Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition (2006)

Description

Superman: The Movie (Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, 1978)
- An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Superman The Movie (1978): 2000 expanded edition

The DVD has the 2000 restoration with the following additions / expansions (all of which were seen in previous expanded television versions):
- Some added dialogue when Jor-El is talking with the council.
- The council calls an "Executioner" to hunt and kill Jor-El to keep the rocket from launching.
- Noel Neill and Kirk Alyn's speaking cameos on the train.
- Little girl sees Clark running faster than train, parents call her Lois Lane.
- In the kitchen Martha Kent takes out a box of Cheerios.
- After rescuing Air Force One Superman returns to Fortress of Solitude and has a conversation with his father.
- In Metropolis when the news of Superman comes out, Clark is a spectator. A stranger (played by an uncredited Richard Donner) comments "that'll be the day when a man can fly"; Clark grins.
- While trying to get Luthor's lair Superman goes through machine guns, flame throwers, ice machines with Luthor taunting on loudspeaker.
- The sequence with the Girl Scouts.

Superman II (- Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, 1980)
- Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to marry Lois, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.

Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut (Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder 2006)
- Reconstructed using archival film and sound elements long thought to be extinct, this special cut of Superman II pieces together unseen footage shot by Richard Donner in order to present the most comprehensive version of what was to be the original cut of the blockbuster sequel

Superman III (Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder 1983)
- Synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.

Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder 1987)
- The Man of Steel crusades for nuclear disarmament and meets Lex Luthor's latest creation, Nuclear Man.

Superman Returns (Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth 2006)
- Superman reappears after a long absence, but is challenged by an old foe who uses Kryptonian technology for world domination.

Documentaries:
- You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
- Look, Up In The Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Also:
George Reeves in Superman and the Mole Men
The Complete Fleischer / Famous Studies 1940's Superman Cartoons
Commentaries, a rare TV pilot, featurettes, archival footage
& much, much more!