ROLLERBALL (1975) | The Corporation Wants Jonathan to Retire | MGM

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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Rollerball (1975)
Directed By: Normal Jewison
Screenplay by William Harrison
Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams
Rated R
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.
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[@conservativemike3768]

I saw this scene when I was 13 yrs old, and immediately perceived our inevitable and problematic future… only now the “Majors” include Amazon, Google, and several others I won’t name here.

[@eole222]

You’re right. This corporate society looks like the WEF.😂😂

[@CD-yr8tw]

For me, this was the seminal scene of the movie, with its core message , "Corporate decisions are made by corporate executives."

[@joshuaerickson1969]

Others disguised as corporate dictatorship ruling society

[@fyrchmyrddin1937]

Houseman plays the malevolent bureaucrat so well...

[@kelleymcbride4633]

This movie is in my top 3 or 4 very favorite movies. I loved it at the drive in back in the 70s as a kid before I even really understood the depth od the story but i knew there was something special and the older i get the more i love this film

[@pavelow235]

Rest in Peace James Caan.

[@antonboludo8886]

Yes. We did not know he had passed away.

[@thomasfleischer83]

What a beautiful dream.
One human being defeats the system.
I will always love this movie.

[@jonbeckman9566]

kind of prophetic now.

[@romanhollow2985]

"For the common good" how many times has that rhetoric been betrayed in human history?

[@sergioleone3583]

Every time it's been used as a rationale.

[@nathanfwaggoner3428]

"It is man's frantic insistence upon substitutes which
releases the flood of folly upon the Earth."
Vernon Howard

[@antonboludo8886]

This reminds me a bit of the meeting in the Godfather between Corleone and Sollozzo.

[@jswin2084]

Why?

[@GenX1964]

I mean think about John Houseman.
He played the implacable, materialist, northeast WASP greatest generation villain in at least 3 movies in the 70s.
But then in the 80's he's the same character in a "Smith Barney - We Earn It" Wall Street investment commercial. The same character had become the hero.

[@LandersWorkshop]

I wonder if Jonathan should have listened more and retired? Thus at least safeguarding his team from the ferocious rule-changes that almost doomed them and left many either dead or injured never to play again? Or did he win at the end and end the stranglehold the Corporations had over the people?

[@lonl123]

I have always thought that too...I love that he rebelled. and I root for him...but he was very selfish in his rebellion...His best friends were killed and his team was pretty much annihilated....He Won...but we will never know what exactly he did win...a rousing finish as he skated around the track? Can't see the corporation letting him continue in Rollerball after that...and honestly, if the vast majority of people are coddled by Luxury and a great standard of living as implied in this scene here...there won't be any revolution. The "Statement" Jonathon has made is very Pyrrhic in the long run. It's up to us the audience to make a good or bad ending...and Jonathon's utter defiance of corporate decisions just won't stand in the long run in my opinion. God I love this movie.

[@KOAP33]

Well if you look like that than Julian Assange or Snowden should never did things like they do because it ruin their lives and lives of others but is it really their fault?Jonahtan always wanted to play rollerball because he loved the game and his intentions was pure at heart and I believe that that this was the message of this film if you do things that you love with passion and without secret agendas even if you are in minority and fight against the (corrupt) system you can still win.....

[@brucedavis3816]

Kingfield should of told Johnathan E that he is nothing compared to Mr. Haaaaarrrrrttttttt.

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

Good idea.
Not a big enough budget.

[@brentmcwilliams4332]

Houseman does a great anticipatory impersonation of Klaus Schwab. Very prescient.

[@radziahbtrazuan471]

Turns 50
Coming 2025

[@DerekHoscorner]

Good idea

[@dustdustdust807]

Doctrine and Covenants section 123

[@johnbeechy]

whom is best to play the role of John Houseman? Stream a series, 10 yrs before the start of the movie. 10 yrs / seasons 10 eps each, with at least 10-15 mins of game play content // co ed females play the bikers 'corporate decisions are made by corporate executives' and the slaves need not know how decisions are made
usa is still going thru their era of Corporate Wars // just do not interfere with management decisions

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Hey! It's producer turn actor

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

Good idea.
Not a big enough budget.