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Rollerball

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Original title

Rollerball

Year

1975

Running time

128 min.

Country

United States

Director

Norman Jewison

Screenwriter

William Harrison

Cast

Music

Andre Previn

Cinematography

Douglas Slocombe

Producer

United Artists

Genre

Sci-Fi. Action | Sports. Dystopian film. Cult movie

Synopsis

In the year 2018, all world problems have been quelled by the establishment of huge corporations that control resources. The masses are pacified and violence diverted by the spectacle of the ultra-violent game of Rollerball, a combination of pro-football, motocross rally and gladiatorial combat, in which players are frequently killed. One of the most successful players, Jonathan E., has become a superstar with the Houston team. The corporations fear this idolatry and ask Jonathan to retire. He refuses and goes on a quest to discover why corporate decisions are made. His defiance provokes the corporation who place him in a game with no rules or time limit to dispose of him.

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Awards: 1975: BAFTA Awards: Best Art Direction. 4 Nominations

1975: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): 3 awards.

1976: Hugo Awards: nominated to Best Dramatic Presentation.

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Critics' reviews

"One of the most forward looking science fiction tales of the 70's."

IGN
"Norman Jewison's sensational futuristic drama about a world of Corporate States stars James Caan in an excellent performance as a famed athlete who fights for his identity and free will."

Variety Staff: Variety
"Director Norman Jewison’s Rollerball remains a poignant and unusually prescient vision of our world as defined by Walmart and Exxon-Mobil."

Chuck Bowen: Slant
"The performances of Caan and Richardson are excellent, and the rollerball sequences are fast-paced and interesting"

TV Guide
"Trendy concerns, sure enough, but the movie's only contribution could well be the introduction of its brutal, eponymous game to an already sport-surfeited society.

Newsweek
"The skate-rink action, which culminates in an apocalyptic death match, remains rabble-rousingly brutal."

Rolling Stone
"It's got the smoothest, glossiest finish imaginable, but something inside it doesn't jell"

Michael Wilmington: Los Angeles Times
"Despite indifferent direction and dire humour, it is well mounted and photographed."

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