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The plot is about a guile young terrorist who is able to blackmail a series of companies by placing home-made radio controlled bombs within the central attraction of amusement parks; roller coasters. The young man played by Timothy Bottoms gives a hard time to the cops after they give him UV marked money. He then wants revenge and places a bomb in a roller coaster at the most important amusement park event of the year. Written by
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Watch out for the Man watching the Rollercoaster
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Trivia
The movie featured over one hundred bit roles many of them in true "cinema verite" style being played by real life incarnations e.g. policemen playing policemen.
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Goofs
The last portion of the movie at Magic Mountain is depicted as taking place on July 4th but in fact it's easy to tell the filming was done during the winter months. The trees in the park are all dormant.
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Quotes
Young Man:
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after the young man tells Harry he is holding the bomb]
Do I have your full attention?
Harry Calder:
Screw you!
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Connections
Referenced in
Bad Movie Beatdown: Meteor (2009)
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Soundtracks
"Big Boy"
Written by
Ron Mael
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Rollercoaster was released at a time when disaster movies were very popular. I guess that's why it's been labeled by many critics as exactly that. But it's not. It's a very clever thriller with some great dialogue. I wasn't too surprised that Columbo creators Richard Levinson and William Link co-developed the story and wrote the screenplay. Especially the conversations between George Segal and Timothy Bottoms are just as good as anything you've ever seen on Columbo. This is a very underrated movie and during all the Sensurround hype the finer qualities of it got overlooked. So maybe next time you get a chance watch it again. Perhaps you'll be surprised.