Episode 059: Rollerball

James Caan has had an incredibly varied career, from mobster classics like The Godfather and Thief , to light-hearted comedies like Wes Anderson's break out Bottle Rocket and Jon Favreau's Elf . But one of his best is also one of his least remembered and strangest films - Norman Jewison's dark-future sports epic , Rollerball from 1975. Caan's patented tender-tough-guy demeanor is the moral backbone of this dystopian drama - and MG argues that's what makes its weird blend of 2001 , 1984 , and The Longest Yard work, turning it into something truly unique in 70s sci-fi! #TheLimey #MartiniGint