ROLLERBALL (1975) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1975
• Genre: Action, Drama, Science-Fiction
• Plot: Rollerball (1975) posits a dystopian future (2018!) in which war has been replaced by the titular game, a gladitorial spectacle of violence that helps keep the global populace entertained and anesthetized. Director Norman Jewison and writer William Harrison further give us an athletic champion, Jonathan E (the great James Caan), whose individual expertise defeats the worldwide corporate leadership's design: to emphasize the futility of individual effort. Corporate bigwigs (icily incarnated by John Houseman) need Jonathan to retire, but Jonathan begins to have his own dangerous ideas.
• 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, Craig R. Baxley, Steve Boyum, Miquel Brown, Tony Brubaker, Loftus Burton, Anthony Chinn, Barrie Cookson, Sarah Douglas, Dick Enberg, Abi Gouhad, David Griffin, Alan Hamane, John Harvey, Andy Ho, Robert Lee, Bob Leon, Angus MacInnes, Mac McDonald, Bob Miller, Bob Minor, Walter Scott, Alfred Thomas, Burnell Tucker, Danny Wong, Norman Jewison, William Harrison
• Director: Norman Jewison
• Runtime: 2:05
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., United Artists, Twilight Time
• Media Format: Movie