Talk:Ilya Salkind

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This article appears to have been written by one of Salkind's lawyers, press agents, or sycophants. There is not one mention of the controversies with some of their films, most notably Superman II and Richard Donner. Although much of this ground is covered in several of the Superman wikipedia entries, there should at least be a reference to the controversy in this article and a link provided.
 * Yeah, this article sucks and is clearly written by individuals associated with the subject. I just removed the second of two brags that the guy married a daughter of Charlie Chaplin. Cjhard (talk) 07:58, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

"Superman Film Series" section.
This section badly needs cleanup for grammar and sentence structure. Certain passages are so obtuse, I can't tell what to remove or what to add, if anything. For example:

Although Puzo did impress Ilya with certain aspects, Ilya felt the script remained intact with being overall campy, as did Guy Hamilton.

--Whaaat?!?

Securing the film rights from DC Comics was an unbearable experience for the producers, whom Spengler had to spend two weeks in meeting with the company specifically on a "Integrity of the character" clause.

--Huh?!? Should that be

" . . . of whom Spengler had to . . . "?

Or should it be two sentences:

" . . . for the producers. Spengler had to spend . . ."?

If you think you know anything about it, please get started, before I start muddling through. Also, the section feels like it might be loosely plagarized.

--63.25.248.161 (talk) 21:44, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

just checked the source on this and it doesn't seem to reference any of these people.
>At this point in time Muhammad Ali, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, James Caan, Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen were being considered for the leading role of Superman.[2]

Found the video on youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDvEf-BAj9E at the 47 minute mark, and the section that discusses the film does not mention any alternative actors, just Reeve. Honestly this is not a good source to begin with and the line above requires a new source.