesman for SFM later confirmed that the full version never aired on television.
Warner Bros. confirmed in an early 2006 Internet chat room session that the lost footage was found, and approx. 30 minutes of the footage were included in a "deleted scenes" section of the 2006 DVD box set, Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition. The footage is presumably taken from an original workprint, as visual effects are not complete, music is consisted from stock elements and the first film's soundtrack, and the film is in a very rough state.
The deleted footage on the Special Edition DVD includes:
Clark having a nightmare involving the destruction of the planet Krypton when he was a baby. This included a voiceover by an uncredited actor who was supposed to play Jor-El, which was established by Marlon Brando in the first film. Due to the low budget and freefall into bankruptcy by Cannon Films, Marlon was not asked to return. Clark then wakes up late with a recorded telephone message from Lois telling him to get to work. A neighbor then greets Clark outside his apartment with her pet dog Godzilla tugging forcefully at Clarks' morning newspaper.
Jeremy about to write his letter to Superman via The Daily Planet. In the theatrical cut, the schoolgirl that taunts him says "He doesn't even know what's going on." This was dubbed for the release. In this workprint, she really says "He's so spaced out, he wouldn't even notice."
Superman answering Jeremy's letter in person at his School. Notice this was supposed to be a day or so later due to the delivery of the letter and all the school kids are in the same casual clothing as the day Jeremy first writes the letter.
The creation of the failed Nuclear Man prototype with scenes of deflecting bullets, breaking an iron bar and unsuccessful flying abilities. The photo Lex shows the prototype of Superman was taken from the publicity stills department at Cannon Films as the shot of Christopher Reeve was taken at the end of the picture at the Prison Quarry where Superman tells Lex how he defeated the second Nuclear Man.
A fight with Superman and the Nuclear Man prototype ensues outside The Metro Club. This ends in the destruction of the prototype being thrown into a electronic tower and is zapped into ashes. This features a product placement of Burger King in the background, which never had publicity in the theatrical cut.
Lenny bringing Lex the black ashed remains of the prototype and explaining his plan of baking the remains in the core of the sun to one of his female colleagues. He kept the remains in a dustbuster during this scene.
Extended footage of the "Around The World" fight sequence with Superman and Nuclear Man. The footage featured on the DVD is the tornado destruction in Smallville, with Superman saving a little girl, played by Christopher Reeve's real-life daughter Alex. (On the international VHS/LaserDisc and U.S. syndicated television releases, this footage is included in its entirety with finished music, visual, and sound effects).
The attempted launch of a nuclear missile by Nuclear Man in Red Square, Russia. Superman is then punched into the clouds by Nuclear Man after he stops the missile. (On the international VHS/LaserDisc and U.S. syndicated television releases, this footage is included in its entirety with finished music, visual, and sound effects.)
Lex's rise to power with his nuclear scheme. He convincingly negotiates with the armies to keep their missiles in standby due to the defeat of Superman by the second Nuclear Man. He makes a fortune from this plan which is shown in the final cut with the stacks of cash in his lair.
Extra footage of Clark's rapid ageing due to the scratch caused by Nuclear Man in the middle of the film.
A subplot which was not in the theatrical film regarding Nuclear Man's desire to destroy all mankind and return for Lacy, whom he has fallen for which was not mentioned in either the deleted scenes on the DVD or the theatrical cut. Superman also makes an appearance here and uses Lacy as a diversion to stop Nuclear Man. Lex and Lenny also feature prominently in the deleted footage.
An extra scene of Nuclear Man coming back for Lacy in the Metropolis Tower, where she was originally hiding. This scene was supposed to take place after the fight between Nuclear Man and Superman on the moon.
A farewell scene between Lacy and Clark, where he shares his very first kiss with someone other than Lois in the series.
An alternative ending where Superman takes Jeremy up into space to show him that the planet is "One World." Also featured are the astronauts, waving to Superman and Jeremy, who appeared at the beginning of the film.
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Steel
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Steel is a 1997 American superhero film based on the comic book character John Henry Irons. The film stars Shaquille O'Neal as Irons and his secret identity of Steel, Annabeth Gish as his wheelchair bound partner Susan Sparks, and Judd Nelson as their rival Nathaniel Burke. The plot centers on an accident caused by Burke leaves Sparks paralyzed, which results in Irons quiting his job. Burke begins mass-producing the weapon and selling it to criminals, leaving Irons and Sparks to create a suit of armor that has Irons become the superhero Steel to right Burke's wrongs.
Written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, the film separates itself from the character in the comic book series with original protagonists and antagonists. On its initial release, Steel performed poorly at the box office and received negative reviews from critics, noting the "cheesiness" and bad acting in the film.[1]
John Henry Irons is a weapons designer for the United States military. When his project to create weapons that harmlessly neutralize soldiers is eradicated, he resigns in disgust. When he sees criminal gangs are using the weapons that he helped manufacture on the street, he uses his resources and his Uncle Joe's equipment in his junkyard to fight back against the man who has been selling them to those gangs: Nathaniel Burke. Irons forges himself a suit of armor and the weaponry necessary to carry out his war on crime and becomes the vigilante "Steel." Ultimately, Burke is arrested by the army and John Irons, Susan Sparks, Uncle Joe and Martin get together at Grandma Odessa's new restaurant.
Steel was received negatively by American critics on its original release. The film ranking website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 13% of critics had given the film positive reviews, based upon a sample of 23.[1] Leonard Kladly of Variety wrote that the film is "too broad and episodic to attract anything other than the most undemanding crowd".[7] Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle described it as a "tolerable stinker of a film" that "plays like a Saturday morning cartoon".[8] Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times stated that the film is "slow to gather momentum and generates little excitement or tension".[9]
Despite negative reception of the film, critics praised Annabeth Gish in the role of the wheelchair-bound Susan Sparks. The New York Times called Gish's role a "strong performance".[9] The San Francisco Chronicle noted that she "becomes the first woman-in-wheelchair action hero in a Hollywood movie, too. Gotta give Steel some credit for that."[8]
and here's The Nostaglia Critic for his take on this movie
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