| Superdome | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jerry Jameson |
| Written by | Barry Oringer Bill Svanoe |
| Starring | David Janssen Edie Adams Ken Howard Clifton Davis |
| Release date(s) | January 9, 1978. |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Superdome is a 1978 made for TV drama movie. It premiered on ABC as part of The ABC Monday Night Movie series and was used to promote Super Bowl XII. The film featured an impressive cast of stars but was ridiculed for its confusing and sensational plotlines, as well as for containing no football scenes.[1]
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At the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, both team's star quarterbacks are preoccupied. Wolecki is having marital difficulties, while McCauley is invovled in a shady deal with a management firm. Meanwhile, a national gambling syndicate attempts to find a way to stop the heavily favored Cougars from winning the game. All these plots are connected by a police chase of a killer who has attempted to evade law enforcement by ducking into the crowd.
The movie was later used on Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1989 on the KTMA season. The MST3K version was known for having an incomplete copy of the episode, where it had the last host segment missing, resulting the episode to be incomplete in the fan circuits. This later changed in October 2004, when the last host segment was finally found.
The movie was released onto VHS under the names "The Super Bowl Story" and "Countdown to the Super Bowl." It has yet to see a DVD release.