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Kansas City Bomber
Baseball has its Bull Durham. Basketball has Hoosiers. Football has Rudy. And the mad sport of the roller game has Kansas City Bomber. Step aside, boys, she's coming through. Disco was in, polyester was cool and the roller game was the hottest thing on wheels when this smash-mouth spinfest elbowed its way onto screens. Raquel Welch plays K.C., a single mom (Jodie Foster plays her daughter) who laces up to earn a living for her family. Real competition venues provide settings. Some true-life roller-game players appear in the film. And Welch adds to the authenticity, navigating the banked oval like a rocket-powered bumper car. Round and round she goes. Where she stops may be the top of the roller world.
Manufacturer: Warner Brothers
Price: $3.58
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| User Reviews |  | I'll Take mine with CHEEZZE Please!
rating: 5
No this was way before the Oklahoma City one!Jodie Foster is in this movie so that alone is worth watching. Great Cheezy performances as Raquel chews up the screen in this rollerderby extravaganza! Up there with Solarbabies,Rollerboogie, and Xanadu, and Skatetown U.S.A. and Prayer for the Rollerboys!
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Only Room For One
rating: 4
K.C. Carr is on the fast track to becoming a star in Roller Derby. A divorcee with two children, she has what pop culture would call the "it" factor; but her goal may ultimately prove to be impossible.
Raquel Welch does an outstanding job in portraying the many sides of Carr, in a script which highlights the personal and professional drama in the main character's life. Helena Kallianiotes (Jackie Burdette) received a 1973 Golden Glode nomination for Best Supporting Actress - Movie, as the veteran team leader who refuses to share center stage with Carr.
Team owner Burt Henry - Kevin McCarthy - plays on the drive of Carr to achieve success in the sport and have a lasting, loving relationship.
Directed by Jerrold Freedman and initially released in August 1972, the skating sequences are fantastic and the parallel plot involving Carr's personal life is believable. The tension between Carr, Burdette and Henry spills onto the track, with a match-race to determine who is the best, with the dreams of the loser being crushed in front of fans and teammates.
Kansas City Bomber is a winner, as it depicts the game within the game of life and the steepness in the banked turns to truly find happiness.
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Sometimes its not fun to get what you wish for.
rating: 3
I've been hounding MGM and Welch's agent to get this film re-released as it was one of my childhood favorites. Everyone else has covered the good points of the plot, but I suspect this version was cut for TV and has lost a certain amount of sex appeal. I do recall longer scenes in the shower and before Raquel goes to the rink to outskate her rival, a few less underthings worn in the locker room. But, it's been thirty five years, maybe I'm mistaken.
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Kansaa City Bomber
rating: 4
Excellent movie that is on DVD for anyone who loves the sport of roller derby.
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It's About Time!
rating: 5
I was very surprised to see "Kansas City Bomber" finally released on DVD. It was never released on VHS in North America, only in the U.K. It's a classic that I have not seen on TV for years! It looks great on DVD. The video transfer utilized is clear, and the sound is good too. Although, this movie is not an Academy Award Winner, it has it's own type of charm. It cashed in on the Roller Derby craze of the early '70s. I always liked this movie because Raquel Welch starred in it, and she also did all of the roller stunts for this movie too. There is some historically incorrect information in the synopses located on the back cover. It is mentioned that "Disco" was hot when this movie was released. "Disco" didn't break until 1974, and really blew-up and was in full swing by 1976. This is a small piece of info that should be deleted. All and all, I am very happy with this DVD, and this classic Raquel Welch movie. I recommend it highly for people that like early '70s fare movies.
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