four minutes shorter than the 2001 Directors Cut. No actual material  was cut from the 1979 releass, instead scenes with no dialogue and the  opening credits were sped up. Another major difference included the deletion  of the films closing credits. We see The copyright notice from the original  closing credits followed by a Chryon version of the credits from a trailer  for the film, followed by the "Next Year Superman II" (from the original  closing credits) and then a copyright disclaimer.