“The legend begins…”

Warner Archives presents a brand new remaster blu-ray of Supergirl (1984) with Helen Slater in the title role. This 2-disc set also includes the extended cut of the film in standard definition on a separate DVD.

Ilya and Alexander Salkind continue to bring the lore and legend behind the World’s Greatest Super Hero to the big screen in this follow up to the beloved Christopher Reeve series of Superman films, starring Helen Slater (in her screen debut) as the sensational Supergirl (1984)!

While Superman grew up believing himself “The Last Son of Krypton” another part of his home planet survived, Argo City, home of his uncle Zor-El (Simon Ward) and his wife Alura (Mia Farrow). Saved by the wizardry of Zaltar (Peter O’Toole) and the Omegahedron, Kara comes of age as a Kryptonian when a disaster whisks the Omegahedron to her cousin’s planet, Earth. Dispatched to rescue it from the clutches of the evil sorceress Selena (Faye Dunaway), Kara must tackle a steep learning curve so that she can pass the test as both mild-mannered school girl Linda Lee and the Maid of Might, Supergirl!

Shipping starts on July 24, 2018

SPECS

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Starring: Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O’Toole

Country: USA

Production Year: 1984

Discs: 1 Blu-ray Disc + 1 DVD

Region: All Regions

Run Time: 125 minutes

Formats: Color; 2.39:1

Audio: English

Subtitles: English

Studio: Warner Archives

SPECIAL FEATURES

BRAND NEW REMASTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL CUT OF THE FILM

Extended Cut of the film in standard definition only, placed on a separate DVD

The Making of Supergirl – vintage documentary

Audio Commentary by Director Jeannot Szwarc and Special Project Consultant Michael Bosco

Original Theatrical Trailer

Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

Notice: The picture quality of this trailer does not reflect the picture quality of the blu-ray or DVD in this package.

Supergirl Fun Facts

1. Christopher Reeve bowed out just before filming began. He was slated to make a cameo as Superman, but was unavailable; the film still features a picture of Reeve in costume in a brief cameo.

2. The film’s opening credits cost almost $1 million dollars to shoot.

3. A film container, simply stating the words ‘do not use’ was discovered at Pinewood Studios in London. The negative inside the container was the full 138 minute Director’s cut of the movie. Anchor Bay subsequently released this version on special edition DVD, limited to 50,000 copies.

4. The scene where Supergirl flies out of the lake was actually a photograph of Helen Slater pasted on a wooden cut-out.

5. Helen Slater’s film debut. Many years later, Slater appeared in three episodes of Smallville (2001), playing Lara, the Kryptonian mother of Kal-El/Clark Kent.

6. Helen Slater had to train three hours a day for three months to do the outdoor flying sequences, where she was suspended by wires from a 200-foot tower crane.

7. The film was intended to be the first in a series. Its lack of box office success ended those plans.

8. The movie was completed by Warner Brothers. After Superman III (1983), Warner Brothers decided not to release it. Tri-Star Pictures picked it up, and cut it from 126 minutes to 105 minutes. Warner Brothers eventually regained full rights to the film and finally released it on DVD in 2006 in its international cut.

9. Demi Moore was slated to play Lucy Lane, but opted out at the last moment.

10. With a total domestic gross of $14 million, this movie made the least money of all the films in the Superman series, just behind Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) which made $15 million. The budget for Supergirl (1984) was $35 million.

11. Brooke Shields was the first choice for the role of Supergirl.