Adaptation Quote by Richard Donner

“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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Soon it's all going to be digital anyway. It's all going to be saved on a little coin somewhere.

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I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.

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Working with Christopher, he convinced me he could fly, and he's convinced me he's going to walk again.

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I've always wanted to do a Crichton book. I really love his writing.

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With The Omen, I really felt I wasn't in control. It was panic.

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I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company.

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Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.

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It was the beginning of film for television. So we had all of these great opportunities. Northwestern was probably the only major film school…

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How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?

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I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new…

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