Rollerball

Titolo originale: Rollerball
Regia: Norman Jewison |
Anno: 1975
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantascienza Azione
Tag: future | sports | dystopia | game | roller skating | future sport |
Cast: James Caan | John Houseman | Maud Adams | John Beck | Moses Gunn | Pamela Hensley | Barbara Trentham | John Normington | Shane Rimmer | Burt Kwouk | Nancy Bleier | Richard LeParmentier | Robert Ito | Ralph Richardson | Valli Kemp | Dick Enberg | Tony Brubaker | Burnell Tucker | Angus MacInnes | David Griffin |

In una società futuristica in cui le multinazionali sono arrivate a sostituire le nazioni, il violento gioco Rollerball è usato per controllare la popolazione, dimostrando quanto sia futile l'individualità. Jonathan E., un giocatore di Rollerball, arriva ai massimi livelli nello sport e combatte per la sua libertà personale, sfidando il controllo delle multinazionali.

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Only one arena was used, but for the game that was supposed to be set in Tokyo, the scoreboard still [...] D
During the Tokyo game, after Moonpie has been hit, Jonathan E. yells "Over here, over here", but his [...] D
Some of the long shots in the Tokyo game show an empty arena. D
About 8:00 into the film, when the very first game ball is shot, it is picked up and given to Jonath [...] D
The chanting crowd in Tokyo, Japan mispronounces the name of their city. They chant "To-ki-o" instea [...] D
At the beginning of the New York game, after in many moments of the film where different characters [...] D
In the Madrid game, #9 for Madrid is seen taken off the scoreboard (injured or dead) early in the ga [...] D
The librarian complains that the computers have lost the entirety of the 13th century, which he says [...] D
At the beginning of the Madrid game, there is a shot of the crowd just after Jonathan E. takes posse [...] D
During the New York game, Cletus says "Nobody's gonna win this game!" to Rusty. Before he gets to th [...] D
In the opening credits of the film, a stretcher is wheeled out of the elevator by two attendants and [...] D
In sports, on the scoreboard, the visiting team is always listed first and the home team last. In th [...] D
At 18:14 into the film, the center set of drawers under the reception table is so far back they woul [...] D
In the New York game, #9 is left off Houston's board, supposedly out of respect for Moonpie. However [...] D
Plenty of times, one of the Houston skaters wears a number 3 shirt. The number 3 shirt should always [...] D
In the Tokyo game, when the Houston players line up to slow the other team, two adjacent Houston bik [...] D
During the warm-up of the Tokyo game, a wide shot shows the Tokyo players skating in an "arrowhead" [...] D
Some of the footage in Jonathan's multivision retrospective is from the Houston-New York game at the [...] D
At around 30:00 into the film, Jonathan E. is instructing other players. The rear shot of one partic [...] D
in the New York game, #3 is seen after he goes "off the board" (riding motorcycle 2) and #2 is also [...] D