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Future | Dystopia
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Best Art Direction | 1976 | John
Best Science Fiction Film | 1976
Best Cinematography | 1976 | Douglas
Best Actor | 1976 | James
Best Sound Track | 1976 | Archie
Best Cinematography | 1976 | Douglas
Best Film Editing | 1976 | Antony
Best Dramatic Presentation | 1976 | William
Best Dramatic Writing | 1976 | William
Budget 6,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 30,000,000 USD
The Rollerball game sequences were filmed in the Olympic Basketball Arena in Munich, West Germany. Munich citizens were invited to the filming to serve as spectators to the games. Director Norman Jewison intended this film to be anti-violence, but audiences so loved the action of the game that there was actually talk about forming Rollerball leagues in the wake of this film, which horrified him.
The game of Rollerball was so realistic that the cast, extras, and stunt performers played it between takes on the set.
This is one of the first films ever to include the stunt performers' names in the final credits.
There was only one Rollerball rink. It was redressed to appear as rinks in different cities.
Many of the extras in the film received an additional wage in order to cut their fashionably long hair so the look of the film would not be tied to the era in which it was made.
"Bartholomew: The game was created to demonstrate the futility of individual effort."
"Bartholomew: [in a video conference with other corporate executives] In my opinion, we are confronted here with something of a situation. Otherwise, I would not have presumed to take up your time. Once again, it concerns the case of Jonathan E. We know we don't want anything extraordinary to happen to Jonathan. We've already agreeed on that. No accidents, nothing unnatural. The game was created to demonstrate the futility of individual effort. And the game must do its work. The Energy Corporation has done all it can, and if a champion defeats the meaning for which the game was designed, then he must lose. I hope you agree with my reasoning."
