In the not-too-distant future, wars will no longer exist. But there WILL be...The Game
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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Grave, contemporary, classical in form and epic.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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“Is James Caan the best thing in Rollerball?”
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Cast
- James CaanJonathan E.
- John HousemanBartholomew
- Maud AdamsElla
- John BeckMoonpie
- Moses GunnCletus
- Pamela HensleyMackie
- Barbara TrenthamDaphne
- Shane RimmerRusty, Team Executive
- John NormingtonExecutive
- Burt KwoukJapanese Doctor
Crew
- Norman JewisonDirector
- William HarrisonScreenplay
- Douglas SlocombeDirector of Photography
- André PrevinOriginal Music Composer
- Antony GibbsEditor
- Norman JewisonProducer
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