Feb 7, 2025
Rollercoaster (1977)
"What do you want me to do?"
"First, Harry, I think I should tell you about the bomb. Would you like to know where it is?"
"Sure."
"You're holding it."
#rollercoaster#1977#american cinema#disaster movie#james goldstone#sanford sheldon#richard levinson#william link#george segal#richard widmark#timothy bottoms#henry fonda#susan strasberg#harry guardino#helen hunt#dorothy tristan#harry davis#stephen pearlman#gerald rowe#lalo schifrin#rumbling action nonsense but a good time. I'd figured this for one of the mountain of starry disaster flicks that exploded onto screens thru#the 70s but truthfully this is more of a slowburn suspense piece that's more interested in the buildup than the payoff (no bad thing). it#does bring an impressive cast together tho some (particularly Fonda and Strasberg) are relegated to minor roles that give them very little#to do. Segal is an interesting version of this particular type of thriller hero: he's an asshole‚ and in turn everyone is an asshole to him#the tense finále includes a free Sparks concert‚ which is cool‚ but Bottoms' stoic sociopath (about whom we learn really nothing) doesn't#seem taken with the music. his greatest crime? could be. I'd abandon my crazy terrorism plot if i got the chance to see Ron Mael scowl and#play some sweet tunes at close quarters.
