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Show Spotis, Movies By DAVE WIGHAM Sports have always played a major role in life in these United States and evidence of that is the number of movies on the market that involve sports in their plot. CURRENTLY IN the Salt Lake market are the likes of "The Champ," "Heaven Can Wait1' and "Dreamer." "Fastbreak" was around but seems to have left for a couple of weeks. "The Champ" involves boxing, the plot being a divorced man who gave up boxing but makes a comeback. His son lives with him while his ex-wife has married again and is extremely wealthy. Soon the fight for his affection is on. 1 THE MOVIE ends with the fighter making a comeback into the ring. The boxing sequences are much like those in "Rocky," which means that Hollywood overdid it a bit, but all in all the boxing is believable somewhat. "Heaven Can Wait" deals with a professional quarterback quarter-back for the LA Rams that supposedly dies before his. time. His spirit comes back and is placed in an older; man's body but it doesn't stop the person from playing football. The game films are great, Warren Beatty puts up a great effort and actually convinces the audience that he knows how to play this game. I HAVEN'T seen the "Dreamer" as of yet but the sport of bowling is in this movie. "Fastbreak" was a good movie involving basketball. Gabe Kaplan plays a New Yorker who dreams of becoming a basketball coach and finally gets his chance with a no-name college and a no-make money contract. He recruits several ghetto kids and heads to Nevada to coach. BERNARD KING of the New York Mets is the leading1 ballplayer and believe it or not, he has some acting ability. Oscar Williams, who played ball at Utah State, also makes an appearance in this movie. There's a lot of slam dunks and other shots, again Hollywood takes over,-especially over,-especially when the girl had the ball, but it was fun to watch. Sports, whether you admit it or not, is definitely having its impact on the nation. Even the movie goers are getting get-ting into the act. |