# Marlon Brando in the SUPERMAN RETURNS: has this been done before? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-in-the-superman-returns-has-this-been-done-before/335667 "2005-12-14T23:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-in-the-superman-returns-has-this-been-done-before/335667/21 "2005-12-15T19:18:43Z")
That’d prolly explain why it was mentioned up in post #13. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-in-the-superman-returns-has-this-been-done-before/335667/22 "2005-12-15T19:20:16Z")
:smack: This is becoming a trend… ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-in-the-superman-returns-has-this-been-done-before/335667/23 "2005-12-15T19:22:32Z")
In _Austin Powers in Goldmemeber_ Michael Caine plays Nigel Powers and there is a scene from the movie _Hurry Sundown_ used in a flashback scene. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-in-the-superman-returns-has-this-been-done-before/335667/24 "2005-12-15T19:28:47Z")
Preston Sturges’s **The Sin of Harold Diddlebock** (aka Mad Wednesday) starts out with footage of Harold Lloyd in **The Freshman** winning the big game, before cutting to the main film, showing Lloyd’s life twenty years later. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-in-the-superman-returns-has-this-been-done-before/335667/25 "2005-12-15T21:52:06Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > :smack: > > This is becoming a trend… Which makes your screen name all the more ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-in-the-superman-returns-has-this-been-done-before/335667/26 "2005-12-15T22:57:39Z")
IIRC- Smokey and the Bandit 3 uses footage of Burt Reynolds from Smokey and the Bandit 3. The opening of S&TB 2 has the Bandit needed for another run but is a hopeless drunk and out of shape. Jerry Reed’s character has to whip him into shape. The opening of part 3 is the same except Reed isn’t able to whip the Bandit into shape so he has to assume the mantle. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-in-the-superman-returns-has-this-been-done-before/335667/27 "2005-12-16T00:48:47Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I would just like to say that “Totenkopf” is a great name for a disembodied Nazi head portrayed by a dead actor. I’d just assumed he was a Jerry Garcia fan. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-in-the-superman-returns-has-this-been-done-before/335667/28 "2005-12-16T01:28:26Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Really, what you need is the director’s _wife’s_ chiropractor. Ah! Just remembered what you guys are talking about! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-in-the-superman-returns-has-this-been-done-before/335667.md?page=1)