Rollercoaster (1977 film)

Rollercoaster ( Original: Roller Coaster) is an American feature film from 1977 directed by James Goldstone. It was filmed during the disaster movie wave of the 1970s, and is sometimes also classified in the genre, but it is unique from design and dramaturgy forth a thriller. Roller coaster was filmed in the then innovative Sensurround technique.

Action

A roller coaster accident at an amusement park in which a fully occupied train, at high speed shoots from a curve into the crowd, proving to be an act of sabotage, a little later followed by other attacks in other parks. In the first investigation of the charge of investigating technical inspector Harry Calder a blackmailer is to track who wants to be blackmailed by the managers of the amusement parks a million dollars.

Calder will call in the FBI and shortly thereafter selected by the criminals to give him the ransom in the amusement park in Richmond. Despite preparations by the police extortionist manages to escape with the money. But it profiteth him nothing, because the dollar bills were identified. A new act of sabotage in the offing. In the dramatic finale, another roller coaster accident prevented at the last second. The fugitive offenders will eventually hit and killed by the train of a roller coaster.

Criticism

The lexicon of the International film saw a " (i ) n the treatment of the subject superficial, but mostly exciting film, which focuses entirely on the Sensurround - shock effects and the parodic drawn cat-and- mouse game between attackers and security officials. "

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  • The three occurring in the film amusement parks and the associated roller coasters are: Ocean View Amusement Park in Norfolk, Virginia, USA ( Roller Coaster: Rocket )
  • Kings Dominion (now Paramount 's Kings Dominion ) in Virginia, United States ( Roller Coaster: Rebel Yell )
  • Magic Mountain ( in the German dubbing: Magic Mountain, now Six Flags Magic Mountain ) in Valencia, California, USA ( Roller Coaster: Revolution)
1977 in film Screenplay Film score Lalo Schifrin David M. Walsh Disaster film Norfolk (Virginia) Rebel Yell (roller coaster)
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