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Ice Castles/Same Time, Next Year/Caravans/American Graffiti/Movie Movie/Beyond and Back/The Late Great Planet Earth

  • Episode aired Jan 25, 1979
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Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel in Sneak Previews (1975)
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    • Patterson Denny
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    • Roger Ebert
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      • Roger Ebert
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    • Trivia
      The review of American Graffiti (1973) was prior to the film's network broadcast premiere on NBC (February 18, 1979).
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      Ebert says "American Graffiti" is from 1974. It was originally released in 1973.
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      Himself - Host: [Roger on 'Beyond and Back'] It wants to prove that there is live beyond the grave but I've got very bad news for you; I'm afraid that it doesn't. Instead it gives us very bad actors playing people who have allegedly died and departed from their bodies and taken an all-expenses-paid trip around the universe and then once again to Earth but what I wanna know is, if these people really made it back how come they aren't in the movie? Well, pseudo-scientists stand around narrating the film but the real hero is whoever designed the intensive TV ad campaign. 'Beyond and Back' is a good example of something called a Four-Wall Movie. That means a distributor comes into town and rents a lot of theaters, all four walls for a flat fee, and then plows a fortune into advertising. The idea is to suck in a lot of people before the word gets out that this film is a turkey. The only good thing about most Four-Wall Movies, Gene, is that the walls have doors so you can get out!

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      • January 25, 1979 (United States)
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      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
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