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| 3 | ->''"VERISIMILITUDE (the appearance or semblance of truth)"'' |
| 4 | -->-- '''Richard Donner's watchword while making the first ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' movie'''. |
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| 6 | Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg, April 24, 1930 - July 5, 2021) was an acclaimed, decades-spanning director of films and television, such as ''Film/TheOmen1976'', ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'', ''Film/SupermanII: The Richard Donner Cut'', ''Film/TheGoonies'', all four ''Film/LethalWeapon'' movies, ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'', ''Film/{{Maverick}}'', ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' and ''Film/SixteenBlocks''. His television work included directing episodes of such notable series as ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', ''Series/GetSmart'', ''Series/GilligansIsland'', and ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'', among many others. |
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| 8 | Essentially credited with creating the modern {{Superhero}} film with the acclaimed ''Superman: The Movie'' in 1978, which used an ensemble cast of extremely highly regarded actors (including Creator/MarlonBrando and a dynamite newcomer named Creator/ChristopherReeve), a heartfelt and deeply emotional story, state-of-the-art special effects, and Donner's motto of "verisimilitude" to turn the godlike comic-book hero into an extremely real and respectable character. Frequently worked with Creator/MelGibson. Had co-written Superman comics, particularly "Last Son," which made his versions of [[CanonImmigrant General Zod, Ursa and Non]] part of Franchise/TheDCU at last. Was married to producer Lauren Shuler-Donner (''Film/XMenFilmSeries''). Known for his "NO FUR" lapel pin. |
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| 10 | He died of natural causes at the age of 91 on July 5, 2021. |
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| 12 | !!Films directed by Richard Donner |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | * ''Film/{{The Omen|1976}}'' (1976) |
| 15 | * ''Film/SupermanFilmSeries'': |
| 16 | ** ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' (1978) |
| 17 | ** ''Film/SupermanII'' (1980) [[note]]He completed about 75% of the shooting before being fired by the Salkinds, and Richard Lester replaced him for the theatrical version. A ''Richard Donner Cut'' of the film was put together and released in 2006. It contains as much as could be saved from his original shooting of the film to render it as close to his original vision as possible, with help of some test footage.[[/note]] |
| 18 | * ''Inside Moves'' (1980) |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheToy'' (1982) |
| 20 | * ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'' (1985) |
| 21 | * ''Film/TheGoonies'' (1985) |
| 22 | * ''Film/LethalWeapon'' film series |
| 23 | ** ''Film/{{Lethal Weapon|1987}}'' (1987) |
| 24 | ** ''Film/LethalWeapon2'' (1989) |
| 25 | ** ''Film/LethalWeapon3'' (1992) |
| 26 | ** ''Film/LethalWeapon4'' (1998) |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'' (1988) |
| 28 | * ''Film/RadioFlyer'' (1992) |
| 29 | * ''Film/{{Maverick}}'' (1994) |
| 30 | * ''Film/{{Assassins}}'' (1995) |
| 31 | * ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' (1997) |
| 32 | * ''Film/{{Timeline}}'' (2003) |
| 33 | * ''Film/SixteenBlocks'' (2006) |
| 34 | [[/index]] |
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