Amazing images capturing the action from the Hertfordshire location of Superman IV: The Quest For Peace in 1986 –
Note director Sidney J. Furie (top picture, second from right) and Christopher Reeve’s boot preserving loafers for rehearsal. This entire scene (featuring both Reeve children) was present in the UK theatrical and VHS release but absent from the US theatrical and DVD offerings until returning in grainy workprint-style footage on the Superman IV: Deluxe Edition DVD…
Shown above are genuine branded crew-used garments acquired from the Propstore Of London some years ago and easily some of the favourite pieces of my collection.
I often wear the Stunt Team jacket to cons and such and always get good notices. Margot Kidder even asked during a signing if I had worked on the picture (I would have been 15 years old at the time!). The jacket features for a few seconds in a UK children’s TV special during behind the scenes footage of the excised Nuclearman 1 battle…
The playing fields of the Woughton Campus of The Sir Frank Markham Comprehensive School in Milton Keynes, UK doubled for the ‘Metropolis JFK High School’ In location scenes only recently restored for the Superman IV; The Quest For Peace Deluxe Edition on DVD.
From the Top – Japanese Movie mag article, UK Sky magazine coverage and another unique on-set still taken during filming. Suspended from piano wires at least forty feet in the air is Christopher Reeve himself…
Though the original set from Superman: the Movie was still standing in Ontario, Canada, the Kent Farm was recreated in considerable detail in the village of Baldock, Hertfordshire, England for the opening scenes of Superman IV: The Quest For Peace in 1986.
This set was apparently also left standing until the mid-2000’s before apparently being taken down, though that is not confirmed. Despite the above images appearing on other Super-Websites, these original on-set 5×7 prints are from a collection taken by a crew member and passed on to me – more incredible pictures to follow in future posts!!
Procured at Collectors Fairs and The Propstore of London respectively, these unique production used sweatshirts are usually still in possession of those who wore them, making decades old genuine gear valuable both for sentimental and investment reasons.
Custom crew wear in the Superman movies can be seen as early as 1977 where production footage reveals the tradition of homemade-style printed t-shirts and sweaters gradually becoming more corporate and refined as the series progressed…
