Rollerball

1975
18
2 Std. 5 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,5/10

30.693

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

4.532

819

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.

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Nationen der Welt existieren nicht mehr und Individualismus und Selbstbestimmtheit zeichnen sich nicht mehr als Eigenschaften des Menschen aus. Stattdessen gibt es globale Konzerne die jewei... Alles lesenNationen der Welt existieren nicht mehr und Individualismus und Selbstbestimmtheit zeichnen sich nicht mehr als Eigenschaften des Menschen aus. Stattdessen gibt es globale Konzerne die jeweils ein wichtiges Lebensgut zur Verfügung stellen.Nationen der Welt existieren nicht mehr und Individualismus und Selbstbestimmtheit zeichnen sich nicht mehr als Eigenschaften des Menschen aus. Stattdessen gibt es globale Konzerne die jeweils ein wichtiges Lebensgut zur Verfügung stellen.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,5/10

30.693

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

4.532

819

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

1 BAFTA Award gewonnen
- 4 Gewinne & 5 Nominierungen insgesamt

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Many of the extras in the film received an additional wage in order to cut their fashionably long hair so the look of the film would not be tied to the era in which it was made.

Patzer
At the beginning of the New York game, after many moments in the film where different characters have repeated that there would have been "no time limit", the scoreboard shows the countdown (starting from 20.00).

This is not actually a goof, as the game was still going to have 20-minute periods, but there was going to be no limit to the number of periods, hence "no time limit".

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Bartholomew: Sweet dreams, Moonpie. That's a bad habit you've got there. You know what that habit will make you dream, Moonpie? You'll dream you're an executive. You'll have your hands on all the controls, and you will wear a gray suit, and you will make decisions. But you know what, Moonpie? You know what those executives dream about out there behind their desks? They dream they're great Rollerballers. They dream they're Jonathan; they have muscles, they bash in faces.

Verbindungen
Featured in Brubaker (1980)

Soundtracks
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
(uncredited)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Simon Preston and the London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by André Previn

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7/10

Corporations as all-time villans

I think that the fight between good & evil is the basic idea of ALL action movies. Just one man/woman or a bunch (the good ones) facing the big evil power. Then ¿who can symbolize that power?. The Corporations. From 1984 (and olders) to Public Enemy (i.e.) going thru thousands of movies, Corporations means the enemy to defeat. Check it out: Banks, Chemical, Oil and Weapon industries, Genetic labs. Even Vatican and some bizarre brotherhoods ("We'll rule the world" style). A real zoo of vicious and twisted organizations that, every time, will try to manipulate, implicate or kill our heroes.

But, what am I trying to say?. Rollerball, folks, is one of the most perfect examples of the good/evil infinite fight. One man alone, discovering the truth behind is comfortable life, losing is goods and privileges, gets himself in a life-or-dead final battle against the real enemy: the Corporation (¿who else?). The image of James Caan skating alone into the game arena with the crowd claiming his name louder and louder is simply unforgettable. GREAT movie.

And remember: Take care, there are many powerful Corporations around you.