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Overview

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4.7/10   16,018 votes
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Director:
Richard Lester
Writers:
Jerry Siegel (characters) &
Joe Shuster (characters) ...
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Release Date:
17 June 1983 (USA) more
Tagline:
If the world's most powerful computer can control even Superman...no one on earth is safe. more
Plot:
Synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Superman costume to go under the hammer
 (From BoxWish. 13 May 2009, 4:41 AM, PDT)

Superman's Suit For Sale
 (From WENN. 12 May 2009, 5:10 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
It's not all that bad folks! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Superman III (Canada: French title)
Superman vs. Superman (USA) (original script title)
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Runtime:
125 min
Country:
UK | Canada | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Filming Locations:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the opening sequence, the location used for downtown Metropolis is Calgary, Alberta, Canada. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Gus has the skis on in the scene on the roof, he is wearing leather shoes. When he is smashing through the railing, he has ski boots on. He has ski boots on again on the angled glass ceiling and then regular leather shoes again when he lands on the street. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Unemployment Clerk: Next. Name.
Gus Gorman: Gus Gorman.
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Movie Connections:
References Royal Flash (1975) more
Soundtrack:
On the Streets of Metropolis (Intro to Superman III) more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
It's not all that bad folks!, 11 November 2006
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Author: John Lindsey (Johnlindsey289@hotmail.Com) from Socorro, New Mexico USA.

Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) who is a fun-loving computer genius has been hired by a mad rich computer company tycoon named Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn)to help him with his plans along with Ross's sister Vera (Annie Ross) and girlfriend Loreli (Pamela Stephenson) but Superman (Christopher Reeve)interferes with their plans as they must plot to stop Superman for good. Clark Kent revisits his old boyhood town called Smallville, where he is reunited with an old flame named Lana Lang (Annette O'Toole) at a high school reunion during his visit. Gus comes up with a scheme to make a special kryptonite with tobacco tar to make Superman evil including splitting up with his personality so that way Gus and Webster can make their supercomputer that can control the world's energy, can Superman come back to normal or will the computer take over mankind?

Enjoyable sequel but not as awesome as the first two movies, Richard Lester who did his version of "Superman II" just added some unnecessary comedy relief such as the "Three Stooges"-esquire opening sequence that didn't help or that ludicrous video game footage but there was some good special effects and memorable moments like Clark Kent vs. Superman in the junkyard sequence or the part where Vera becomes a Dot Matrix from Spaceballs-like android, although Ms. Stephenson was pretty cute.

All in all it's that bad folks, just relax, enjoy and suspend your disbelief.

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