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Old 01-03-07, 11:43 AM
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Movies with roller skating - ??
off hand the one's that come to mind:

'Rollerball' (original and remake)
'Xanadu'
'Jam' (documentary film)

what else is there?
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Boogie Nights?
And didn't that movie SolarBabies have some post apocalyptic roller skating teens in it or something?
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Roller Boogie!!!!

Kansas City Bomber
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Roll Bounce

Also, check here...
http://www.skatelog.com/movies/chron-roller.htm
It only goes up to 2002 though.
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Also good as a baseball movie.
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The Big Brawl - early Jacky Chan flick.
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I remember this movie from the 70's:

Skatetown USA
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Originally Posted by thecrazydude
I remember this movie from the 70's:

Skatetown USA

oh this looks like a scream...

Skatetown USA (IMDB)

Sadly it isn't on video...
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http://www.imdb.com/keyword/roller-skating
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Originally Posted by Giles
oh this looks like a scream...

Skatetown USA (IMDB)

Sadly it isn't on video...
But you can have a blast with the trailer!

<embed width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nUnKG8LqV3o" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" ></embed>
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Roll, Freddy, Roll!

I saw it on TV when I was a kid. I'm guessing it hasn't held up well.

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Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
But you can have a blast with the trailer!

<embed width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nUnKG8LqV3o" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" ></embed>
and it's also on this trailer compliation DVD

42nd Street Forever: The Deuce (Volume 2)

which is sitting in my 'to watch' pile...
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Airborne (already posted, but worth a second mention)
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The very 80s (and until recently largely unavaible) Bogdanovitch film, "They All Laughed". Not all about roller skating, but one extended sequence is at the rink (replete with John Ritter pratfalls)
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There's some roller skating in Monster.
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Thank God It's Friday

Roller Disco at its finest.
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