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The Rewatchables

‘Rollerball’ (1975) With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman

The Rewatchables

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.614.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman record the first podcast without penalties, substitutions, or time limit as they revisit Norman Jewison’s 1975 classic ‘Rollerball’ starring James Caan, John Houseman, and John Beck. Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Ronak Nair Free eBooks library. It’s on Prime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The rewatchables is brought to by the Ringer podcast network where this guy has not been on

0:04.9

in a long time, Brian Coppaman.

0:06.3

He's very busy.

0:06.9

He's making TV shows, movies. What else are you doing? You're doing a bunch of stuff. You know, I'm just honestly returning your texts. That takes up some time. And it's fun. You had a Knicks run? You had a big Knicks run. you had to divest yourself from emotionally after they beat my team, but then fell apart next round.

0:23.8

You had that?

0:24.8

Yeah. a big Knicks run you had to divest yourself from emotionally after they beat my team, but then fell apart next round. You had that? You know, I didn't anticipate, and I should have. Because, you know what we did this, you already gave me, you basically told me what I saw you like two days before. I was at your house two days before the Knicks lost or something, and you were like, just so you know, this is ending now. And I was like, what do you mean? And you're like, it's going to end now. So I knew.

0:42.4

Well, you'll have Janus. He'll be fine. We are still doing one word movie month. And this is a movie

0:48.5

you and I have talked about for a long time. It's finally happening. 50 year anniversary of this

0:53.1

movie coming out. I think two months ago,

0:55.7

Rollerball is next. In the not too distant future, wars will no longer exist, but there will be

1:02.2

Rollerball. Imagine a world without nations. A few of us making decisions on a global basis.

1:13.6

Controlled by corporations. No sickness, no needs and many luxuries.

1:17.6

A society that has abolished love and hate,

1:22.6

aggression and individuality.

1:25.6

And replaced them with the most fantastic entertainment of all time.

1:32.3

Televised to 2 billion hypnotized viewers.

1:36.3

It is more than a game.

1:38.3

It is Rollerball.

1:42.3

James Cahn, John Hausman, Rollerboard, Rated Orr.

1:47.2

This episode of The Rwatchables is presented by Prime.

1:50.5

You listen to this podcast for the movie talk.

1:53.4

So let's set the scene.

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