Rollerball
directed by Norman Jewison,
written by William Harrison,
based
on the short story Roller Ball Murder by William Harrison,
was released
in the United States on June 25, 1975.
Music by André Previn.
Adagio in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni.
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.
Recommended reading:
Roller Ball Murder and Other Stories
by William Harrison.
ISBN-10: 0860078655
ISBN-13: 978-0860078654
Published 1975.
Anthology of short stories.
Contents:
Preface; The Warrior (1971); The Hermit (1968); Down the Blue Hole (1973); Eating It (1970); The Pinball Machines (1968); Roller Ball Murder (1973); The Blurb King (1971); A Cook’s Tale (1966); The Arsons of Desire (1972); The Good Ship Erasmus (1971); Under the House (1972); Nirvana, Götterdämmerung, and the Shot Put (1972); Weatherman: A Theological Narrative (1973).
Description:
Rollerball Murder – the deadly game of the twenty-first century. At a signal forty players run, skate and bike for their lives around a high banked, hardwood track, dodging the careening 25-pound oval balls which scatter and maim and over 300 miles an hour.
No rules, no rest periods, no substitutes. It’s play up or die. Just two hours of brute speed and crowd-pleasing carnage viewed simultaneously the world over on multivision …
Rollerball Murder is one of thirteen tightly written, provocative and, ultimately, unforgettable stories of the past, present and the horrifying future.
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