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Superman III is a 1983 movie that was the third of four movies based upon the long-running DC Comics superhero produced in the late 1970s-early 1980s.

The cast includes: Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent; Richard Pryor as Gus Gorman; Jackie Cooper as Perry White; Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen; Annette O'Toole as Lana Lang; Annie Ross as Vera Webster; Pamela Stephenson as Lorelei Ambrosia; Robert Vaughn as Ross Webster; Margot Kidder as Lois Lane.

The film was the last Reeve/Superman film produced by Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind. It was followed by Supergirl in 1984 and the non-Salkind sequel Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
in 1987.

Taglines:

The world's super hero in his toughest adventure yet!
Superman vs. the king of computerized crime!

In this third installment, Superman is turned evil by a mastermind's (Vaughn) flunky, a computer genius named Gus Gorman (Pryor). Gorman somehow finds Superman's weakness, Kryptonite, and attempts to synthesize it. Instead, the synthetic Kryptonite behaves like "Red Kryptonite" from the comics (despite being green): turning Superman evil and eventually splitting him into two people...

Critical reaction

The total domestic box office gross for Superman III was $59,950,623. It was considered a major financial disappointment since the first two movies each grossed over $100 million. A frequent criticism of Superman III is the inclusion of comedian Richard Pryor, who wound up getting the second biggest role in the movie behind Christopher Reeve. Many suspected that Pryor (who was riding off of the heels of smash hits like Stir Crazy and The Toy
) helped himself into getting into Superman III after appearing on The Tonight Show and telling Johnny Carson about how much he enjoyed watching Superman II
. Audiences also saw Robert Vaughn's villainous Ross Webster as an uninspired fill-in for Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor, who sat out Superman III due to his problems with the Salkinds. Hackman along with Margot Kidder (Lois Lane) were upset with the way the Salkinds treated Superman: The Movie
director Richard Donner, and Hackman retaliated by refusing to reprise the role of Lex Luthor entirely (though he would later be persuaded to come back for Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
in 1987). The Salkinds retaliated against Kidder by severely reducing her role in Superman III.

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