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Jun 17, 1983 · Superman III: Directed by Richard Lester. With Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure. Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
- (73K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Richard Lester
- 1983-06-17
Superman III is a 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman based on the DC Comics character Superman. [4] [5] It is the third installment in the Superman film series and a sequel to Superman II (1980).
- $80.2 million
- Ken Thorne
- $39 million
- Pierre Spengler
"Superman III" is the kind of movie I feared the original "Superman" would be. It's a cinematic comic book, shallow, silly, filled with stunts and action, without much human interest. What's amazing is that the first two Superman movies avoided that description, creating a fantasy with a certain charm. They could have been manipulative special-effects movies, but they were a great deal more ...