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6.3/10
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A blackmailer threatens to sabotage roller coasters at various American amusement parks if he isn't paid a huge ransom.A blackmailer threatens to sabotage roller coasters at various American amusement parks if he isn't paid a huge ransom.A blackmailer threatens to sabotage roller coasters at various American amusement parks if he isn't paid a huge ransom.
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- TriviaThe roller coaster crash that kicks off the film was significantly more graphic, with flying bodies and gore as the cars derail and topple over. The sequence was toned down considerably to avoid an "R" rating.
- GoofsDuring the catastrophic accident in the beginning of the movie, most of the people in the roller coaster cars are obviously dummies.
- Quotes
[speaking to each other over walkie-talkies]
Young Man: First, Harry, I think I should tell you about the bomb. Would you like to know where it is?
Harry Calder: Sure!
Young Man: You're holding it.
- Alternate versionsThis film was generally released uncut in cinemas and later in the 1980s on VHS. However, at the end of the 1980s/the beginning of the 1990s, a few seconds were removed from the ending of the film (bodies lying on the floor, a one second close-up of the young man's face, bloody and with his eyes open). This version was used worldwide for subsequent TV airings, VHS re-release and then DVDs.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Sparks Brothers (2021)
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entertaining thriller
i thought this was a pretty good little thriller.it kept me entertained throughout,and it never became boring.In a nutshell,it's a about a guy who blows up a roller coaster ride and extorts money from the owners of other amusement parks to keep more of the same from happening to their roller coasters.Timothy Bottoms plays the psychopath,with George Segal as his main nemesis.Bottoms is quite chilling and cold,and Segals' character matches wits him.watch for a young Helen Hunt,as well.i really liked the music by Lalo Schifrin,which is reminiscent of Bernard Herrmann.it really added to the atmosphere.the tension and suspense is down to the wire in this one.for me,Roller-coaster is a 6/10
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- disdressed12
- Mar 25, 2011
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- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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