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It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?

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Richard Donner
Age: 91 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 24
Died: 2021
Died: July 5
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Richard Donald Schwartzberg
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