Superman III

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(at around 30 mins) Gus drives a red Ferrari 308 into the parking lot after his first big paycheck, [...]	D
The song "Earth Angel" by The Penguins is played during the Smallville High School reunion dance att [...]	D
Pamela Stephenson modelled Lorelei Ambrosia after Marilyn Monroe.	D
The firefighters in the chemical plant were all real firefighters, except for the black firefighter, [...]	D
Christopher Reeve later called this film "mostly a misconception."	D
(at around 1 hour 11 min) The footage for the Olympics is taken from the opening ceremony for the 19 [...]	D
In his autobiography, Richard Pryor admitted that he thought the screenplay was terrible. The only r [...]	D
Annette O'Toole (Lana Lang) later played Martha Kent in Smallville (2001). Both Margot Kidder and Ch [...]	D
Although Lana is hired by "The Daily Planet" at the end of the film, she does not return in Superman [...]	D
Annette O'Toole and Margot Kidder meet for the first time in this movie. The two actresses were reun [...]	D
(at around 26 mins) The signature in the bottom right-hand corner of Gus' embezzlement check reads " [...]	D
Gordon Rollings, who plays The Man With Cap during the opening slapstick credits, also appeared brie [...]	D
In an interview with NBC 5 reporter Bobbie Wygant in 1983 promoting "Superman III", Robert Vaughn sa [...]	D
(at around 59 mins) According to the Vulcan weather satellite, the chemical composition of Kryptonit [...]	D
The tanker that leaks oil into the Atlantic is the British Reliance, owned by BP Amoco Shipping. It [...]	D
The 12th biggest grossing film in North America in 1983.	D
The year the film is set in is very inconsistent. The year on Gus Gorman's cheques/certificates read [...]	D
Trailer narrated by Don LaFontaine.	D
The main love interest in the film is Lana Lang. Lana is typically associated with Clark's early yea [...]	D
This was made when Richard Pryor was heavily into his cycle of cocaine addiction.	D
Was featured on the comedy podcast How Did This Get Made	D
The scene of Gus Gorman re-enacting Superman's heroics is said to be based on a routine Richard Pryo [...]	D
Robert Beatty (Tanker Commander) would later play the U.S. President in Superman IV (1987).	D
Pamela Stephenson signed on to the film after the cancellation of her popular sketch comedy show Not [...]	D
Interiors were mostly shot at Pinewood Studios outside London while the majority of exterior scenes [...]	D
The super-computer and the evil Superman in this movie are variations on two Superman villains: Brai [...]	D
Superman/Clark Kent's hair in this movie is obviously brown and not black as seen in the first two f [...]	D
The scenes in which Superman straightens the leaning tower of Pisa and then leans it back in the end [...]	D
The movie ends with Lana getting a job at the Daily Planet, hinting that she may have a future caree [...]	D
Paul Weston: (at around 5 mins) accidentally breaks off the door handle in an attempt to rescue the [...]	D
One of the main disappointments for Richard Pryor with the finished film was that it was too comedic [...]	D
(at around 49 mins) This movie features one of the first appearances of an ATM in a movie.	D
Richard Pryor was a Superman fan since childhood.	D
When the film was broadcast on ITV in the UK in the late 1980s, a deleted scene of a brain surgeon, [...]	D
In the final scene, a photograph of the U.S. President, who was played by E.G. Marshall in Superman [...]	D
Christopher Reeve (Superman), Margot Kidder (Lois Lane), Jackie Cooper (Perry White), and Marc McClu [...]	D
The Superman films were so expensive, producers Ilya Salkind and Alexander Salkind were in talks wit [...]	D
Following the use of Lex Luthor in the previous two films, some consideration was given to using Bra [...]	D
Richard Donner originally planned for Tom Mankiewicz to direct the film, as he had written outlines [...]	D
Downtown scenes were filmed in Calgary, Alberta. Smallville scenes were filmed in High River. Calgar [...]	D
Christopher Reeve was not happy with the film, and often expressed in interviews that he hated how i [...]	D
Although it recouped its $39 million budget, the box office was significantly down on the previous t [...]	D
Robert Vaughn once stated in an interview that after the film was released, he decided to no longer [...]	D
(at around 1h 55 mins) Towards the end of the film Superman crushes a piece of coal to turn it into [...]	D
A routine of Richard Pryor's, often included in "best of" CDs, is a skit called "SuperNigger" about [...]	D
Christopher Reeve wore wigs throughout this movie and Superman IV (1987).	D
This movie was originally going to involve Supergirl's origin story, and a battle between her, Super [...]	D
The character of Mister Mxyzptlk was going to be in the film, with Dudley Moore in the role. Brainia [...]	D
Geoffrey Steele's final film.	D
Richard Pryor was paid $4 million, then the biggest ever salary for a black actor. Eddie Murphy beat [...]	D
Gus steals half a cent from every employee. If he collects around $85,000 every time, the company mu [...]	D
(at around 1h 30 mins) A poster for Blade Runner (1982) can be seen in the background of the junkyar [...]	D
Christopher Reeve asked his father not to watch this film or Superman IV (1987).	D
According to Ilya Salkind, an earlier version of the script included the comic book villains Brainia [...]	D
This is the only Christopher Reeve "Superman" film not to feature Lex Luthor. It is also one of thre [...]	D
The film was released in the year of Superman's 45th anniversary.	D
Margot Kidder spent a total of five days working on the film.	D
(at around 39 mins) During the picnic scene, Clark is wearing his red Smallville sweater over his ba [...]	D
Pamela Mandell, who played Mrs. Stokis, was also the diner waitress in Superman II (1980).	D
Filmed between April 1982 to September 1982.	D
The synthetic kryptonite Gus Gorman gives to Superman induces the same unpredictable effects as red [...]	D
Sandra Dickinson (Wife) would later play the Pretty Young Lady in Supergirl - La ragazza d'acciaio ( [...]	D
Peter Whitman, who played a larger role in Superman II (1980), that of a Sheriff's Deputy, has a min [...]	D
Superman III was produced during the Bronze Age era of comics. It was very common in comics of that [...]	D
Although the teenage Clark Kent was played by Jeff East in Superman (1978), a teenage image of Chris [...]	D
Frank Oz played a brain surgeon in a deleted scene from the montage of the supercomputer causing a n [...]	D
When it was first revealed to producers that Lana Lang would be a single mother, a comic book was qu [...]	D
Aaron Smolinski: (at around 6 mins) Aaron Smolinski who played baby Clark Kent in Superman (1978) ap [...]	D
Christopher Reeve and Annette O'Toole are both younger than their characters. As it's dated 1965 on [...]	D
(at around 22 mins) The Beatles cover of "Roll Over Beethoven" plays during the Smallville High Scho [...]	D
(at around 1h 23 mins) In the kitchen scene of Lana Lang's house when she decides to leave Smallvill [...]	D
As a drunk Superman smashes bottles with peanuts, a branded bottle of vodka called Lewis & Clark can [...]	D
Filmed in Calgary, Alberta, home of Canada's first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise. It includes mul [...]	D
Although Richard Pryor's Gus Gorman was widely promoted as the film's villain, he actually wasn't re [...]	D
In this film, the villain Ross Webster is portrayed as a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist pu [...]	D
There are five attributes that make this film unique amongst the Christopher Reeve Superman movies: [...]	D
Following the release of this film, Richard Pryor signed a $40 million contract with Columbia Pictur [...]	D
Annette O'Toole has admitted to being a big fan of comic books as a child and was thrilled to be cas [...]	D
This is the final Superman film in which producers Ilya Salkind, Alexander Salkind and Pierre Spengl [...]	D
The scene with the tornado destroying a red building in South America is a scene from the film, Urag [...]	D
The musical tones from the video game Ross Webster is playing are from the Atari 2600 version of Puc [...]	D
According to the writers, the original choice to play Ross Webster was Alan Alda. They wanted an act [...]	D
Jennifer Jason Leigh was originally set to star as Lana Lang. She turned down the role because she w [...]	D
(at around 1h 55 mins) Superman creates a diamond by squeezing a lump of coal in his hands, a refere [...]	D
The tar-laced kryptonite that Superman is exposed to has the effects of both red and black kryptonit [...]	D
The ski slope outside Ross Webster's penthouse took three months to build at Pinewood Studios, and 1 [...]	D
According to the producers' commentary on the Deluxe Edition DVD, this film was not a flop. Critics [...]	D
August "Gus" Gorman steals money from his company by collecting fractions of a cent from other accou [...]	D
The writers of the film Impiegati... male! (1999) utilized the storyline of taking a fraction of a p [...]	D
(at around 1h 1 min) In both this film and Lucy ed io: Lucy and Superman (1957), Superman is asked b [...]	D
The video game that Ross Webster plays was created for the film for the Atari Corporation. Atari had [...]	D
The announcement of the film was made at the 33rd Cannes Film Festival months before the release of [...]	D
Writers David Newman and Leslie Newman wrote the part of Lana Lang with Annette O'Toole after seeing [...]	D
Giorgio Moroder was hired to provide some songs for the film but they were barely used.	D
This is the first time Christopher Reeve had top billing in a Superman movie. In Superman (1978) he [...]	D
Christopher Reeve threatened not to return for this film, to protest Richard Donner's firing and bec [...]	D
The junkyard fight scene between Clark Kent and Evil Superman was done by filming Christopher Reeve [...]	D
Richard Pryor was said to have been cast because of comments he made during an appearance on The Ton [...]	D
Enid Saunders's character Minnie Bannister (in one of the Smallville sequences) is a very obscure in [...]	D
The original title was "Superman vs. Superman". The producers of Kramer contro Kramer (1979) threate [...]	D
Richard Pryor hated filming the flying scenes as he had a fear of heights.	D
(at around 1h 25 mins) When Superman is drunk at the bar and flies off, the Calgary Tower can be see [...]	D
The video game Ross Webster plays was created for the film. It originally looked so life-like that t [...]	D
Richard Lester wasn't overly enamored about returning to the franchise as he wasn't a fan of superhe [...]	D
Robert Vaughn, who plays Superman's nemesis, Ross Webster, in this film, became a television superst [...]	D
Earlier treatments of the Superman III script featured Brainiac as a primary villain. The supercompu [...]	D
This is the only one of the four Christopher Reeve "Superman" films in which Gene Hackman, Susannah [...]	D
After Margot Kidder expressed her disgust about the firing of Richard Donner to producers Alexander [...]	D

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