Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1983-06-17) |
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| Awards: | 3 wins & 7 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $59,950,623 |
| Screen: | Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, David Newman |
| Productions: | Dovemead Films, Alexander and Ilya Salkind Productions |
| Production Countries: | Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Español, English, Italiano |
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Recommendations
Casts
- 20006: Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent / Superman
- 9309: Richard Pryor - August "Gus" Gorman
- 55278: Jackie Cooper - Perry White
- 1067: Marc McClure - Jimmy Olsen
- 1734: Annette O'Toole - Lana Lang
- 14060: Robert Vaughn - Ross Webster
- 37368: Annie Ross - Vera
Crews
- 10586: Richard Lester - Director - Directing
- 20007: Jerry Siegel - Characters - Writing
- 20008: Joe Shuster - Characters - Writing
- 6728: David Newman - Screenplay - Writing
- 55279: Leslie Newman - Screenplay - Writing
- 20009: Ilya Salkind - Executive Producer - Production
- 57892: Ken Thorne - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
Charles Dance
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**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 hear ....
Continue reading ->John Chard
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Never underestimate the power of computers. After being caught for a money making computer scam, Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor - wonderful) is recruited by unscrupulous multimillionaire Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn). With Gorman's computer expertise, Webster plans to take complete econ ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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_**More than it first appears**_ "Superman III" (1983) gets a lot of flack because of the inclusion of slapstick, a parody tone and Richard Pryor, but it is entertaining once you get used to the tone and the presence of Pryor. Christopher Reeve as Superman is good, of course, b ....
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