Rent Rollercoaster (1977)
3.3 of 5 from 84 ratings
1h 53min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Thrills abound in this high-speed suspense yarn as a determined terrorist (Timothy Bottoms) begins to turn America s amusement parks into battlefields. The tension mounts as affable safety inspector Harry Calder (George Segal) attempts to track down the saboteur who has targeted the country's most popular roller-coaster and its riders for senseless destruction. The edge-of-the-seat excitement mounts as the battle of wits between Calder and the terrorist builds to an explosive climax.
- Actors:
- George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg, Helen Hunt, Dorothy Tristan, Harry Davis, Stephen Pearlman, G.F. Rowe, Wayne Tippit, Michael Bell, Charlie Tuna, Lonny Stevens, Tom Baker, Ava Readdy, Craig Wasson, William Prince, Dick McGarvin
- Directors:
- James Goldstone
- Producers:
- Jennings Lang
- Writers:
- Sanford Sheldon, Richard Levinson, Tommy Cook, William Link
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/07/2018
- Run Time:
- 118 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The 1970s: A Rollercoaster of Disasters: A new documentary on Rollercoaster and the era of disaster movies, with film historian Simon Fitzjohn
- Commentary with Allan Bryce and David Flint
- An interview with Associate Producer / Writer Tommy Cook
- Theatrical Trailer
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following:
- Theatrical Version
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following:
- Uncut Version
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Reviews (2) of Rollercoaster
A decent thriller, but not a great one - Rollercoaster review by LC
This is a solid thriller - it's well shot, looks great, and the acting is decent, but it just doesn't have quite enough thrills to take it to the next level. It all works, but quite frankly I could have done with a little more actual rollercoater carnage - as it is, this is a bit like a Jaws film in which the shark only makes a couple of attacks.
PS - For those renting the blu ray, Disc 2 contains the uncut version of the film, so you might as well just skip the first disc and go to this one.
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Re: the LC review - Rollercoaster review by machotrouts
"PS - For those renting the blu ray, Disc 2 contains the uncut version of the film, so you might as well just skip the first disc and go to this one."
^ This is worth noting BUT renters should also bear in mind that the extras (including a commentary, by a couple of pop culture commentators rather than anyone involved in the making of the film) are on disc 1 with the theatrical version.
Also, the difference (going by movie-censorship.com) is only 4 cuts totalling 4 seconds! Still, given the lack of carnage to start with, it does make a noticeable difference (particularly to the final denouement, which is comically abrupt in the cut version).
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