| | | The Most Erotic Thing In Their World Was Money.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
The widow of a murdered bank president and a maverick financier must prevent a crisis when Arab nations threaten to pull their funds from U.S. banks, thereby causing a worldwide financial collapse.
Editor's Note
A political-romantic thriller by Alan J. Pakula and replete with favorite themes of large-scale conspiracy and paranoia, ROLLOVER is perfectly in tune with the director's previous work, although this time set in the world of international high finance. Jane Fonda, who appeared in Pakula's KLUTE as a call girl, plays a former film star who inherits an oil corporation when her husband is murdered. Fonda's search to resolve the financial problems of the ailing firm end up instead causing chaos to an entire international finance network. Kris Kristofferson co-stars as Fonda's financial adviser and romantic interest.
Plot Summary
A perfectly groomed Jane Fonda (KLUTE) stars in ROLLOVER as a former film star whose corporate mogul husband is suddenly and mysteriously murdered. Fonda seeks the help of Kris Kristofferson (HEAVEN'S GATE) a financial troubleshooter, and together they try to expose the murderers and safeguard Fonda's finances. Kristofferson consoles Fonda on both financial and personal matters and the two travel to Saudi Arabia to broker a deal that will give Fonda the board chairmanship of her inherited firm. The Arab investors, however, pull a trump card on the pair, throwing the international financial network in an uproar. Conspiracy, political intrigue and big stars are at the heart of this film, as is true of a number of Alan J. Pakula's excellent films of the 1970s such as KLUTE, THE PARALLAX VIEW, and ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN.
| Features | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 8/30/2005 |
| Running Time: 115 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1981 | | Catalog ID: 72265 | | UPC: 00012569722651 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...Elegantly appointed and possessed of a provocative theme..." 12/09/1981The New York Times 4 of 10
The cleverness and proficiency of Mr. Pakula's other work are astonishingly absent here, as are the shrewdness of Miss Fonda's better performances and the easygoing charm of Mr. Kristofferson's. As a suave, off-handedly brilliant financier, Mr. Kristofferson is so miscast that his plight is as hopeless as that of the movie's bankers. Miss Fonda, lounging in gown after glamorous gown, makes Lee Winters' elegance an absurdly exaggerated trait, but her performance is otherwise so lifeless that the point gets lost. - Janet Maslin
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