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Gene Siskel [1946-1999] American

Rank: 103
Critic, Film critic

Eugene Kal "Gene" Siskel was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune. Along with colleague Roger Ebert, he hosted a series of popular review shows on television from 1975 to 1999.

Birthday, Food, Money

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They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald's or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in.	Food, Money	101
For my 50th birthday, I got ahold of a new print of 'Saturday Night Fever.' I see it much more as a tough coming-of-age movie than as a disco story.	Birthday	102
After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley.		103
Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?		104
We'd rather see a picture that we liked then dump on one we didn't.		105
I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.		106
Going to a movie is a two-hour experience; at $7.50 for a ticket, you are valuing your time at far less than the minimum wage. If you don't understand the film, don't leave. If you understand it all too well and hate it, get out of your seat and walk up the aisle. You will feel empowered.		107
But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think.		108
In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made.		109
John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.		110
That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.		111
The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago.		112
The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life.		113
We don't pretend to disagree.		114
I would rather turn my head and cough than see any part of 'Patch Adams' again. The title of this movie should have been 'Punch Adams!'		115

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