The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? (2015)

A documentary about the proposed 1998 Superman Lives feature film that would have starred Nicolas Cage.

Director:

Jon Schnepp

Writer:

Jon Schnepp

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Tim Burton, Kevin Smith

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nicolas Cage	...	Self (archive footage)
Tim Burton	...	Self
Kevin Smith	...	Self
Dan Gilroy	...	Self
Jon Peters	...	Self
Colleen Atwood	...	Self
Lorenzo di Bonaventura	...	Self
Robert Meyer Burnett	...	Self
Grant Morrison	...	Self
Jon Schnepp	...	Self
Wesley Strick	...	Self
Rick Heinrichs	...	Self
Steve Johnson	...	Self
Billy Bryan	...	Self (as Bill Bryan)
Michael Anthony Jackson	...	Self

Storyline

A documentary about the proposed 1998 Superman Lives feature film that would have starred Nicolas Cage.

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Plot Keywords:

crowdfunded | reference to nicolas cage | superhero | dc comics | death in title | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jon Schnepp had crowd-source funding to finance the film.

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Goofs

The horror film Scream is incorrectly referred to as having released in 1994. It wasn't released until 1996.

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Quotes

Sylvain Despretz: Highly creative people have a hard time getting their movies made. Full stop. That's all it is. Because they bring stuff that blows everyone away, and as much as the claim is they want something original, they're terrified of it. That's what happens. So, you don't see those movies because they scare everybody up the chain of command.

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Crazy Credits

There is a final scene after the end credits of Jon Schnepp interviewing Tim Burton.

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Connections

References Die Laughing (1980)

User Reviews

Interesting documentary, but poorly crafted.

The Death of Superman Lives is a story about the bizarre and at times grotesque would be super hero movie, Superman Lives, which was commissioned by Warner Brothers in the 1990s.

The movie never got out of preproduction but documentary filmmaker Jon Schnepp has set to find what in the hell actually happened, uncover anecdotes, footage and notes from the people involved. At the end of the day I didn't learn a great deal of new information but it was nice to hear multiple viewpoints and see some of the concept art from the film.

Director Jon Schnepp has a clear vision of what he's after and has the intelligence to see it through, but where the film suffers is execution. Though I'm aware that this is an independent doc made with what had to be a modest budget, the film itself is at times woefully crafted. The audio is often out of sync, the video quality is lacking and sequence editing seems strewn together, haphazardly. Mr. Schnepps prowess for conducting interviews also leaves room for desire at times.

All things being equal, this is not the worst thing I've ever seen, and it was interesting at times at least and approached with integrity and intellect. I'm not sure it was worth $30, but hey, that's just me, I'm sure that there are going to be some people out there who love this movie.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 July 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?

Company Credits

Production Co:

Super Skull Ship

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color