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Houston 6 - the Making of ROLLERBALL
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This magazine gave Rollerball 3.5 pages, most of it taken from press handouts but with some nice quotes from Norman Jewison too.

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies #WilliamHarrison
July 15, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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By Rollerball's William Harrison, sadly only 8 pages are about the film. And he clearly didn't understand that the DIRECTOR is the author of a movie, not the WRITER.

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies
July 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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"Hollywood Invents The Most Violent Game Of All!" says Film International magazine in July 1975!

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July 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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In this 1975 magazine James Caan talks particularly about his Dad's reaction when he said he wanted to be an actor (very unimpressed)!

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies
July 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Coming soon... the "BONEY - Following the Footprints" Ebook... read it... if you dare...

#Boney #ArthurUpfield #JamesLaurenson #KateFitzpatrick #TVDetective #Crime #TVcops #CrimeFiction #Detective #AustralianTV #DavidGulpilil #1970sTV #CopShows #Outback #Australia #AustralianFiction #Aboriginal
June 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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You can't get more Behind-The-Scenes" than this!

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #1970smovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm
June 3, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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I know the Olympics were a few months ago, but I can't get these guys out of my head...

#Rollerball #Rollerball1975 #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #70sSciFi #1970smovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies #JohnBeck
May 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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My Zardoz book used the script as its structure. A problem with doing that in my Rollerball book: Zardoz was 94 pages long. The Rollerball script is 169 pages! Gotta rethink!

#Rollerball #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #ClassicMovies #SciFiMovies
May 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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This tough-looking player promises you that no A.I. will be used in the writing of my "Making of Rollerball" book. So there.

#Rollerball #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #1970smovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies #Rollerbear
May 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Craig Baxley did the motorbike stunts in Rollerball. There's a book about his career? I better buy it!

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #1970smovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies #JohnBeck
April 29, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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Do we remember THIS scene in the film? Odd, eh? From an Italian fotobusta auction on Ebay now…

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #70sSciFi #1970smovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies #JohnBeck #WilliamHarrison
April 29, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Some great stories here about James Caan’s days on “The Godfather”. Brilliant book, by the way.

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #70sSciFi #1970smovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies #JohnBeck #WilliamHarrison
April 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Information can be found in books, but also in lots of magazines from 1975...

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April 26, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Nice coverage of what was obviously felt to be an important movie. Strick was a brilliant observer of films, very well informed.

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #70sSciFi #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies
April 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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A very well-researched book. The author only conducted one new interview, but it WAS with director Norman Jewison!

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #70sSciFi #1970smovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm
April 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Two great Facebook pages packed with facts, photos and informed posts:

www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

www.facebook.com/groups/18366...

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April 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Journalist Sam Delaney wrote a great article in 1999. Does he still have interviews he did with Norman Jewison, William Harrison and James Caan? Sadly... no!

#Rollerball #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies
April 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Just read this really well-researched book. Interesting that the author’s facts don’t always match Norman Jewison’s facts in his autobiography...

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm
March 31, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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What idiot has been vandalizing company property???

#Rollerball #Rollerball1975 #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #70sSciFi #1970smovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies #JohnBeck #WilliamHarrison
March 29, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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The helmet in all its glory. Don't ask if it fits me...

#Rollerball #Rollerball1975 #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #70sSciFi #1970smovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies #JohnBeck #WilliamHarrison
March 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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I bought a “Stadium” bike helmet and found the faceguard on Ebay. It’s worked out really well, and I’m really pleased I had a go!

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #1970smovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies
March 26, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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John Richardson was already a hugely experienced Practical Effects man when he worked on Rollerball. He's done astonishing work on 007s and Harry Potters, etc. Just got his book!

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #Cultfilm #CultMovie #Film #Movies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #70sSciFi #1970smovies
March 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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My research goes into a document called ARCHIVE, and I copy bits out of that into an EDIT document so I never lose anything and I know which sources I've used.

#Rollerball #RollerballMovie #NormanJewison #Cultfilm #CultMovie #SciFi #ScienceFiction #JamesCaan #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #SciFiMovies
March 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Starting to research Norman Jewison's life. Here's a good place to start!

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March 24, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Thank you for following me, Cultsploitation.com! You're my first!

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March 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM