Directed by:
Norman JewisonScreenplay:
William HarrisonCinematography:
Douglas SlocombeComposer:
André PrevinCast:
James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Pamela Hensley, Barbara Trentham, Burt Kwouk, Ralph Richardson, Steve Boyum, Mac McDonald (more)VOD (1)
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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 masses.Tuned to their televisions, the people watch Rollerball : a brutal mutation of football, motocross and hockey. Jonathan E. (James Caan, Misery) is the champion playera man too talented for his own good. The Corporation has taken away the woman Jonathan loves (Maud Adams, Octopussy) but it can't take away his souleven if diabolical corporate head (John Houseman, The Paper Chase) tells him he d better retire...or sufferthe old-fashioned way. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
James Caan
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
John Houseman
Romania
Best movies:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
Maud Adams
Sweden
Best movies:
Playing for Time (1980) (TV movie)
Laura, Shadows of a Summer (1979)
The Boys in the Band (1970)
John Beck
USA
Best movies:
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Sleeper (1973)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Moses Gunn
USA
Best movies:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Roots (1977) (series)
Ragtime (1981)
Pamela Hensley
USA
Best movies:
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Barbara Trentham
USA
Best movies:
Sky Riders (1976)
Rollerball (1975)
Burt Kwouk
UK
Best movies:
Low Winter Sun (2006) (TV movie)
Goldfinger (1964)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Steve Boyum
USA
Best movies:
Two-Fisted Tales (1992) (TV movie)
Rollerball (1975)
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
Mac McDonald
USA
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Batman (1989)
Barrie Cookson
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Invasion (1980) (TV movie)
Robert Ito
Canada
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 5: 82517 (1995) (video compilation)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Midway (1976)
Shane Rimmer
Canada
Best movies:
La Guerre des étoiles (1977)
Batman Begins (2005)
Gandhi (1982)
Bob Minor
USA
Best movies:
W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989)
Glory (1989)
Black Eye (1974)
Angus MacInnes
Canada
Best movies:
La Guerre des étoiles (1977)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Les Yeux grands fermés (1999)
David Griffin
UK
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
If.... (1968)
Anthony Chinn
Guyana
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Goldfinger (1964)
Andy Ho
Singapore
Best movies:
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Miquel Brown
Canada
Best movies:
Wit (2001) (TV movie)
Superman (1978)
French Kiss (1995)