The rollover plot

Movie
German title	The rollover plot
Original title	Rollover
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1981
length	115 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Alan J. Pakula
script	Howard Kohn , David Shaber , David Weir
production	Bruce Gilbert
music	Michael Small
camera	Guglielmo Garroni , Giuseppe Rotunno
cut	Evan A. Lottman
occupation
Jane Fonda : Lee Winters Kris Kristofferson : Hubbell Smith Hume Cronyn : Maxwell Emery Josef Sommer : Roy Lefcourt Bob Gunton : Sal Naftari Macon McCalman : Jerry Fewster Ron Frazier : Gil Hovey Jodi Long : Betsy Okamoto Crocker Nevin : Warner Ackerman Marvin Chatinover : Henry Lipscomb Ira Wheeler : Mr. Whitelaw Martha Plimpton : daughter of Fewster

The Rollover Plot ( Rollover ) is an American thriller directed by Alan J. Pakula from 1981 .

action

Lee Winters' husband, head of Winterchem Enterprises , is murdered after discovering a secret account number 21214. Lee Winters investigates the background of the crime and at the same time continues her husband's business. She meets the finance manager Hubbell Smith, whom she later marries.

Smith and Winters discover that the account belongs to Arabs engaged in shady transactions. You try to kill Winters as an uncomfortable witness. They later kidnap her husband.

The Arabs panic and withdraw their money from US accounts. The film ends with a global economic crisis.

Reviews

• The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was " staged without great ambitions ". His “ melodramatic elements ” are “ rather flat and conventional ”.
• The film The Rollover Plot is criticized by Jack Shaheen in his documentary Reel Bad Arabs as remarkably anti-Arab . On the one hand, the film works with anti-Arab stereotypes and also makes use of conspiracy theories .

Awards

Kris Kristofferson was nominated for the Golden Raspberry for Worst Actor along with his performance in Heaven's Gate .

background

The film was shot in New York City , Levittown, Nassau County, and Albany . It grossed approximately $ 10.85 million in US cinemas .

Web links

• The rollover conspiracy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The rollover conspiracy at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The rollover plot. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Filming locations for rollover
3. ↑ Box office / business for rollover