Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Behind the (Deleted) Scenes - The Metro Club...




Shot on location in London's Hippodrome nightclub in 1986, these scenes with Christopher Reeve and Mariel Hemmingway were the prelude to the battle with Nuclearman I. According to the script Clark Kent not only manages to jump a Newlywed couple past the queue but then sweep Lacy Warfield literally off her feet by levitating whilst in a clinch.
Allegedly the only reason for the lack of the footage inclusion in the Superman IV; Deluxe Edition DVD was the lack of music copyright which has since been rectified. UK pop group Re-Flex provided tracks for these scenes which was finally released in its entirety in the Superman; The Music Boxed Set. Hopefully in future a Blu-Ray release will reinstate it and the deleted scenes will be complete...

2 comments:

  1. A great material, this shows that we don´t get all the deleted scenes in the deluxe editions of the superman movies.
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  2. Yes indeed, Seb -

    I remember reading the long list of footage to be rated by the BBFC with tears in my eyes as I just couldn't believe we were getting them - I had been convinced they were destroyed so never would. These, plus the revelation of the Donner Cut damn near blew my mind. It mattered no the quality of either was neglegable - it was just amazing to see in motion what we had only ever previously seen in stills...
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