Character mistake: When Richard Pryor is on the computer attempting to formulate Kryptonite to kill Superman, a screen shot of the computer shows the word "recieved." The I and E should be the other way around. (00:59:25)
Superman III (1983)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Richard Lester
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper
Superman (Christopher Reeve) defeats Gus' (Richard Pryor) super computer by using an acid that can penetrate just about anything when exposed to high temperatures (seen earlier in the movie when Superman saves some people at a chemical plant in Smallville). Clark gives Lana (Annette O'Toole) a diamond ring. Lois (Margot Kidder) returns from her vacation in Bermuda. Superman adjusts the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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More mistakes in Superman III
Ross Webster: What will it do?
Gus Gorman: Anything I tell it.
Ross Webster: What will it do for me?
Gus Gorman: For you, it will do anything you tell me to tell it to do for you.
Trivia: Annette O'Toole, who played Lana Lang in Superman III, plays Clark Kent's mom on Smallville.
Question: When Gus is eating at a diner, he overhears a man telling another man that somebody is making money off the oil shortage. How?
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Answer: For one, when a commodity like oil is in short supply and the demand is high, the price rises significantly.
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