Trying to find 70s, perhaps 80s, movie with a scene in which rich folks get drunk and shoot trees with futuristic guns setting them on fire.
Not a great movie, as I recall, but a memorable scene.
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Logan's Run? There's a scene where they shoot near a runner– ValorumCommented Apr 12, 2021 at 13:48
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6On the contrary, it is really quite a good movie!– BuzzCommented Apr 12, 2021 at 15:27
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3I've got an informal "identify famous movies from a scene no one remembers" list and this is going on it. FYI: Rollerball is famous for Tocatta in D-minor (creepy organ music), the corporation reassigning your wife to someone else, and punching people on flaming motorcyles with a spiked gauntlet holdnig a steel ball while a crowd chants Jon-a-thon.– Owen ReynoldsCommented Apr 13, 2021 at 15:42
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1I agree with "Not a great move" It was an amazing movie! :P just a fond memory from my youth that does not hold up well.– DwBCommented Apr 13, 2021 at 16:29
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This sounds like it could be Rollerball, a 1975 science fiction film starring James Caan. Although it is most famous for the violent sporting scenes, it did include a passage where after a party a group of drunken guests staggered outside and set trees on fire using some kind of futuristic gun.
From the DVD commentary :
"Here is a scene where I wanted to devise something that would demonstrate the lack of morality, the lack of any kind of sensitive protection of something that was... that was alive and could be destroyed... a tree like this would take maybe 125 years, 150 years of life, and you will see it destroyed in an instant. Which is a warning I was trying to give of the lack of understanding of certain forces in the world that had no respect or little respect for the environment and living things, and where that would lead to because the greed of man indeed is destroying forests all over the world and as these few are left it gave us an opportunity to show that for fun and sport they would destroy a living thing in an instant."
You can see this scene on YouTube.
answered Apr 12, 2021 at 13:48
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4Nice. And a quote from the commentary too. You have my+1 and will be getting a wee bonus for going above and beyond the call of duty– ValorumCommented Apr 12, 2021 at 14:24
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3Thank you @Valorum much appreciated! Although we don't know yet if the answer is correct Commented Apr 12, 2021 at 14:31
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3Even if it's not right, it's still a solid example of an excellent answer.– ValorumCommented Apr 12, 2021 at 14:34
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7Wikipedia suggests there was a remake and.... Apparently the real life drama around the movie was much better than the movie Commented Apr 13, 2021 at 4:17
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3The remake gets 3% on Rotten Tomatoes! Is that the worst ever? It's quite a prophetic film really - a TV game show where contestants fight dirty and often maim each other . I must rewatch the original.– KarelBCommented Apr 13, 2021 at 9:18