I was an extra in the scenes at King's Dominion. I was with my friend's young daughter. We had a blast. Every day I would bring a car load of helium balloons home.
Hello Donna Benton. How are you ? I am John from North Carolina. I was in Norfork when they filmed this movie ..." Rollercoaster...". I had a friend named Sava Thompson that was an extra in this movie, she was from Iceland . she was an actress....do you know her ? She lives in Newport News, VA. Please write....John Steelman , I have not see her in a long time.....thanks....John Steelman
I watched this on TV with my grandmother in the 80s and it began a series of wonderful memories of a little boy and his very old nana watching these sorts of films, which I still enjoy when I watch all these years later. So many of them were not what a grandmother would usually sit and watch, let alone with her grandchild, but that was the war generation and I doubt she thought of them as in any way disturbing. On a side note this film's carnival theme music is absolutely perfect.
I know what you mean! I have TREASURED memories of me in the very late 60's and 71-73. My Grandmother watching "The Outer Limits" and "Mission Impossible" (THE ORIGINAL) on Saturday nights and she'd sit in her recliner putting pin-curls in her hair getting ready for church the next morning. Just me and Grandma (she was a widower at the time and us kids would go stay with her sometimes on the weekend or summer). I wish I had pictures of those days with her! She didn't drive so whenever she wanted to go "downtown" (and my mom wasn't available to drive her) she had a cart that folded up and I went with her a couple times. We rode the city bus and did her shopping. A couple of times we went to "Newberry's" and she got some "sundries" and then treated me to lunch at the counter. GOD I wish I had pictures of that day! I have SO many memories of time with my Grandma, just she and I'm the old woman now at 63. In those days she was about my age! 😲😲 Seems like yesterday. 😢
That's awesome; I was too young to fully appreciate movies like this at the time, and missed out on the Sensurround era. But I bet I could recreate it if tried! Do you remember what it was like? Did the bass effects come from a seat shaker, or some extra-thumpy subwoofer arrangement?
Can't believe it's on Blu-ray, hooray! Really enjoy this movie. No one else would appreciate this, but I met Helen Hunt briefly and mentioned it was one of my favorites, she smiled sweetly and laughed, I bet not a lot of folks remember that she was in it. To make it complete, my acting teacher (yes, I'm an actor/LA cliche) ran into George Segal at the gym and told him that it was one of his student's (me) favorite films...he gave the same response as Helen. :-). My life is complete, hehe.
stupid8911 I have a friend who was an assistant director on The Goldbergs. I was so stoked that he was working with George Segal that I took a selfie holding my VHS copies of Rollercoaster and Terminal Man. My friend showed George the pic and he told me George got s good laugh out of it.
saw this movie when it first came out.. Read the book and have the CD.. one of my favorite movies... also one of the last movies to to use Sensurround...
My parents took me to see this in theater when I was 8 years old. I loved it! I realize the cars turned upside-down, but there's no gore, just a bunch of drama. I will always relish this movie.
I loved this film. I am from the United Kingdom and I saw it on TV but it was very hard to get on DVD but I got it eventually. We have a roller coaster 🎢 in Great Yarmouth Norfolk England England very much like this. I love wooden coasters.
I remember watching this film when i was a kid..the group sparks were in it also..very obscure but good movie..Not many films afterwards are quite like this one either.
The Magic Mountain scene was filmed in December 1976. The ride had only opened the previous May, yes, I have photos from the skytower where you can see the whole thing!!
"The Great American Revolution" was the name of the ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain when they filmed the move. Later they have revamped it and called it "The New Revolution". I have ridden on Revolution and the ride is awesome.
I loved the sequel rollercoaster 2 looper,sees a George Segal return and face off with Timmy bottoms one last time. The second movie was set in funderland Dublin as the budget was much less the second time around. We see our hero segal join with master terrorist bottoms as they both decide to become outlaws and extort the takings from the Dutch company of fundeland. They target the orbiter at first leading to many deaths and the climax is on the fliegender teppich (magic carpet). A complete box office failure but now a cult movie. 135 mins rated x USA/Ireland location. 12,000,000 budget 1983. Interesting fact: Camera and crew visible by sizzler. Piss atlas visible on segals chinos during candy floss scene. Screen debut of hot rod o Rourke.
Hello, I was in Norfolk when they filmed this movie, I had a friend that was in the movie, her name was Sava Thompson she was from Iceland, any one that knows her please write....I am John Steelman from North Carolina. I have see Sava Thompson in a long time , she lives in NewPort News , Va. thanks John Steelman
yes it was! I still remember the big mysterious "speakers" in the corners of the theater. I guess they caused people problems like broken ribs but I never had a problem with it. My parents saw "Earthquake" (1974) and loved it and had no issues with it. I guess it depended on the theater (and the age of it). I didn't remember what it was called until I started reading about it not too long ago. In my mind I was thinking of it as "surround sound." All I know is it sure made you FEEL the movie effects! List of movies that used it (up until it was discontinued): #1 "Earthquake" 1974, "Midway" 1976 (I saw this at a "drive-in" theater so IDK what it was like in theaters), "Rollercoaster" 1977, "Saga of a Star World": The theatrical version used in 1978 ( I never saw it), "Battlestar Galactica: The pilot" 1979, (never saw that in theater either). I never liked any of the Battlestar movies or series or anything like that.
I remember seeing this on TV back in the 80's as a small child. The thought of someone blowing up a rollercoaster as people are on it was pretty creepy. But if people want to watch the modern version of this just watch the Alton Towers CCTV. PS. Remember back in the 90's when there was all those stories about people putting chewing gum&razor blades in Water Slides?
So, you're saying it was the biggest movie of 1977? Well, all it takes is a couple of seconds of internet searching to show that is false. When it comes to the highest grossing films of 1977, I don't believe Rollercoaster even made it into the top ten. Star Wars was clearly the biggest film of '77, which was the point of my comment.
You seriously err when you say Star Wars was the "biggest movie" of 1977. Star Wars was the "highest grossing film" of 1977 but not the "biggest" in terms of physicality.
"Biggest in terms of physicality"? What does that even mean? When I'm talking about the biggest movie of the year, I'm talking about the most ticket sales, the most successful, the most profitable in relation to the film's budget, the most influential, and the most memorable. Star Wars excells in all of those categories. Rollercoaster really doesn't. Unless I missed the big 40th anniversary celebration for Rollercoaster that set records with over 70,000 attendees. Did Rollercoaster have one of those celebrations in 2017? Because Star Wars did.
You are correct on all of the above statements regarding Star Wars' ticket sales and profitability. However, you fail to realize that the Star Wars phenomenon was an organic movement that took several years to grow into the "classic status" that it is as of now. Perhaps you were not alive in 1977 and don't remember that many prominent film critics panned Star Wars and it was not until its continual re-releases and 1980 sequel that the phenomenon really begin to which you are referring. However, Rollercoaster was bigger in the summer of 1977 but then suddenly its enormous popularity faded away and thus it did not become a "phenomenon." Think of it as a race against the 2 films: Rollercoaster was the "sprinter" and was ahead for the first 20 or so yards but then "Star Wars" kept steady and completely eclipsed it...winning the race by a mile.
At the last scene at Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA the ride was called "The Great American Revolution". Now it is "The New Revolution" but it has the same character like when the ride opened in May, 1976.
@@pvtmikeyjr1963 The coaster at 1:05 was used in National Lampoon's Vacation and was called the "Whipper Snapper" at the fictional theme park "Walley World."
Anyone notice that in all of these trailers for this movie, Timothy Bottom's voice is not used as the "Young Man"? He played the villain and his voice is not even in the movie's preview. I wonder why that is as it appears they showed scenes already filmed. Unless they had to do a voice over which makes no sense.
It's used ever so slightly when the announcer says, "A recording from a stranger", but, yeah, could have mentioned him a bit more. Maybe an attempt to keep him "mysterious" (?)
I sort of understand. Because this coaster was named the rocket... when a park in PA built their first wooden coaster and named it phoenix I refused to ride it because I remembered this movie even though the ride came to the park in 85 and the movie was from 77. The Phoenix was originally named... you guessed it... The Rocket. It was left abandoned when the park it stood at closed and Knoebels bought it and moved it bard by board to PA. The Rocket originally stood on TX and while not even close to the same layout and design it was for me at the time a simple name recognition problem for me. After working at the park for 5 years and learning the engineering and mechanics of Roller coasters in great depth... it is actually my favorite rollercoaster, and just happens to be the #1 wooden coaster in the world.
Faint Haunting Memory of Bottoms' Missing Eyes ... Precariously perched on the edge of the bed, frenziedly pulling on some well-worn sneakers, softly-tantalizing golden-hued streams of a June sun shimmering hazily through the bedroom window. A twelve-year old filmic mind is reeling, edgy with anticipation, as I readied myself to go "Solo" to a movie "Downtown" for the first time. A prepubescent "Event" of the highest order, the euphoric suspense of possibilities was virtually unbearable; the perfectly ideal pairing of 'Coasters and "SENSURROUND" promising an enticingly sonorous n' seismic spectacular like never before. Have never forgotten this idyllic n' cherished childhood film-going memory. Had the privilege n' pleasure to experience it on the "Big Screen" once again in re-release, disappointingly devoid of "Sensurround", in a (James Goldstone / Universal) Hard-Top Double-Bill with "Swashbuckler". Curiously, it appears that all existing prints are now strangely-shorn of Timothy's final, chilling close-up ...
I was watching Star Wars when this came out at a multiplex and kept hearing all the Sensurround in the theatre next door so at the end I ran out only to catch the ending credits. Even though Star Wars was cool all I wanted to do was watch Rollercoaster!
Back in the day as a kid this was scary thinking some nut would blow up a coaster track for money or thrill of it. Timothy Bottoms should have gone on to be a star. He was in several earlier good movies and so handsome.
Seen the big poster in a coffee shop today it looked creppy than I found out it was PG looking at the trailer it looks more like a Dirty Harry reject script still I'll watch it at least once
It was basically free publicity for them, do you know anybody that doesn't go to Kings Dominion or Magic Mountain because they are afraid of a terrorist attack?
The story was that the bomber wanted a million dollar ransom. Likely a disgruntled amusement park employee who did not like how the park or the company of the rollercoasters did. Once they played a cat and mouse with the police the bomber wanted to do a demonstration and to blow up the tracks at The Great American Revolution at Magic Mountain in Valencia. The bomb squad found the bomb before the ride opened but the bomber went on the first ride to place a second bomb on the ride in the last row of the ride. Later after confrontation the bomber (Bottoms) finally died when the ride hit him as they were making the last turn around to head back to the station.
I saw this with a friend in the theaters when it came out. This was the worst movie I have ever seen. We were laughing at the plot and dialogue back then and we were barely teenagers and could see how bad it was. Can’t imagine how anyone liked this movie. I put Ishtar above this.
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The trailers back then were so much better then today’s
RIP George Segal...his brilliant work as Harry Calder gave this movie a lot of credibility.
I agree.
I was an extra in the scenes at King's Dominion. I was with my friend's young daughter. We had a blast. Every day I would bring a car load of helium balloons home.
Hello Donna Benton. How are you ? I am John from North Carolina. I was in Norfork when they filmed this movie ..." Rollercoaster...". I had a friend named Sava Thompson that was an extra in this movie, she was from Iceland . she was an actress....do you know her ? She lives in Newport News, VA. Please write....John Steelman , I have not see her in a long time.....thanks....John Steelman
@@johnsteelman1410 Sorry John, I was only in Richmond. We did not go to Norfolk.
Donna, did you see yourself?...
I watched this on TV with my grandmother in the 80s and it began a series of wonderful memories of a little boy and his very old nana watching these sorts of films, which I still enjoy when I watch all these years later. So many of them were not what a grandmother would usually sit and watch, let alone with her grandchild, but that was the war generation and I doubt she thought of them as in any way disturbing. On a side note this film's carnival theme music is absolutely perfect.
I know what you mean! I have TREASURED memories of me in the very late 60's and 71-73. My Grandmother watching "The Outer Limits" and "Mission Impossible" (THE ORIGINAL) on Saturday nights and she'd sit in her recliner putting pin-curls in her hair getting ready for church the next morning. Just me and Grandma (she was a widower at the time and us kids would go stay with her sometimes on the weekend or summer). I wish I had pictures of those days with her!
She didn't drive so whenever she wanted to go "downtown" (and my mom wasn't available to drive her) she had a cart that folded up and I went with her a couple times. We rode the city bus and did her shopping. A couple of times we went to "Newberry's" and she got some "sundries" and then treated me to lunch at the counter. GOD I wish I had pictures of that day! I have SO many memories of time with my Grandma, just she and I'm the old woman now at 63. In those days she was about my age! 😲😲 Seems like yesterday. 😢
47 years later and I still remember seeing this in the theater
me too! It was a great movie. I wish it was streaming without having to rent or buy it! It was a one of a kind movie of its time.
I saw this movie in a THEATER when it came out... with "sensurround sound"! :-)
same here. along with earthquake and midway. classic times.
The vibration made the audience feel the ride.
@yeastpriest Me too, plus I saw Battlestar Galactica in Sensurround also
Me too, I was ten years old in an old theatre in Perth and the whole cinema was shaking. Brings back great times!
That's awesome; I was too young to fully appreciate movies like this at the time, and missed out on the Sensurround era. But I bet I could recreate it if tried! Do you remember what it was like? Did the bass effects come from a seat shaker, or some extra-thumpy subwoofer arrangement?
I love this just for the high quality vintage coaster footage of some absolutely classic coasters
One of my favorite movies. It really needs to be available on a streaming platform.
IKR! It should be!
One of hidden 💎 thrillers of the 1970s. RIP George Segal. He will be miss.
Can't believe it's on Blu-ray, hooray! Really enjoy this movie. No one else would appreciate this, but I met Helen Hunt briefly and mentioned it was one of my favorites, she smiled sweetly and laughed, I bet not a lot of folks remember that she was in it. To make it complete, my acting teacher (yes, I'm an actor/LA cliche) ran into George Segal at the gym and told him that it was one of his student's (me) favorite films...he gave the same response as Helen. :-). My life is complete, hehe.
stupid8911 I have a friend who was an assistant director on The Goldbergs. I was so stoked that he was working with George Segal that I took a selfie holding my VHS copies of Rollercoaster and Terminal Man. My friend showed George the pic and he told me George got s good laugh out of it.
Yes, whenever I watch this movie with someone, they are surprised to see Helen in it.
stupid8911 I have this on Blu Ray the uncut version and the theatrical version, the quality is much better than the DVD.
So amazing love it!! ❤️
Oh, the disaster films of the 1970’s!!! God, I love those!
There were some GREAT movies in the 1970's! That was a decade for movies and successful one at that! I miss the 70's.
@ It was definitely a high water mark for movies.
The opening sequence with the coaster crash is one of the greatest practical VFX sequences in history.
Saw it in 77 as a little kid, I liked it.
Saw this at the theater when I was 10 years old great film 🎥
I was an extra at Ocean View and was in the crowd when the car lies off the track - several stunt people in the first car were hurt
Great movie, one of my favorites.
Great score by Lalo Schifrin too.
saw this movie when it first came out.. Read the book and have the CD.. one of my favorite movies... also one of the last movies to to use Sensurround...
My parents took me to see this in theater when I was 8 years old. I loved it! I realize the cars turned upside-down, but there's no gore, just a bunch of drama. I will always relish this movie.
Saw this at the drive-in along with The Swarm when I was 8, I was glued to the screen
coool!
I remember this always playing as the late movie on Friday nights back in the eighties.
This is a good movie let's just hope no psycho gets the ideal to do this in real life
I think this is the movie that scarred me for life. I’ve never rode a rollercoaster 🎢 after watching this movie in my childhood
@@blackmatt78 Final Destination 3 did it for me
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I loved this film. I am from the United Kingdom and I saw it on TV but it was very hard to get on DVD but I got it eventually. We have a roller coaster 🎢 in Great Yarmouth Norfolk England England very much like this. I love wooden coasters.
PLEASURE BEACH GREAT YARMOUTH NORFOLK England. Google the senic railway back in the 70s..
This was a big part of the reason why I wanted to visit Kings Dominion I still want to visit Magic Mountain
This is one movie i never forgot..Going have to get the DVD asap.
JONATHAN Buxton I have bought this on Blu-ray it has the uncut and theatrical version
I remember watching this film when i was a kid..the group sparks were in it also..very obscure but good movie..Not many films afterwards are quite like this one either.
I saw "1977" in the title and for some reason thought this was gonna be Jaws with a rollercoaster 😭
I came here from another certain movie with a rollercoaster and this is a pretty good film ngl
The Revolution looked different without the trees
The Magic Mountain scene was filmed in December 1976. The ride had only opened the previous May, yes, I have photos from the skytower where you can see the whole thing!!
"The Great American Revolution" was the name of the ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain when they filmed the move. Later they have revamped it and called it "The New Revolution". I have ridden on Revolution and the ride is awesome.
Revolution at SFMM, iconic roller coaster!
A unique premise for a film and this film does a good job with it like 2 Minute Warning did with a sniper at the superbowl
RIP George Segal, above the clouds now, probably strumming on his banjo with Taylor and Burton making up his audience.
I remember this movie playing on AMC. Thought I imagined it.
I watched it on cable when I was a kid in the 80s. It's a good thriller for the era
I miss the old magic mountain
I taped this movie off TV yrs ago & am Watching it Now Thanks anyway 7/21/23 12:20pm
Anybody remember that the New Wave and art rock band Sparks (Ron and Russell Mael) were in this movie? LOL
Because Kiss asked for too much money.
Yes, they were basically satirizing arena rock groups.
Oh damn
I loved the sequel rollercoaster 2 looper,sees a George Segal return and face off with Timmy bottoms one last time. The second movie was set in funderland Dublin as the budget was much less the second time around. We see our hero segal join with master terrorist bottoms as they both decide to become outlaws and extort the takings from the Dutch company of fundeland. They target the orbiter at first leading to many deaths and the climax is on the fliegender teppich (magic carpet). A complete box office failure but now a cult movie. 135 mins rated x USA/Ireland location. 12,000,000 budget 1983.
Interesting fact:
Camera and crew visible by sizzler.
Piss atlas visible on segals chinos during candy floss scene.
Screen debut of hot rod o Rourke.
seesnap It’s actually pronounced Tippish, get your facts right 🙄
Hello, I was in Norfolk when they filmed this movie, I had a friend that was in the movie, her name was Sava Thompson she was from Iceland, any one that knows her please write....I am John Steelman from North Carolina. I have see Sava Thompson in a long time , she lives in NewPort News , Va. thanks John Steelman
I used to watch this movie every time it came on HBO back when I was a kid.
RIP George Segal
+1
"In 'Sensurround'" as I recall.
yes it was! I still remember the big mysterious "speakers" in the corners of the theater. I guess they caused people problems like broken ribs but I never had a problem with it. My parents saw "Earthquake" (1974) and loved it and had no issues with it. I guess it depended on the theater (and the age of it). I didn't remember what it was called until I started reading about it not too long ago. In my mind I was thinking of it as "surround sound." All I know is it sure made you FEEL the movie effects! List of movies that used it (up until it was discontinued): #1 "Earthquake" 1974, "Midway" 1976 (I saw this at a "drive-in" theater so IDK what it was like in theaters), "Rollercoaster" 1977, "Saga of a Star World": The theatrical version used in 1978 ( I never saw it), "Battlestar Galactica: The pilot" 1979, (never saw that in theater either). I never liked any of the Battlestar movies or series or anything like that.
Can I use some of this footage for a video I’m working on and credit this channel?
I remember seeing this on TV back in the 80's as a small child. The thought of someone blowing up a rollercoaster as people are on it was pretty creepy. But if people want to watch the modern version of this just watch the Alton Towers CCTV.
PS. Remember back in the 90's when there was all those stories about people putting chewing gum&razor blades in Water Slides?
I wonder how many experts in the film industry believed that Rollercoaster was going to be the biggest movie of 1977?
It was
So, you're saying it was the biggest movie of 1977? Well, all it takes is a couple of seconds of internet searching to show that is false. When it comes to the highest grossing films of 1977, I don't believe Rollercoaster even made it into the top ten. Star Wars was clearly the biggest film of '77, which was the point of my comment.
You seriously err when you say Star Wars was the "biggest movie" of 1977. Star Wars was the "highest grossing film" of 1977 but not the "biggest" in terms of physicality.
"Biggest in terms of physicality"? What does that even mean? When I'm talking about the biggest movie of the year, I'm talking about the most ticket sales, the most successful, the most profitable in relation to the film's budget, the most influential, and the most memorable. Star Wars excells in all of those categories. Rollercoaster really doesn't. Unless I missed the big 40th anniversary celebration for Rollercoaster that set records with over 70,000 attendees. Did Rollercoaster have one of those celebrations in 2017? Because Star Wars did.
You are correct on all of the above statements regarding Star Wars' ticket sales and profitability. However, you fail to realize that the Star Wars phenomenon was an organic movement that took several years to grow into the "classic status" that it is as of now.
Perhaps you were not alive in 1977 and don't remember that many prominent film critics panned Star Wars and it was not until its continual re-releases and 1980 sequel that the phenomenon really begin to which you are referring. However, Rollercoaster was bigger in the summer of 1977 but then suddenly its enormous popularity faded away and thus it did not become a "phenomenon." Think of it as a race against the 2 films: Rollercoaster was the "sprinter" and was ahead for the first 20 or so yards but then "Star Wars" kept steady and completely eclipsed it...winning the race by a mile.
Was the the same rollocoaster used on the movie Vacation.
Saw this when I was 10 very intense
Saw this in 1978 at my dad's office cinema club.
Saw this as a double feature in '77, with a small obscure film called...Star Wars; saw it at a drive-in when I was 6 years old...
This I enjoyed more than Star Wars. Let's not forget Timothy Bottom's (The Last Picture Show) performance and Sparks singing : Big Boy:
Which park was this filmed at?
+JimmyJazz332: Kings Dominion in Doswell, VA, Oceans View Amusement Park in Norfolk, VA and Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA.
I live there! Hehe
and the roller coaster is racer 75 formally known as rebel yell, of course it didn't actually break down but ya know.
At the last scene at Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA the ride was called "The Great American Revolution". Now it is "The New Revolution" but it has the same character like when the ride opened in May, 1976.
@@pvtmikeyjr1963 The coaster at 1:05 was used in National Lampoon's Vacation and was called the "Whipper Snapper" at the fictional theme park "Walley World."
Larry David would love this movie
I have the films' soundtrack on vinyl. Good score and sound effects. Good movie with original idea, and numerous 'stars'🤩🤙
Anyone notice that in all of these trailers for this movie, Timothy Bottom's voice is not used as the "Young Man"? He played the villain and his voice is not even in the movie's preview. I wonder why that is as it appears they showed scenes already filmed. Unless they had to do a voice over which makes no sense.
It's used ever so slightly when the announcer says, "A recording from a stranger", but, yeah, could have mentioned him a bit more. Maybe an attempt to keep him "mysterious" (?)
I had a fear of bombs on rollercoaster tracks after I saw this, and I refused to ride any rollercoaster with a bomb under its tracks.
I sort of understand. Because this coaster was named the rocket... when a park in PA built their first wooden coaster and named it phoenix I refused to ride it because I remembered this movie even though the ride came to the park in 85 and the movie was from 77. The Phoenix was originally named... you guessed it... The Rocket. It was left abandoned when the park it stood at closed and Knoebels bought it and moved it bard by board to PA. The Rocket originally stood on TX and while not even close to the same layout and design it was for me at the time a simple name recognition problem for me.
After working at the park for 5 years and learning the engineering and mechanics of Roller coasters in great depth... it is actually my favorite rollercoaster, and just happens to be the #1 wooden coaster in the world.
How will you know if there's a bomb under its tracks? You got a handy-dandy sniffer dog in your possession? Get a grip.
Awesome movie .
Dang I remember this movie it came out when I was 4
What did you put on the ride?!
In Sensurround!
Faint Haunting Memory of Bottoms' Missing Eyes ... Precariously perched on the edge of the bed, frenziedly pulling on some well-worn sneakers, softly-tantalizing golden-hued streams of a June sun shimmering hazily through the bedroom window. A twelve-year old filmic mind is reeling, edgy with anticipation, as I readied myself to go "Solo" to a movie "Downtown" for the first time. A prepubescent "Event" of the highest order, the euphoric suspense of possibilities was virtually unbearable; the perfectly ideal pairing of 'Coasters and "SENSURROUND" promising an enticingly sonorous n' seismic spectacular like never before. Have never forgotten this idyllic n' cherished childhood film-going memory. Had the privilege n' pleasure to experience it on the "Big Screen" once again in re-release, disappointingly devoid of "Sensurround", in a (James Goldstone / Universal) Hard-Top Double-Bill with "Swashbuckler". Curiously, it appears that all existing prints are now strangely-shorn of Timothy's final, chilling close-up ...
An exciting movie.
RIP GEORGE SEGAL
A young Helen Hunt was in this movie.
Before she started 'blossoming'.
Please upload a clip
Ace 🎥💯
I was watching Star Wars when this came out at a multiplex and kept hearing all the Sensurround in the theatre next door so at the end I ran out only to catch the ending credits. Even though Star Wars was cool all I wanted to do was watch Rollercoaster!
Yeah never forgotten wonderful sparks doing a show there big boy..big beat tour 😂gazz
I have been told this has kiss meets the phantom of the park connections!
Back in the day as a kid this was scary thinking some nut would blow up a coaster track for money or thrill of it. Timothy Bottoms should have gone on to be a star. He was in several earlier good movies and so handsome.
if I remember correctly, Spilberg participated in this movie
KISS was originally going to be guest stars in this movie, but declined.
This looks like little elm tx
Someone blowing up roller coasters around the U.S.A. and the news does not report it?
Looks like pretty decent carney ride footage & not shitty CGI garbage.
it is all real, several stunt men got injured including a couple famous actors kids I can't rememeber
Seen the big poster in a coffee shop today it looked creppy than I found out it was PG looking at the trailer it looks more like a Dirty Harry reject script still I'll watch it at least once
I feel bad for the theme parks in the movie to be honest. Why would you make a movie about this guy who blows up roller coasters?
Same reason they made a movie about people being eaten by sharks in the water.
Also, people weren't as terrified of everything back then.
It was basically free publicity for them, do you know anybody that doesn't go to Kings Dominion or Magic Mountain because they are afraid of a terrorist attack?
The story was that the bomber wanted a million dollar ransom. Likely a disgruntled amusement park employee who did not like how the park or the company of the rollercoasters did. Once they played a cat and mouse with the police the bomber wanted to do a demonstration and to blow up the tracks at The Great American Revolution at Magic Mountain in Valencia. The bomb squad found the bomb before the ride opened but the bomber went on the first ride to place a second bomb on the ride in the last row of the ride. Later after confrontation the bomber (Bottoms) finally died when the ride hit him as they were making the last turn around to head back to the station.
And Sparks lol
Now on Blu ray. Some movies should be left on Beta.
douglas787 I have a blu-ray copy
I saw this with a friend in the theaters when it came out. This was the worst movie I have ever seen. We were laughing at the plot and dialogue back then and we were barely teenagers and could see how bad it was. Can’t imagine how anyone liked this movie. I put Ishtar above this.
I don’t like old movies
well then you're missing out on some GREAT movies! that's too bad.
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RIP George Segal
RIP George Segal