• Fanedit Title: Superman III Baliscon Cut

• Original Movie Title: Superman III

• Original Release Date: June 19, 1981

• Original Runtime: 2 hours and 4 Minutes

• Fanedit Release Date: February 17, 2026

• Fanedit Runtime: 1 hour and 55 minutes

• Time Cut:  9 Minutes

• Time Added: 0

• Synopsis: Entrepreneur Ross Webster teams up with a computer genius in order to realise his own evil intentions. When Superman obstructs his plans, he decides to destroy him.

• Intentions: This film doesn't deserve the hate it gets.  The scenes in Smallville with Lana Lang are wholesome and everything with Clark and his internal struggle is as captivating as any other scene featuring Reeve's Superman.  Even Richard Pryor's Gus Gorman isn't awful, I like that he has Lex Luthor's intelligence combined with Otis's affable goofiness.  Not all of his scenes work, and not all of Richard Lester's sequences are solid, but there's a compelling film buried beneath the surface.  Also, just for fun, I wanted to play around with the variety of kryptonite in the series, so instead of keeping the artificial kryptonite green, I switched it to red to match the side effects this type has on Superman in Smallville and other material.  

Change List:

• Added APRICEPRODUCTION's opening credits, replacing the slapstick opening scene, which alone clocks in at 6 minutes

• Cut the moment in the factory fire scene where someone yells, "Help me, I'm on fire"

• Cut Gus mugging around looking at the suits on display in Smallville

• Cut the husband smashing his grapefruit into his wife's face when Gus's hacking first causes chaos

• Cut the fighting crosswalk figures

• Cut Gus falling off a skyscraper

• Changed the color of Gus's artificial Kryptonite to appear red 

• Cut Gus's rant about plastics before he gifts Superman with the artificial kryptonite

• Added APRICEPRODUCTION's heat vision clip when Evil Superman looks into the bar mirror

• Cut the tire gag in the Superman vs Clark fight

• Cut the Websters ballooning down to their computer

• Shortened the Websters' antics when starting to use the computer

• Cut the video game visuals when Webster is using the computer to attack Superman

• Cut Gus ziplining down from the computer to save Superman

• Cut Gus and Webster fighting after Gus cuts the power

• Cut Gus's last bit with the coal miners after Superman drops him off

• Cut the last Daily Planet bit with the malfunctioning bingo machine