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Features: DVD
The year is 2018. There are no wars. There is no crime. There is only...the Game. In a world where ruthless corporations reign supreme, this vicious and barbaric "sport" is the only outlet for the pent-up anger and frustrations of the massess.
Tuned to their televisions, the people watch "Rollerball": a brutal mutation of football, motocross and hockey. Jonathan E. (James Caan, Misery) is the champion player - a man too talented for his own good. The Corporation has taken away the woman Jonathan loves (Maud Adams, Octopussy) but they can't take away his soul - even his the diabolical corporate head (John Houseman, The Paper Chase) tells him he'd better retire...or suffer the old-fashioed way.
With its surrealistic imagery and tense action sequences, Rollerball grips you by the heart - and never lets you go!
Editor's Note
In the year 2018, corporations rule a world where there is no crime or war... only the game of Rollerball, a violent combination of football, rollerblading and hockey. The man who has been the champion player for over ten years has become too good, and the corporation, apprehensive of his skill and popularity, wants him to retire. He resists, and the authorities decide he must be stopped -- whatever the cost.
Plot Summary
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.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Letterbox - 1.85 | | Additional Release Material:
| Featurette | | Audio Commentary: Norman Jewison - Director | | Interactive Features:
| Interactive Games: Rollergame | | Text/Photo Galleries:
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Release Information
|  | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 6/5/2001 |
| Running Time: 123 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1975 | | Catalog ID: 907015 | | UPC: 00027616701527 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Total Film
"...The violent Rollerball sequences, which caused a storm in the '70s, have lost little of their bone-crunching power..." 07/01/2000 p.114 |
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