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Definitive mainstream film critic in american letters. >> he made it possible for a bigger audience, wider audience to appreciate cinema as an art form. because he really loved it. really, really loved films. and he did not get caught up in certain ideologies about what cinema should be. >> after winning the prize, if he had minded to go to the new york times, he could have done that, boston globe, l.a. times, no problem. >> ben bradley, editor for washington post of watergate fame, went after roger hard. offered him the sun and the moon, ebert just kept saying no. and he said, i'm not going t...

>> i always worked on newspapers. there was a persistent need, not only to write, but to publish. in grade school, i wrote and published the washington street news. which i solemnly delivered to neighbors in illinois, as if it existed independently of me. but the news gazette, a lineo type operator sent it in lead, but robert ebert, i was electrified. >> and i went home, you could take a stamp pad and put your byline on everything. my parents had to take it away from me. everything was by roger ebert. >> and i went to work full time for the local newspaper when i was 15 versus a sports writer....

>> it's called and the movies not at the movies. that's why we're doing it this time. >> it's thriller week on siskel & eabert and we've got three bi ones. >> that's this week on siskel & ebert and the movies. and the ass hole. >> they were still in their hearts little boys fighting it out on the playground. and both of them expecting to win. >> i came in expecting to repair

That the kubrick film is. you know it and you should be ashamed of yourself. >> no, i'm not. >> they almost didn't care what anyone else thought about anything, as long as they could try to persuade the other. i'm not just talking about movie reviews. i'm talking about the tie you're wearing, what you think of that person, a book, a restaurant. when there wasn't disagreement, the coin of the realm was the quarter. >> it's hard to think of anything that wasn't decided by a coin toss. >> were we going to get tuna fish sandwiches for lunch? >> who would get one movie, who would get another movie....

Costner star in no way out and we have a third thriller if you're interested. >> what do you mean two thrillers? >> how about something like this, it's thriller week on siskel & ebert and we've got three big ones. okay? ready? >> i guess you're going to rewrite it. >> you can't ad-lib gene. can't we do it next week? >> no, every week counts. >> you read it then. i'll al-lib it. >> it's thriller week on siskel & ebert. >> why don't you read both parts? >> please get rid of the gum. >> it's thriller week on siskel & ebert and we have three new ones. >> dennis quaid and the big easy. michael cain...