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	Rollerball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Rollerball pen is a type of Ball-point pen and ink.
		Rollerball was also a 2002 remake of the 1975 film.
		Rollerball was a 1988 pinball-themed video game for the NES.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rollerball (126 words)

	Reel Criticism - Rollerball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The original “Rollerball” from 1975 is an all-time classic, a thought-provoking movie with a powerful message that also happens to be highlighted by some of the best sporting sequences ever put to film.
		This 2002 remake of “Rollerball”, on the other hand, is an incredibly disappointing train wreck where the sporting sequences are almost impossible to get into and the message has been watered and dumbed down to the point of shooting itself in the foot with its obviousness.
		And then there is the final cheap touch: whereas the original “Rollerball” was a comment on all of sport and beyond, this one is trying to make it very obvious that it wants to talk about professional wrestling (even including at least two WWF personalities in the cast).
	www.reelcriticism.com /reviews/review_rollerball.html (1450 words)

	Wallace Records dot com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rollerball es un grupo que practica una mezcla tan viversa como sorprendente: ritmos distorsionados, sones aylerianos, post-rock, dub, jazz clásicamente formal, psicodelia, música indie y contemporánea, free, ambiental, rock, ruido, gritos y susurros son algunas de las muchas influencias que aparecen en esta obra y que la hacen interesante y variada.
		I Rollerball distruggono le canzoni, più che comporle; la loro è un'opera di destrutturalizzazione della forma-canzone davvero impegnativa e ambiziosa, che di certo non farà la gioia di chi è abituato a dare importanza alla melodia e all'impatto immediato.
		Mentre sto scrivendo, i rollerball sono in procinto di visitare l'italia per alcune date sparse e spero che qualcuno di voi, magari anche per caso, si sia accorto di loro.
	www.wallacerecords.com /bands/rollerball.html (2581 words)

	Rollerball
		Rollerball had the daunting task of overcoming extremely negative advance publicity, sometimes which can turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
		Rollerball turns away from the sport and into a chase movie, with one extended sequence filmed in green night vision.
		The rollerball games are exciting, but the fact that they are incomprehensible hinders their effectiveness.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/rollerball.html (786 words)

	Rollerball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Made in 1975, Rollerball, beneath its exterior of a spectacular action film, denounces a voyeuristic society's fascination for violence and supports the assertion of the individual facing an excessive capitalist system.
		The analogy between rollerball and such popular sports as football and hockey is not innocent.
		While the rollerball players are heroes to their fans, they certainly aren't heroes onscreen, since they're depicted as dense brutes.
	www.plume-noire.com /movies/cult/rollerball.html (558 words)

	Rollerball (1975) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rollerball is a film that I'd been intrigued by since I was a kid.
		Starring Caan as Jonathon E, a star Rollerball player, the film is set in a bleak future, where governments no longer exist; rather, they've been replaced by a monolithic corporation (instead of rising for the national anthem, people stand for the "corporate hymn").
		Heavy-handed to the extreme, Rollerball seems to have been crafted not as a piece of entertainment, but as a warning: "If we stay as violent as we are, this is what's going to happen!" If a movie wants to present an important message, that's fine.
	www.reelfilm.com /roller.htm (207 words)

	Ziggy's Video Realm: James Caan in Rollerball (1975) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rollerball is an excellent piece of allegorical science fiction; a well-directed, thought-provoking film that is all too often denied the credit that it deserves (though perhaps that may change with a year 2002 remake returning attention to the original).
		For Jewison, Rollerball is a statement about the attitudes of society toward violence in sport and entertainment, an allegorical wake up call to point out that the sports fans of today aren't necessarily all that different from the crowds howling for gladiatorial blood in the Roman arenas of old.
		Rollerball as played during the movie's first contest is exhilarating, to the point where even accepting the fact the death among players is a matter of course, one could easily look forward to seeing Rollerball succeed as a real competitive sport, the exact opposite of the view that Jewison is obviously trying to convey.
	www.reelcriticism.com /ziggyrealm/reviews/rollerball.html (1595 words)

	Rollerball (2002): Reviews
		Rollerball was trash even back in 1975, but in some small way it was ahead of its time.
		The word on Rollerball is "troubled," though troubled is what you call a high school junior with 50 snakes under his bed.
		Rollerball pushes the Hollywood action movie to stratospheric new levels of incoherence; pounding at the senses, it's mashed story, character, time and space into a chunky hash.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/rollerball (958 words)

	DVD Review: Rollerball (2002)
		Rollerball is a brutal sport that has become popular throughout the world, which is played in central Asia.
		Rollerball cuts from scene to scene and shot to shot at a rate that would put a music video to shame.
		Rollerball is a passible beer and pizza flick for a Saturday afternoon with friends.
	www.cheap-dvds-advisor.com /rollerball-2002.html (1090 words)

	Rollerball
		But Rollerball I think might actually be stars — the galactic kind, giant nuclear fusion engines firing atoms and light across the vacuum of the universe.
		On their 11th album, Rollerball continue pushing the boundaries between song and sound, free and structured, light and darkness.
		Rollerball's Silber debut, Real Hair was released in late 2003, followed by Behind the Barber in June 2004, and now Catholic Paws/Catholic Pause and its associated Companion EPs in 2005.
	www.silbermedia.com /rollerball (415 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, ROLLERBALL (2002)
		In ROLLERBALL (1975), the world is a bland dystopia, with multinational corporations controlling everything...even free will.
		All is not well with Rollerball, however, as the corrupt team owner Alexis Petrovich (Jean Reno) and his evil cohorts are sabotaging the sport in an attempt to raise ratings so that he can secure a lucrative American cable deal.
		But ultimately, while the original ROLLERBALL will retain its cult classic status for many years to come for both its intelligence and audacity, the lackluster remake will quickly fade and be forgotten.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews3/rollerball02.html (2660 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, ROLLERBALL (1975)
		The glum 70s were known for their pessismistic SF films (at least before the advent of STAR WARS) but ROLLERBALL was one of the cleverest of the lot.
		It is Rollerball, a fast-paced, brutal contest combining aspects of hockey, roller derby and motocross.
		ROLLERBALL was criticized by many for its violence and heavy tone during its initial run.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews3/rollerball.html (1240 words)

	Rollerball
		The first Rollerball was also a movie that wasn't as bad as it could have been, and John McTiernan is also the same guy who made Nomads.
		The major change in the remake is that the rollerball league is being put together by entrepreneurs who up the violence level to improve ratings and ticket sales.
		Like "Rollerball", the film portrayed Russians and the Russian language with inaccuracies that could have been eliminated with even the simplest levels of fact-checking, or by hiring even one technical advisor who was familiar with the modern day language and culture.
	www.scoopy.com /rollerball2.htm (1352 words)

	Rollerball
		They stage rollerball to "demonstrate the futility of individual effort"—the sport is both circus and opiate, a means to bolster corporate control.
		This scenario of corporate rule grew out of clear trend: the power and size of multinational corporations was growing, and many had annual revenues larger than the economies of nation-states.
		Rollerball seems to have become a full-scale death sport only gradually: before this championship, the record for people killed in a game was nine.
	www.futuristmovies.com /movies/rollerball_(1975).html (432 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Rollerball: SE
		Speaking of her scenes, "Rollerball" actually used to be an definite R-rated picture, scheduled to come out late last Summer.
		"Rollerball" certainly has moments of agressive surround use that will please home theater fans, with several instances on the track where it seems as if the action has opened out into the room.
		Stunts of Rollerball: This is an excellent 20-minute featurette that starts off rather promotional, but eventually starts providing more interesting information about the work that the actors and actresses had to do to be able to do some of the stunts.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=3889 (1689 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Rollerball [2001]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This Rollerball, a 2002 remake of the excellent 1975 original, is one of the most notorious failed would-be blockbusters of recent years.
		The "Rollerball Yearbook" presents text profiles of the four teams and 11 key players linked to "highlights", i.e., montages taken from the film of the participants.
		However, like I said, as a form of entertainment, Rollerball is perfect for watching with a few mates, and is especially good when mixed with a few beers.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000071WJ5 (940 words)

	Review: Rollerball (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rollerball, at least in name and premise, is a remake of the 1975 James Caan vehicle.
		All of the characters in Rollerball have names, but it hardly seems worth mentioning them, since the individuals are more easily identified by the types they represent.
		Nasty Villain is interested in raising Rollerball TV ratings, so, after determining that violence brings in viewers, he begins to orchestrate various "mishaps".
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/r/rollerball.html (790 words)

	Rollerball DVD Reviews James Caan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The picture, starring James Caan as Jonathan E., the star of the brutal Rollerball game who questions his role in society and the game itself also was foreseeing a culture dominated by boredom - with Rollerball getting the the biggest attention.
		Rollerball has one of the most excellent soundtracks of a SciFi movie - classic motifs by Beethoven and Bach.
		Rollerball was previously available from MGM/UA HV on Laserdisc; but the transfer was so abominable that it was not fun to watch.
	www.dvdscan.com /rollerball.htm (603 words)

	Rollerball :: Road Cone Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In a show preview, a Portland music critic once wrote, "Which Rollerball will show up?" It was an acknowledgement of Rollerball's voracious creative appetite.
		Rollerball's loose, all-over-the-map explorations were not always so.
		Never ones to rest, Rollerball finished recording a new full-length, The Trail of the Butter Yeti, merely half a year after the release of Bathing Music.
	www.roadcone.com /artists/rollerball.shtml (432 words)

	Rollerball
		Then, Rollerball came to my mind and I was immediatly convinced that I was taking a good one.
		I was so angry and sad that I decided to not participate to the contest and to wait a full year, quietly polishing the last details to be ready for the 40 squares contest.
		Rollerball was a science-fiction movie in the 70's about an imaginary sport game where two teams from a World urban league where fighting on a skating ring.
	www.chessvariants.com /40.dir/rollerball (473 words)

	A Rolling Ball Gathers no Plaudits
		Tediously executed and silly in concept, "Rollerball" (2002) has the flashy and dimwitted relevance of a wrestling mogul Vince McMahon-produced XFL game that got thrown out with the bathwater last year.
		With the outrageousness and outlandish antics of his rollerballing empire, Petrovich experiences a natural high that obviously lines his pockets in generous, financial fashion.
		"Rollerball" is nothing but a confusing and shoddy excuse to mingle in the excesses of what the moviemakers deem a jittery treat.
	www.computercrowsnest.com /sfnews2/02_aug/news0802_3.shtml (1262 words)

	Review for Rollerball
		The previous is inspired by the fact that "Rollerball" takes place in a world where corporations have replaced government.
		"Rollerball" is a game involving a round track, roller skates, motorcycles, and a polished shot (as in a large metal ball).
		He plays fairly and is the object of adulation for rollerball fans the world over.
	www.badmovies.org /movies/rollerball (1429 words)

	Rollerball
		With the absence of war or conflict, a forcibly passive population's bloodlust is satisfied by a brutal new sport known as Rollerball.
		When the corporate backers of Rollerball begin to fear that Jonathan's popularity has instilled him with a potentially dangerous amount of power, a thunderous struggle between man's free will and the oppression of the masses threatens to shatter the fragile strings that the puppet masters use to manipulate mankind.
		His determination to remain with the sport flying in the face of the very reason Rollerball was conceived, the corporate rulers hatch a plot to abandon the rules in hopes that Jonathan will be killed and their grip of power will remain an unyielding chokehold on an increasingly bloodthirsty populace.
	www.djangomusic.com /item_movie.asp?id=V++++41954 (206 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Rollerball [1975] - Special Edition: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Notwithstanding the brilliantly staged arena sequences, Rollerball is essentially about freedom versus conformity and the corruption of unfettered capitalism, with Caan leading an existential rebellion in the tradition of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 which leads to a chilling, apocalyptic finale.
		Rollerball, a vicious indoor combination of Speedway, Gridiron and Ice Hockey,is supposed not only to distract and brutalise the masses, but to highlight the importance of the collective and the insignificance of individual effort.
		"Rollerball"'s triumph is its combination of this morality theme with as much visceral,dramatic action as you could hope for, as rule changes make Rollerball progressively more violent.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005KISO (1010 words)

	I-play, Rollerball for your mobile, download the best java games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Based on the cult movie of 1975 starring James Caan, Rollerball faithfully recreates the manic atmosphere of the film.
		Rollerball offers an exciting mix of contact sport, team dynamics and corporate mystery in a title that is destined to be a classic.
		ROLLERBALL ™ and © 2004 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Published by dbi®games, a division of Digital Bridges Ltd. © 2004.
	www.iplay.com /game.do?gameid=Rollerball (223 words)

	Rollerball (1975) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Plot Outline: In a corporate controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of it's powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
		"Rollerball" is one of those classics of sci-fi that I somehow managed to miss for all of my 30 years.
		He's the biggest star in the world, but he's also a thinking man, and when the corporation which owns his team wants him to retire, he refuses, wanting to know first why they'd want him to retire when he's playing at his best.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0073631 (955 words)

	Rollerball (2002 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rollerball was a 2002 remake of the 1975 science fiction film also titled Rollerball.
		Unconsciously embodying two themes of the original Rollerball, an updated 'remake' of the film was released, directed by John McTiernan with a much greater concentration on action and more muted social and political overtones.
		The film starred Chris Klein, LL Cool J, Jean Reno and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rollerball_(2002_movie) (196 words)

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