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Superman III

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5.5/10 • 1.7K

1983-06-172h 5m

ComedyScience FictionActionAdventure

If the world's most powerful computer can control even Superman...no one on earth is safe.

Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.

Directors
Richard Lester
Characters
Jerry Siegel
Editors
John Victor-Smith

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Christopher Reeve

    Christopher Reeve

    Clark Kent / Superman

  2. Richard Pryor

    Richard Pryor

    August 'Gus' Gorman

  3. Jackie Cooper

    Jackie Cooper

    Perry White

  4. Marc McClure

    Marc McClure

    Jimmy Olsen

  5. Annette O'Toole

    Annette O'Toole

    Lana Lang

  6. Annie Ross

    Annie Ross

    Vera

  7. Pamela Stephenson

    Pamela Stephenson

    Lorelei

  8. Robert Vaughn

    Robert Vaughn

    Ross Webster

  9. Margot Kidder

    Margot Kidder

    Lois Lane

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Charles Dance

Feb 18, 2017

9/10

Great sequel! A funny, exciting Superman movie that includes the greatest scene in the franchise - the junkyard fight between Evil Supes and his nerdy counterpart, Clark Kent. Richard Pryor is hilarious as the hapless Gus Gorman - the computer programming genius with a heart. Robert Vaughn makes for a great villain and the special effects are top notch. So much more entertaining than the tedious bile that would come in later years - Superman Returns and the Henry Cavill rubbish. I remember sitting in the packed theater in 1983 and the whole audience thoroughly enjoying this - laughing and cheering in all the right places. And for those who claim the film is too silly - do they not remember Ned Beatty as the cretin Otis in Superman and Superman II - surely the stupidest character to grace the series.
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$39,000,000.00
Revenue
$80,200,000.00
Keywords
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