What's the Difference between Rollerball Murder the Book and Rollerball the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Jonathhon E
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Jonathhon E
Portrayed by: James Caan
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Mr. Bartholomew
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Mr. Bartholomew
Portrayed by: John Houseman
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Moonpie
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Moonpie
Portrayed by: John Beck
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Cletus
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Cletus
Portrayed by: Moses Gun
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Ella
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Ella
Portrayed by: Maud Adams
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Mackie
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Mackie
Portrayed by: Pamela Hensley
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Daphne
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Daphne
Portrayed by: Barbara Trentham
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This Character does not appear.
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Rusty, Team Exec
Portrayed by: Shane Rimmer
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This Character does not appear.
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Librarian
Portrayed by: Ralph Richardson
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In the Book |
In the Movie |
Jonathon is rich as a result of his success. He has a nice house on a ranch on which he raises beef cattle and eats better than some executives. |
Jonathon is well off, he has nice property and rides horses. |
Jonathon shows a group of rookies at training camp how to take out a biker that bears down on him. |
Jonathon invites a large man from Manila to skate around the rink and "take him out" during a rookie training session. He drops to a knee as the rookie skates up behind him; tripping to the floor.
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Mr. Bartholomew was recently demoted in the Energy Corporation and is sort of a father figure to Jonathon; he offers to help him obtain films on history to learn. Jonathon wants more, he wants power. There is no conspiracy to kill Jonathon in the game. |
Batholomew is never demoted. He is the central figure in the Executive conspiracy to have Jonathon killed during a Rollerball game. The extreme violence in Rollerball was devised to show that an individual doesn't matter. Jonathon's heroism is defeating the purpose of Rollerball. |
Jonathon was a corporation child; the bastard of an executive. He learned Roller Ball Murder in university. |
This back story is not mentioned.
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Ella left Jonathon to marry an executive. Ella and her executive husband had applied to have a child but were denied. |
Ella was taken away from Jonathon because an executive wanted her. No mention of children applied for. |