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…
With her husky voice and sassy attitude, it was a pleasure to finally see how Canadian Margot beat the competition to win the part of Lois Lane as seen in the screen tests of Superman: The Movie Special Edition on DVD.
From the top, Lundi Magazine poster, Lundi Pinup, Japanese pinup and UK Clipping.
You’ve got me – who’s got you..?
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…
