Production Year: 1975 - Action/Adventure - Director: Norman Jewison - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, Moses Gunn, John Beck, Pamela Hensley, Ralph Richardson, Shane Rimmer more
Rollerball is a rough contact sport played in the 21st century where the world is controlled by huge corporations. Caan plays a rollerball team leader whose independent nature... more
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Corporate Wars, in which nations have crumbled and conglomerates rule. In place of freedom the people are given bread and circuses: material comfort and rollerball its...
Corporate Wars, in which nations have crumbled and conglomerates rule. In place of freedom the people are given bread and circuses: material comfort and rollerball itself...
Production Year: 2000 - Action/Adventure - Director: Joseph McGinty - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry, Sam Rockwell, Crispin Glover
Advantages: Prophecy and a stone cold performance Disadvantages: A little too much drifting (maybe)
...released short story "The rollerball murders" this film became legendary for it's violence and the fact that several stuntmen died during it's filming. In fact, no one did die and compared to today's standards, this is not a particularly violent film. Even of it's decade, "Taxi Driver" far surpassed it in this respect.
What makes it so shocking is that, just like "A Clockwork Orange" it tackles the issue of violence head on and especially, the issue ... ...of corporations rather than nations, Rollerball is the food for the masses to sate their appetite for blood and , even more importantly, to show the futility of individual endeavour. Players are well rewarded but expected to die young.
Rollerball is a massively bloody spectacle involving a circular rink, bikers, skaters and a very fast moving steel ball.
The extras disc show how the game had to be virtually invented from scratch, including the ...
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Actor(s): James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, Moses Gunn, John Beck, Pamela Hensley, Ralph Richardson, Shane Rimmer
Director(s): Norman Jewison
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 1975
Running Time: 2 hours
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: Society is so perfect it invents a brutal game to burn up hostility and other anti-social feelings.
Remake Of: Rollerball ( 2001 United States of America ), Rollerball ( 2001 United States of America )
DVD Description
Rollerball is a rough contact sport played in the 21st century where the world is controlled by huge corporations. Caan plays a rollerball team leader whose independent nature shakes the corporate political structure.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): MGM ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 24/06/2002
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 16215 CDVD
Editor: Antony Gibbs
Barcode: 5050070006599
Production Designer: John Box
Music Director: Andre Previn
Screenwriter: William Harrison, Norman Jewison
Composer: Andre Previn, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Johann Sebastian Bach, Tomaso Albinoni
Special Features: Audio Commentary By Norman Jewison, Audio Commentary By William Harrison, 2 Theatrical Trailers, The Making Of Rollerball, 3 TV Spots, Return To The Arena, Trailer Of Re Make, Stills Gallery Of Production Design, Production Photographs
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