Rollover

Starring:Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer, Bob Gunton, Macon McCalman, Ron Frazier (II), Jodi Long, Crocker Nevin, Marvin Chatinover, Ira Wheeler, Martha Plimpton, Howard Erskine, Carolyn Larson, Steve Ballard, Paul Hecht, David Ellsworth, Michael Prince, Marilyn Berger, Sally Sockwell
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Description

The widow of a murdered bank president and a maverick financier must prevent a crisis when Arab nations threaten to pull their funds from U.S. banks, thereby causing a worldwide financial collapse.

Customer Reviews:

daring.......2007-05-02

This is, to my knowledge, the only major Hollywood movie ever made to attempt to expose the power of the Arab oil tycoons and what they might do with that power. No such movie would be allowed to be made now, which is a further testiment to that power and to the fact that this power is now being wielded inside the United States and not just from the outside.

So, enjoy the movie. There will never be another one like it. And if you want the facts, read Sleeping with the Devil. Also, Blood and Oil.

Romancing the Market Mystery.......2007-04-10

A handsome, clean shaven Kris Kristopherson with his smoky Texas drawl romances a stunning Jane Fonda in a clever mystery constructed around worldwide high finance. Good solid performances by both, but it is a tad difficult to believe Fonda is from Arkansas and Kristopherson from south Texas is a sophisticated, debonair banker. As a mystery, it keeps you guessing.

A Cautionary Tale.......2006-10-08

While I can certainly argue about the cast, the plotline (given its Hollywood source) is plausible and frightening. It isn't about the Saudi's out to destroy the world or greedy bankers. It is a story about what might happen if the U.S. owed a large part of their debt to overseas investors and those investors panicked.

Swap Asians for Arabs and cheap goods for oil and you are all set. Almost half of all U.S. debt is owned by foreign investors now, including many that are not friendly to us. It is in their interest not to dump this debt on the market at the moment but what if bonds or the dollar (or both) started to seriously slide? What if they decided it was "them or us" and weren't going to see their investments implode. Watch the movie and see how an innocent action might trigger such a response.

It is true that only folks with a good understanding of international economics will "get it" and I am surprised such a movie was even released. If you have the background and can put up with the actors, this is quite a fascinating tale.

A taut, disturbing film due to its reasonable plot.......2005-07-09

For me, this is one of Kris Kristofferson's better movies. He plays a bank examiner that finds that one of the bank's Middle East accounts is siphoning off 5% of funds from maturing commercial paper (CP) into gold rather than reinvesting (or rolling over, thus the name of the movie) the proceeds back into more CP issued by the bank. The plot of the movie is finding out why. While some may be turned off by a financially oriented movie, it is scary in the sense that "Jaws" was: it's plausible that it could happen (investors buy gold). What we hope doesn't occur in real life is what is portrayed at the end of this movie (it's highly unlikely that it would occur, but then Long Term Capital Management, with two Nobel prize winners on board, wasn't supposed to implode either). It's suspenseful, but non-financial type people should rent this rather than buy it (one viewing is good enough). This would have received five stars were it not for Jane being in it.

Yow!.......2004-10-16

This is the film that could easily have tanked the career of lesser mortals, but the mighty Jane Fonda continued acting in six or seven subsequent films until 1992, when she married Ted Turner and her film career ended rather abruptly. Kris Kristofferson is simply awful/laugable in his role as a Wall Street Troubleshooter.

Don't look for this mess to be released on dvd anytime soon, unless it becomes a camp favorite. This film tries to be a potboiler, but it ends up being a soap opera with the world economy as a backdrop. It's one establishing shot after another, and the actual consequences of any actual conflict are too abstract for anyone to care about. Fonda and Kristofferson must have been embarrassed at this thing. It's just a sheer waste of two good actors.

The plotline is so paper thin that even a kid in second grade would find it to be implausible. In fact, here's a script for a story that I wrote in about three minutes, which would have made more sense:

"Heroes of the Stratosphere"
by Thomas Redmond

After taxiing down an airport runway near San Clemente, California, Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson take off in a badly-maintained twin engine biplane with Jane Fonda piloting. At 6,000 feet, Jane decides to put the plane through its paces, and begins performing aerial stunts like barrel rolls and steep power dives. Unfortunately, the airplane is not in very good shape and after about ten minutes, part of the left wing flies off.

"Hey!," yells Kristofferson.
"Hey, Yourself!," yells Fonda, coyly.
"Yow!," replies Kristofferson.

At that point, Fonda manuevers the biplane into a tailspin, and Kristofferson flies out of his seat, into the air and begins to fall to earth without a parachute. Then, in an attempt to save Kristofferson by scooping him into the navigator's seat, Fonda puts the plane into a steep dive but is unable to rescue the hapless Kris because of the damaged left wing. Fonda ends up crashing the airplane into a Lake near the DuPont estate near Wilmington, Delaware about a half an hour after takeoff.

Somehow, both Kris and Jane emerge from the experience unscathed. Later on the two are reunited and they get married and live happily ever after.

The End

Vehicle Stability and Rollover Design Engineering Strategies, Solutions and Test Drives in the Detroit Silver Dome (USA), Using Continental TEVES ESP Technology, ... with Mercedes Benz, Ford, and BMW Vehicles

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Vehicle Stability and Rollover Design Engineering Strategies, Solutions and Test Drives in the Detroit Silver Dome (USA), Using Continental TEVES ESP Technology, ... with Mercedes Benz, Ford, and BMW Vehicles
Starring: Professor Paul G. Ranky; PhD; NJIT; USA; and Cintinental TEVES; USA Professional Engineers
Director: Professor Paul G. Ranky; PhD; NJIT; USA
Manufacturer: www.cimwareukandusa.com
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Product Description

Level: Aimed at automotive engineers, sensor technology engineers and managers, design engineers, automotive engineering managers, quality assurance engineers, system design engineers, control engineers, industrial engineers, and IT managers. Several sections could be ideal for undergraduate and graduate education, and even for high school students and technicians learning/ exploring automotive vehicle and sensor technology, as well as related engineering technology. Industrial Sponsors/ Contributors include with special thanks to Continental TEVES Inc., USA, Mercedes Benz, USA, Ford, USA, BMW, USA, CIMware Ltd. UK, CIMware USA, Inc., and others. Contents: This electronic publication is a professional quality DVD video for all of those who are interested in automotive vehicle stability design technology. It explains and demonstrates with professional drivers various vehicle stability design engineering solutions, using Continental TEVES ESP (Electronic Stability Program) technology. Amongst others, this video let's you enjoy fast, specially rigged test cars as they accelerate fast, turn, slip and almost roll-over in artificially created harsh conditions. Filmed inside and outside the automobiles, with many slow motion shots, this DVD will give you the thrill of professional roll-over test-drives. What you will learn: Having watched the DVD video, you will see and understand several innovative vehicle stability and control ideas and some technologies. System Requirements: DVD-ROM: NTSC standard definition (SD) DVD video player for TV, or computer. Approximate length 13 minutes, in 4:3 regular screen format, or any good computer screen (800 x 600 resolution, or better). Furthermore available in PAL DVD video, in streamed digital, and Apple Video iPod formats. Please visit www.cimwareukandusa.com for available formats and further relating products.

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