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September 10, 1990

Pass The Popcorn, Please

Four-star plot lines NFL Films will never touch

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Forget the movies. Save yourself the $6.50 and check out what's playing at your local NFL Octoplex this season:

Total Recall—John Elway wakes up screaming uncontrollably in the middle of the night, having dreamed that somebody handed him his cumulative Super Bowl stats.

Tremors—A young family unknowingly moves into the apartment under Refrigerator Perry's.

Red Heat—A 6'1", 256-pound Nigerian, Christian Okoye, comes to America, gets a job as a fullback with the Kansas City Chiefs and finds football players to his liking. "The linebackers and the defensive backs lie down when they see me coming," he says. "That is very kind."

Planes, Trains & Automobiles—Docudrama detailing the Al Davis franchise in the NFL.

Crimes and Misdemeanors—The Minnesota Vikings team up with a zany driving-school instructor to recreate their favorite traffic violations.

The Howling—Inside a Mike Ditka press conference.

Ghost—Forty-one-year-old Lyle Alzado attempts a comeback at defensive end with the L.A. Raiders but misses training camp when his sciatica acts up. Later, rheumatism forces an anguished Alzado onto the disabled list. Finally, Lyle decides he should not risk it all by playing with fallen arches and retires again.

Dead Calm—The history of Tampa Stadium.

Do the Right Thing—Paul Tagliabue plays an NFL commissioner who knows he should return franchises to St. Louis and Baltimore because the only crime fans in those cities committed was not handing over their wallets to dunces. Tags is about to do it when Jacksonville calls, offering $500 million and Southern Florida for an expansion team.

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