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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 8 Jul 1983, p. 40

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CMton Webb, Joanne Dru, Zero Mostel. 1951 2:30 AM 0 Meditations 0 Tom Cottle Up Close 0 ISPN SjMftsCwitw 0 MocNoH Lohror Report © 0 Q® Untamed World 0 Radio 1990 i 0 Happy Days #galn 0 Nature of Things CD (39) intortainmont Tonight 0 MOVIE: *Bhw Fin' A young boy struggles to bring a battered ship and its crew safely home. Hardy Kruger, Greg Rowe. Rated PG. 0 (29 Prog confd 0 Ward and San 0 (28 Zeio Levitt Live 0 You Can't Do That on TV 4 ! Three's Company « §£) Green Acres €D Vagal 6:30 PM O 0 (3$ © Family Fewd 0 (231 WKRP in Cincinnati 8UPERMAN III, from Warner Bros. Directed by Richard Lester, screenplay by David and Leslie Newman. Starring Christopher Reeve. Richard Pry or, Annette O'Toole. Rated 'PG.' * * By J.T. YURKO Putting comedian Richard Pryor in a "Superman" movie seemed like it would be a great idea. As the arch-villain Lex Luthor in the previous "Super­ man" movies, Gene Hackman played his role with a tongue- in-cheek attitude that ranged from high camp to outright comedy. With Pryor's talents and the usual array of special effects. "Superman III" had the powers to be far beyond that of a normal summer But it was not to be. This Man-^pf Steel movie is little more than a lightweight con­ tender against other summer blockbusters such as "Return of the Jedi" and "WarGames." The script is weak, the effects are tame and Pryor's ample talent^ are largely untapped. "Superman" is a comic book adventure, but the first two movies carefully sides­ tepped being childish in their approaches. Not so in this film, as even the pre-credit sequence demonstrates. It's pure slapstick, simple-minded mayhem that actually ends with a pie in the face David and Leslie Newman return as screenwriters in this episode, but missing from the writing credits is Mario Puzo. Perhaps the heavy hand of the man who wrote "The Godfa­ ther" is needed. The story nev­ er seems to get off the ground. As in "WarGames," com­ puters are this movie's villain. But the script calls for Pryor to be a computer genius who matches wits with the Man of Steel. Pryor is too lovable to be a villain, and Robert Vaughn and Annie Ross are too campy to be a threat to anyone over the age of 7. Together they do manage to build' a master mega-comput­ er, and thus give some work to the special effect? people, but it comes too late in the film to pose la genuine threat to a happy ending. Along the way. Superman (as Clark Kent) goes back to bis home town of Smallville and gets smitten by the former high-school prom queen. Lana Larig (Annette O'Toole). Has Clark forsaken Lois Lane in favor of Lana? Only an inevita­ ble "Superman IV" will tell. ©IMS Compulog

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