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Abbreviations:
THV--Original Theatrical Version;
EXV1--ABC Extended Version;
EXV2--KCOP/Salkind International Edit;
EXV3--2000 Special Edition Restoration.
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Using the original LaserDisc chapters as a
guide, the following is a list of where the extra scenes are added.
- 18. TWELVE YEARS LATER: THE EMERGENCE
OF SUPERMAN
- 19. METROPOLIS 1978: THE DAILY PLANET --EXV1
& EXV2
a) A
birds' eye view of Metropolis, New York (this can be seen in the opening
credits of "Superman II").
- 20. CLARK KENT, MILD-MANNERED REPORTER --all
extended versions
a) After
Clark settles down for his first day of work, we see more of Lois Lane,
another reporter named Gil Treason meeting Clark, and Jimmy Olson handing
Clark a towel.
- 21. THE PURSE SNATCHER: FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET
--EXV1 & EXV2
a) At
the end of the scene, we see Clark and Lois boarding a taxi for lunch.
- 22. LEX LUTHOR'S UNDERGROUND DIGS --EXV1
& EXV2
a)
As the taxi moves off, Otis is introduced, few minutes have been restored
to this scene.
b)
Longer sequence of the cops following Otis through the streets and in
the station.
c)
More of Otis' bumbling exploits, and we get to see Lex Luthor's face
for the first time when he utters the line, "..enough power to
keep those legs moving".
d)
Almost the entire cue from "Lex Luthor's Lair" from the soundtrack
has been reinstated.
e)
After the line "What more can anyone ask?", we see Lex serenating
Eve Teschmacher on the piano while Otis has the distinct honor of "feeding
the babies" out of the pit.[
DVD deleted scene ]
- 23. LOIS LANE, A HELICOPTER, AND SUPERMAN --EXV1
& EXV2
a)
A few seconds extra footage of the helicopter approaching the Daily
Planet building.
- 24. THE EXPLOITS OF THE MAN OF STEEL
a) A female
reporter and a cameraman looking up to the skies.--EXV1
& EXV2
b)
Short extended sequence with Superman above Metropolis. --EXV1
& EXV2
c)
An extension of the armed robber climbing the building, as a businessman
barely notices inside. Another cut back to Superman flying and banking
to the left. --EXV1 & EXV2
d)
An extension of the little girl begging her cat to come off a tree and
how Superman reminds her not to be so hard on the cat named "Frisky".
--EXV1 & EXV2
e)
An extension of the Air Force One sequence where the crew prepares to
make their report to Air Traffic Control while cracking
while jokes about peanuts and making references
to their passenger, President Jimmy Carter.--EXV1
& EXV2
f)
After the "Air Force One" scene
but before we return to Metropolis, Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando
are seen together in one sequence. This is where Superman talks with
his father about his "first night", and how Jor-El warns him
to keep secret his identity.--EXV1
& EXV2,
slightly edited for EXV3
g)
Returning to Metropolis, during the scene where we see the news reports,
we get a cameo from Richard Donner as a man on the street talking with
Clark Kent about Superman.--all
extended versions
h)
An extension of Lex' digs including more bumbling moments with Otis
and Eve. It ends with Otis taking care of Lex' soiled robe.--EXV1
& EXV2
i)
After Mr. White orders his reporters to "get on that story",
Jimmy talks with a copy boy about the Daily Planet's motto ("A
good reporter doesn't get great stories..."), but the Chief orders
him to get a cup of black coffee, no sugar.--EXV1
& EXV2
- 25. LOIS INTERVIEWS SUPERMAN
- 26. NIGHT FLIGHT OVER METROPOLIS
- 27. CAN YOU READ MY MIND? (Lois' soliloquy) :
When we return to Luthor's lair, we
hear added dialogue between Otis and Eve about Superman not drinking
and smoking.--EXV1 & EXV2
- 28. THE GREAT GUIDED MISSILE CAPER--this has been extended
dramatically.
a) Extra
scenes of the green car (both from the inside and outside of the car)
driving remotely down the road, and it passes the Danforth Missile
base sign before coming within viewing distance of Otis and Lex.--EXV1
& EXV2
b)
Lex reminds Otis he is guiding the car on the wrong side of the road.--EXV1
& EXV2
c) Eve
prepares for her feigning an accident.--EXV1
& EXV2
d)
More of Larry Hagman's role as the Major.--EXV1
& EXV2
e)
extension of Lex communicating with the Major.--EXV1
& EXV2
f )
Lex reminds Eve "You've done very well"--EXV1
& EXV2
g)
More of Lex' "long arm".--EXV2
h)
Outside of Danforth Missile base's entrance
(where the helicopter flies over) Otis, Lex, and Eve have parked the
ambulance and talk about Otis going back and fixing the co-ordinates
on the rocket, and dialogue about the other XK-101 rocket.--EXV2
i)
extensive footage of the trucks carrying the missile.--EXV2
j)
Otis and Lex are shown inside the cab of the truck talking before they
stop and get out to talk with the Navy soldiers. The dialouge involves
Otis still wanting to go back and fix his mistake, he offers Lex a piece
of his chocolate bar, and Lex says, "How would you like the experience
of being thrown from a moving vehicle?". --EXV2
k)
Extension of Otis and Lex and the truck drivers blocking the road.--EXV1
& EXV2
l)
An extension of Jimmy surveying Boulder Dam, then segues to a longer
introduction between Lois Lane and the Indian Chief.--EXV2
- 29. AN INVITATION FROM LEX LUTHOR
a) When
Superman "swirls" his way underground, we have one of the
most talked-about additions to the film...Superman's test in the lair.
Lex first tests the Man of Steel with bullets, then with fire, and finally
with ice. Remember what Otis said earlier
in the film ("Fire and bullets can't hurt this guy...")
--all extended versions
- 30. THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY (and how it works)
a) In the
theatrical/video version, it would have begun with Lex smiling and winking
at the audience after his line "...by causing the death of innocent
people".--EXV1 & EXV2
b)
an extension of the countdown to the missile launch.--EXV1
& EXV2
c)
After Lex points out "Target Zero" on the map, we see Lois
dropping the Indian Chief off at his reservation in New Mexico, promising
him that she and his friends will get to the bottom of everything.--EXV2
d)
during the first Missile Control scene after the line "Get me the
Pentagon", we get an extension where we see the Pentagon being
contacted, followed by a scene in the golf course where an agent alerts
the President to danger. This scene is referred to in the closing credits
of ALL versions of the film.--EXV1
& EXV2
- 31. SUPERMAN TRAPPED --EXV1 &
EXV2
a)
More of the control room in Lex' lair as half-witted Otis hands his
boss a handful of peanuts.
b)
An extension of Superman and Eve in the pool (dialogue has been added
that helps to explain her mother's sad fate).
- 32. CHASING A GUIDED MISSILE --EXV1
& EXV2
a) additional
footage of Lois driving through the desert.
b) Missile
Control notices the second missile headed for New Jersey.
c)
as the first missile flies over a woman taking care of her laundry,
Superman sees the missile coming toward him, but the missile flies right
past him and Superman goes after it.
d)
extension of Superman hurdling the first missile into space.
e)
The entire first part of the cue "Chasing Rockets" as heard
on the soundtrack CD is presented
- 33. A LUTHOR-MADE EARTHQUAKE
a) The rest
of the first part of the "Chasing Rockets" cue (up to the
gas station sequence) is heard; this will segue into the complete version
of "Superfeats" (as heard on the soundtrack CD).--EXV1
& EXV2
b)
Extension of the gas station blowing up, with some alternate shots not
seen in the theatrical print.--EXV1
& EXV2
c)
Extensions of Superman in the San Andreas fault.--all
extended versions
d)
The Hollywood sign begins to fall on a group of Girl Scouts.--all
extended versions
e)
Small houses begin to collapse.--EXV1
& EXV2
- 34. ON THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE --EXV1
& EXV2
a) Extensions
of inside the Amtrak train.
b) Extension of the Golden Gate Bridge
disaster, including a man on a motorcycle being killed.
c) Short extensions of Superman flying.
d) Resolutions of the Girl Scouts and small houses predicaments.
- 35. THE COLLAPSE OF BOULDER DAM
--EXV1 & EXV2
a) Extensions
of Jimmy hanging on for life on Boulder Dam.
b)
Extension of the Power Plant scene, ending with the victims noticing
that Superman has saved them.
c)
After Superman has saved Jimmy, the young photographer takes pictures
of the collapsed dam.
d)
Extensions and alternate shots of the small town citizens running for
their lives after the dam collapse.
e)
Jimmy is seen running through the desert.
f)
More of the "Superfeats" cue as heard on the soundtrack CD.
- 36. LOIS BURIED ALIVE --EXV1 &
EXV2
a) More
of Jimmy running through the desert.
b)
More of the collapsed dam.
c)
Extension of Superman holding back the flood.
d)
The amazement of the small town citizens.
e)
Water flows through the New Mexico reservation of the Indian Chief,
whom Lois had interviewed
earlier.
[ Most of the music cue where Lois is buried alive is absent from the
extended prints ]
- 37. SUPERMAN'S ANGUISH: TURNING BACK TIME
--EXV1 & EXV2
a) After
Superman saves Lois, the young reporter says, "We're sort of alike,
aren't we...our word comes first".
b)
After Superman flies away, Jimmy jokingly calls for a tow truck.
c)
Jimmy takes pictures of Lois, little realizing he has run out of film.
d)
back at Lex' lair, Mr. Luthor performs "You Must Have Been A Beautiful
Baby" while Eve is being fed to the "babies", but then
Superman comes to save her, and in the process resolving the fate of
Eve's mother in Hackensack, New Jersey.
[ DVD deleted scene ]
- 38. EPILOGUE
- 39. END CREDITS
--EXV3
a) At
the end of the EXV3, the subtitle "Next Year: Superman II" has
been replaced by the 2000 restoration credits as the closing bars of "Love
Theme From Superman" are repeated.
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