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…
As seen in The Making Of Superman II, This elaborate, handmade and intricately detailed model set was commissioned by Producer Ilya Salkind to accommodate the visual effects shots deemed too impractical to shoot full-scale of the devastation caused by the Super-Villians throughout the climactic Metropolis battle.
From the top; Derek Meddings surveys the set while showering it with oil to simulate rainfall, Genuine set-used street sign props, One Way lamp-Post sign (measuring approx. 3 x 8 1/2cm) Bus Stop sign (measuring approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2cm), and a group shot of the talented British Model Unit with their creation.
This sequence, (eventually filmed by Richard Lester) ranks amongst some of the finest miniature work from the Superman series and indeed, of the era being practically undetectable to this day…
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!!
