As seen in Entertainment Weekly, the 
Superman Cinema website has made available a freely downloadable "Restored International Cut" of Superman II.
Although Richard Donner filmed Superman II I and Superman II simultaneously, he was let go after the premiere of the first film. Fans who demanded a Donner-restored version of Superman II were somewhat appeased in the '80s when Warner Bros. put together an extended international TV version containing the extra Donner footage. The Restored International Cut is the result of patching togerther videotaped clips of that TV braodcast sent in from fans around the globe.
I just went to the website. The Restored International Cut has been removed at the "request" of Warner Bros. The DVD artwork is still downloadable, though.
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Posted by John DeNardo at Saturday April 16, 2005 at 3:45 PM
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He filmed Superman II and Superman II at the same time? Wow! That must have been really difficult!
Posted by jp on Saturday April 16, 2005 at 4:04 PM at 4:04 PM
Yeah, he was only able to do it because Superman flew around the world really fast thus making time flow in reverse.
(Fixed, JA!) 
Posted by John on Saturday April 16, 2005 at 4:34 PM at 4:34 PM
Cinefantastique (way back when) had a great article on how Donner got screwed in the whole process of making the movies.
I really loved the first part of Superman (I), when Clark is young. The scenes between him and Glenn Ford were excellent. The movie was fun, if campy, but those scenes really took the apple pie.
Posted by Fred Kiesche on Sunday April 17, 2005 at 12:26 AM at 12:26 AM