Sparking Curiosity

When watching an old movie on TV, it sparks curiosity in me to learn more about the film. Tonight, I wandered over to Wikipedia to get my fill on Superman II. Did you know the film was originally shot in 1977 with Richard Donner as Director (alongside the original)? Then two years later, Richard Lester reshot scenes - making it his movie? As a result, you can see variances such as a slimmer Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder's appearance being drastically different (in the ending sequence inside the Fortress of Solitude for example).

Even with all the drama, the film opened to the highest grossing weekend ever and became the third highest grossing film of 1981 (when I was just 10 years old).

Fast Fact: Anti-smoking campaigners opposed the film as Marlboro paid $43,000 to be featured 22 times.