Rollerball 1975 123movies

Watch: Rollerball 1975 123movies, Full Movie Online – In a futuristic society where corporations have replaced countries, the violent game of Rollerball is used to control the populace by demonstrating the futility of individuality. However, one player, Jonathan E., rises to the top, fights for his personal freedom, and threatens the corporate control..
Plot: 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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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 25,767
	69% | RottenTomatoes
	56/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 397 Popularity: 11.678 | TMDB

Reviews:

You can’t watch it, you can only re-watch it…
This is a film that demands repeat viewing. When I was a kid, my brothers and I used to just fast-forward all the slow, `talkie’ scenes to get to the action. We couldn’t understand why the whole film wasn’t just composed of game sequences (a criticism also leveled by at least one reviewer on this site).

Now, having just watched the movie twice in a night, the second time with the director’s commentary, I have finally got to grips with the scenes between the action, and discovered that I like it more than ever. The view of the future is not highly original; tipping its hat to the stratified societies foreseen by Orwell and Huxley, amongst others; but nevertheless the portrayal is engaging. Jewison astutely realised that only by filling in the image of the future society, the characters, and the political background against which the tournament unfolds, would the game be seen as truly REAL for the characters. In the meanwhile, he also has the chance to build suspense, upping the stakes for both the heroic gladiator/combateur Jonathon, and his would-be puppet master Bartholemew. In this way, when we come to watch the actual contests, our enthusiasm is whetted, and by making the rules progressively more dangerous with each passing game, the stakes grow ever higher.

The central themes of the movie are (i) loss-of-soul/nihilism/sensual-vs-spiritual-happiness, and (ii) individuality vs state control. Perhaps the best scenes elucidating these themes are the famous `tree killing’ scene, and the conversation between Jonathon and Ella in the forest. The use of imagery and metaphor is widespread; I will mention only the terrific concept of the roulette wheel as game arena, with the players INSIDE, instead of outside; and the Circus Maximus parallel. You may draw many interesting conclusions from this about the director’s and writer’s intent.

My final word is: watch it once, soak up the action, and be bored by the rest. Then view it again, feel yourself in Jonathon’s dilemma, experience his wrenching disappointment with the people in his life who betray him, and try to tear yourself away if you can as he is pushed inexorably to his fate in the arena of ROLLERBALL.

“Rollerball was meant to demonstrate the futility of resistance, no man was ever intended to become bigger than the game.”
There were quite a number of reasons why ‘Rollerball’ intrigued me in the first place. The concept was a really intriguing one. It has been praised for its use of classical music, a delight for a lifelong classical music fan. There are some talented names here, James Caan especially. And Norman Jewison has done some good films, such as ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Fiddler on the Roof’.

My opinion of ‘Rollerball’ is that it is a flawed film but also a very impressive one. The momentum does sag, particularly in the middle, in some scenes not on the arena. Bogged down by a little too much extraneous talk, like the Ella story line, and a few ideas that could have gone into more depth. Of the characters, the only ones that are really developed like “real” characters are Jonathan E and Bartholomew (Ella particularly is a cipher), and parts while well intended are laid on too thick somewhat.

However, ‘Rollerball’ is well made visually. It’s all very slick and stylish and the set for the rollerball arena still makes one go wow. Liked the look of the future dystopia, not extraordinary but it was atmospheric. Jewison directs with assurance, while the script has a lot of intelligent and thought-provoking lines and ideas that resonate a lot and still are very much relevant. The message is much appreciated and is very much pertinent.

Story is intriguing and has enough to compel, and Jonathan E and Bartholomew are very interesting characters. The supporting cast, particularly John Beck, are solid.

‘Rollerball’ excels particularly in four particularly strongly done areas. The tautly filmed and edited rollerball sequences are incredibly exciting and have a real sense of disturbing danger and nerve-shredding tension too. Andre Previn does well with the music score, but shining even more is to me some of the best use of classical music on film, including the most beautiful use of Albinoni’s Adagio (‘Manchester By the Sea’ also used it beautifully but it’s done more subtly here), Bach’s Toccata used very creepily and the best use of Shostakovich on film. It’s not just that the music itself is wonderful but also that they are so cleverly used, almost ironically and also unnervingly.

James Caan is a highly charismatic lead and gives the character nuances, while John Houseman’s Bartholomew is chilling. One cannot review ‘Rollerball’ without mentioning the incredibly powerful ending either.

Overall, very impressive but flawed. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 5 min (125 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 30000000
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Director Norman Jewison
Writer William Harrison
Actors James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams
Country United Kingdom, Canada, United States
Awards Won 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 5 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints), 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Aspect Ratio 1.75 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex
Laboratory Technicolor, London, UK (color)
Film Length 3,347 m (Sweden, cut version), 3,365 m (Sweden, uncut version)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm, 70 mm (blow-up) (London Premiere print)