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4.7/10   16,824 votes
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Writers:
David Newman (screenplay) and
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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
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4 nominations more
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(19 articles)
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Also Known As:
Superman III (Canada: French title)
Superman vs. Superman (USA) (original script title)
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125 min
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2.20 : 1 more
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Dolby (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
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The program Gus creates in the beginning that supposedly impossible is just a series of PRINT statements when Gus lists it. more
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Revealing mistakes: In the Junk yard fight scene, Superman kicks Clark Kent, who's on his knees, in the face. Clark falls to the ground unconscious. Then in the next frame, shot from a distance, Superman picks Clark up in his arms and the stuntman/actor playing Clark noticeably grabs on to Superman's back to help himself up. At the same time, 'Superman' is visibly struggling to pick 'Clark' up. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Unemployment Clerk: Next. Name?
Gus Gorman: Gus Gorman.
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References Blade Runner (1982) more
Soundtrack:
On the Streets of Metropolis (Intro to Superman III) more

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14 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
Like Office Space With a Super Hero, 17 September 2006
6/10
Author: Gavin Schmitt (gavin6942@yahoo.com) from Kaukauna, Wisconsin

After making two fairly decent Superman movies, things took a slightly different turn with Superman III. Gene Hackman was nowhere to be found, Lois Lane has such a small part that she's essentially not even in the continuity anymore (Clark apparently forgets all about his love of Lois when he re-meets Lana Lang). And things became really funny, or were at least supposed to be. If you consider "campy" to be funny.

Superman faces off against himself, after being exposed to a new form of kryptonite that has tobacco tar mixed in. Can the world trust a Superman who destroys oil tankers and sleeps with random women on top of the Statue of Liberty? The best part of the "Evil Superman" sequence is when we see Superman drunk, if for no other reason than the thought of Superman getting drunk (or even having the ability to become intoxicated) is a most unusual thought. Good thing Superman doesn't drive a car.

I really enjoyed the entrance of Lana Lang into the film. Lana, in my opinion, was always the more appropriate match for Superman and there is no exception in this movie. She shares a history with him, is more caring than Lois and less dominant. I'm curious where the Lois/Lana thing will go in Part 4, if it goes anywhere. (I am not suggesting dominant women are bad, by the way. But the fact of the matter is anyone dating Superman is going to have to be comfortable with being second fiddle.) What sold me on this movie (and almost scored it a 7 instead of a 6) is the tie-in with "Office Space". In Office Space, Superman III is referenced for a computer program that takes fractions of a cent and puts them in a bank account. The scene in this film was great, and really made me appreciate the way Mike Judge used it many years later.

With nicotine and tar being the secret ingredients in the new kryptonite, was there some message being sent? Richard Pryor was great. He was funny and made the entire film more of a comedy with kitsch than the serious films we had seen before. Many people really didn't like the campiness, I guess, but I thought it was enjoyable for the most part (though they did go over the top just a bit). In my mind, Superman was the light story and Batman the dark story, so I'd rather see a silly Superman than a silly Batman.

The new villain to replace Lex Luthor was okay, but why bother making a new villain if he's going to be the exact same character? I would hope after fifty years of comic books, there would have been at least one other super villain they could have chosen (although the new "Superman Returns" focuses on Luthor again, so I guess creativity is minimal in the Superman world).

If you've seen parts one and two, you may as well see this. But do keep in mind that the world of Superman turns a little "bizarro" for the next two hours of film time...

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