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  1. Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American filmmaker. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters," [1] [2] Donner directed some of the most financially-successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. [3] His 50-year career crossed genres and influenced trends ...

  2. Mar 16, 2021 · By the time production on Superman II was set to resume, producer Richard Lester had seen through his directorial commitments on adventure film Cuba (1979), and so in March 1979, he stepped out ...

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    English. Budget. $54 million [6] Box office. $190.4 million [6] Superman II is a 1980 superhero film directed by Richard Lester and written by Mario Puzo and David and Leslie Newman from a story by Puzo based on the DC Comics character Superman. [7] [8] [9] It is the second installment in the Superman film series and a sequel to Superman (1978).

  4. Lester completed the remainder of the film for its theatrical release, but also re-wrote and re-shot a substantial portion of Donner's footage in order to receive full director's credit. While the sequel was a critical and financial success upon release, interest in Donner's cut of Superman II became well known after a community of online fans began petitioning for Warner Bros. Pictures to ...

  5. Apr 1, 2016 · Now he told Donner that he was months away from shooting Superman but had lost his original director, Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger). He wanted to offer Donner the job, along with a massive $1 million fee.

  6. May 7, 2024 · They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Richard Donner (born April 24, 1930, New York City, New York, U.S.—died July 5, 2021) was an American film director who emerged in the 1980s as one of Hollywood ’s most reliable makers of action blockbusters, most notably the Lethal Weapon films.

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  8. Jul 6, 2021 · Donner made three trifling feature films along the way (“X-15,” “Lola,” “Salt and Pepper”), but by the time he landed the plum assignment of directing “The Omen,” at the age of 45 ...