Join as Eviliv3 reviews @WarnerBros’ Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. It was directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal from a story by Christopher Reeve, Konner, and Rosenthal based on the DC Comics character Superman. You can learn more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_IV:_The_Quest_for_Peace
Show Notes
Intro
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Discussion
- directed by Sidney J. Furie
- written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal
- Log Line:
- With the world on the brink of a nuclear war, Superman takes it upon himself to destroy all nuclear weapons. However, Lex Luthor creates Nuclear Man, a force strong enough to take down Superman.
- Release dates July 23, 1987
- Budget $17 million
- Box office $30.2 million
- Cinematography Ernest Day
- Music by John Williams & Alexander Courage
- Cast:
- Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent / Superman[8]
- Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor
- Hackman also provides the voice of Nuclear Man[9]
- Mark Pillow as Nuclear Man[9][10]
- Jackie Cooper as Perry White
- Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen
- Jon Cryer as Lenny Luthor
- Sam Wanamaker as David Warfield
- Mariel Hemingway as Lacy Warfield
- Margot Kidder as Lois Lane[11]
- Damian McLawhorn as Jeremy
- William Hootkins as Harry Howler
- Jim Broadbent as Jean Pierre Dubois
- Stanley Lebor as General Romoff
- Don Fellows as Levon Hornsby[12]
- Robert Beatty as U.S. President
- Susannah York as the voice of Lara
- Ratings
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094074/, 3.7/10
- https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/superman_iv_the_quest_for_peace 10% rotten, 16% audience
- Notes:
- Wes Craven was originally hired by Cannon Films to direct the film, but he and Reeve did not get along well and Reeve demanded that a new director be brought in
- Reeve recommended Ron Howard, Sidney J. Furie was hired.
- Ron Howard was unavailable due to pre-production of Willow (1988).
- there are approximately 45 minutes of the film that haven’t been seen by the general public.
- The Nuclear Man that appears in the film is actually the second Nuclear Man that Luthor created.
- The first Nuclear Man was somewhat more inhuman-looking than his successor, and resembled, in both looks and personality, the comic book character Bizarro. Luthor postulates that this Nuclear Man wasn’t strong enough, and hatches the plan to create the second Nuclear Man within the Sun as a result.
- The novelization was released in 1987, along with the premiere of the film.
- scenes based on deleted footage are included.
Outro
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