Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18021 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-15
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 13
• Running time: 1019 minutes

Synopsis
For the Superman completist, a bumper collection of all five films in the SUPERMAN saga. SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE – SPECIAL EDITION sees the birth of a legend as we are introduced to the titular superhero and his Kryptonian origins. Also included is the expanded edition, which features an additional eight minutes of screen time. This is followed by SUPERMAN II – SPECIAL EDITION in which our boy in blue must do battle with three escaped super criminals bent on destroying the earth. Presented here in both its theatrical and director's cut versions, the latter is expanded by an alternate beginning and ending, as well as 15 minutes of restored footage of Marlon Brando as Jor-El. In the third instalment in the franchise, SUPERMAN III – DELUXE EDITION, Superman learns of his Achilles heel when he is exposed to kryptonite. The penultimate SUPERMAN IV – THE QUEST FOR PEACE sees the Man of Steel take on Nuclear Man, culminating in an explosive showdown of epic proportions. When the Super One returns to Earth in SUPERMAN RETURNS – SPECIAL EDITION, he discovers that the woman he loves, Lois Lane, has moved on with her life, and must figure out how to protect a world that has learned to survive without him. The ULTIMATE COLLECTOR'S EDITION comes housed in a collectible keepsake tin, bursting with extra features.

Customer Reviews

Amazing! Amazingggggggg!!! (Quoting Lex Luthor!)
I've had this huge boxset for a year and still not seen it all. It's a brilliant buy and you won't regret spending your cash on it, as no doubt when it first came out i got it for £60, but now it's definitely affordable and cheaper especially if you buy it here on Amazon.

Well, there are 13 discs containing the 5 main Superman movies, plenty of features, commentaries, deleted scenes, documentaries, other past Superman cartoons, the George Reeves Superman episodes, the list goes on, so you'll never tire of watching this, you may even watch it all over again once you've seen it all as it's really special to relive the Chris Reeve movies again. With the size of the box and number of discs, it sure will provide hours of fabulous entertainment for everyone.

The boxset is exquisitely packaged featuring:
- metal tin box
- all 13 discs with special features providing over 20 hours of extra material
- a whole new 2 hour version of Superman 2 produced in 2006
- newspaper style booklet
- colourful cover sleeve for the boxset

Look out its coming back
I have to hold my hands up and Confess that I don't have a Clue why they are doing this but ' Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition (13 Disc Tin Boxset) ' is being released in the UK on 15/10/2007 and it appears ' identical ' to the Boxset that was released on the 4 Dec 2006

The only ' major difference ' is the price.

The Boxset released on the 4 Dec 2006 had a RRP of £76.99
The Boxset being released on the 15 October 2007 has a RRP of £ 49.99

I have already spotted this at £ 39.99 for Pre-order's

The version coming out Next Month has

1. Superman: The Movie - 4 Disc Special Edition
2. Superman II - 3 Disc Special Edition
3. Superman III - 2 Disc Deluxe Edition
4. Superman IV - 2 Disc Deluxe Edition
5. Superman Returns - 2 Disc Edition

If you are like me and have been holding back placing a order it would appear you are best to hang on another few weeks.

I have hunted all over the Amazon site but I cant spot any mention of this coming out ' at this current time '

Still Super...if you can get the disc out to watch it!
I have to agree with the reviewer from Stoke-on-Trent. I wasn't that thrilled with the packaging either. While I like the metal tin idea, the 14 discs are stored in double-faced holders so actually ejecting the DVDs on the reverse is near impossible when the finger holes are inverted on one side and convex on the other. It made trying to remove half of the discs tricky while trying to avoid scratching.

I also have to admit that one of the main reasons I bought this set was for the Richard Donner version of Superman II. Now I'm really wishing I hadn't tarnished my memories of the original theatrical release. I was so disappointed. BEWARE SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON... I found the cutting and editing sloppy and was stunned by the sheer underuse of the Superman theme music. The performances of all of the main characters seemed to suffer. Donner's "verisimilitude" approach seems to have been at the expense of the emotion and chemistry seen in the theatrical release. His cut and pasting really costs the Lois/Superman romance dear. While the extra footage of Brando was superb, the clip-art treatment of Brando's head and resized figure being shifted from spot to spot at the Fortress of Solitude really annoyed me.

Perhaps I'm being sentimental but the things I really missed:

Susannah York.
Superman's dignity.
Lois's dignity.
The voice treatments - loved those.
The delivery of the classic lines.
Superman's secret revealed scene.
The score in certain scenes.
The Paris scene.
Superman smiling.

Most of all I felt the loss of the Lois/Superman "just say that you love me" resolution scene. However infuriating the 'memory removing kiss' was, the intimacy of that scene was just so captivating and Superman's sacrifice so much more evident. Instead Donner reuses the ol' Superman turning back the time trick again. It was just baulkish. Why would Superman bother fighting villains at all, he could just take a spin around the planet and turn everything back to his liking. It seemed to cheapen the reason Superman first resorted to this 'forbidden' measure - to save Lois.

Despite all my bemoaning, I would still recommend this boxset to all Superman fans, new and old alike. The Superman movies are still masterpieces of cinema, the last instalment especially. Even as a loyal Chris Reeve fan, Superman Returns doesn't disappoint. Brandon Routh does a sterling job and captures Superman, Clark and Reeve's mannerisms beautifully.