Siskel & Ebert - Best of 1982 (At The Movies) 

I love it when you leave the old commercial breaks in there too 👍

The Verdict, one of the best films of 1982. Superb writing and performances

TOOTSIE- I love that film so much!

Greatest movie summer of all time... E T., Poltergeist,Blade Runner,The Thing,Tron,Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan. Firefox,Rocky 3,The Road Warrior,Diner,The World According to Garp Fast Times at Ridgemont High. An Officer and a Gentleman. I'm not even listing the fall and Christmas releases.

I am surprised Ghandi was not on either list despite both of them regarding it highly.

This was 42 years ago. 42 years earlier was 1940. Tech has changed much in life but not nearly as much as the ways life was transformed between '40 and '82.

Forty years ago, when I was a young man, I usually agreed with Ebert. But in my old age I find myself agreeing with Siskel. Funny how life goes.

My list, based on North American release dates: 1. E.T: The Extra Terrestrial 2. Mephisto 3. The Long Good Friday 4. Fitzcarraldo 5. Moonlighting 6. Circle of Deceit 7. Gandhi 8. Das Boot 9 .The World According to Garp 10. The Verdict This may be my favorite year in film history. I could come up with at least 10 more great films that I admire almost as much.

1982 was one of the great movie years - "Tootsie," E.T.," "The Verdict," "Victor/Victoria," "The World According to Garp," "My Favorite Year," Shoot the Moon." And so many more.

I was 14 when this aired. I saw most these films at that time. We still had a sense of wonder going to the movies then, at least I did. Wonderful to see this again as a much older and more jaded adult.

Those two are the best i miss them

I didn’t watch Sophie’s Choice until just recently, and part of me wishes I hadn’t. The “choice” scene is in some ways the most brutal thing I’ve seen on film.

Gene had 20 runners-up for the top 10 list for 1982: "The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!" (#10 on Roger's list, as aforementioned), Barry Levinson's "Diner", "My Favorite Year", "Barbarosa", "Chan Is Missing", "Lili Marleen", "TRON" (a PG-rated Disney film), "Looking to Get Out", "Burden of Dreams", "The Long Good Friday" (a 1980 British gangster film), "Tex" (another PG rated Disney film), "Pixote", "The Road Warrior" (AKA "Mad Max 2"), "The Aviator's Wife", "Circle of Deceit", "Taxi Zum Ho", "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip", "Veronika Voss", the remake of "Cat People", and the 1981 German film "Christian F." Gene also enjoyed "The Challenge", "One From the Heart", and "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" (one of Roger's picks for the Stinkers of 1982). Locally, the Fine Arts Twin opened at South Michigan Avenue, Gene lauding it as "a bold experiment in quality film booking by the enterprising M&R Theater chain of Skokie." (SOURCE: Chicago Tribune, January 3, 1983)

RCA Video Disc player: The Future!

Can't believe Tootsie failed to make Roger's top ten.

My favourite through back in these clips is the classic unedited 80's ads :)

So glad Ebert chose Sophie's Choice as 1982's best film. It's my favorite movie of all time and so much more than Streep's EXTRAORDINARY performance.

Frankie Faizon in a toothpaste ad!? OK this just totally side-swiped me 🤣

Miss the Chicago boys! My favorite of that year would probably be Blade Runner, but so many fine films in 82

My 10 best list of 1982: 1. Tootsie 2. Blade Runner 3. The Verdict 4. Poltergeist 5. Diner 6. Night Shift 7. Koyaanisqatsi 8. 48 Hrs 9. World According to Garp And that’s it. I can only think of 9 films worthy to be on this list.

Tootsie and The Verdict!

Those ads are such a nostalgia rush!

8:49 "Players start at $299"...that would be over $900 in today's dollars.

The lady in the commercial for Memorex video tape looks like the actress Cynthia Sikes. I had a crush on her when I was a kid. At that time she was a regular on NBC's medical drama St. Elsewhere.

Diva is an excellent film.

At the 8:27 mark, cool seeing the full 1982 ad for the RCA VideoDisc player. A commenter below said that at the MSRP of $299 it would be close to $1,000 today. Movies on those giant discs were $25 which would be close to $100 today. I rented one for a day back in the day for $20 and it included 3 movies. I think I picked Swiss Family Robinson, Old Yeller and a third film.

1982 was just insane. Go to a list sometime of all the films released in '82 and it's almost hard to believe the amount of classics that were being released that year. A lot of films that ended up becoming classics were just swallowed up in the tidal wave of films coming out.

For me my best and favorite flims of 1982 was Annie, Poltergeist and especially E.T.

Tron, Tron and Tron.

My '82 choices Star Trek II E.T. The Secret of NIMH Rocky III Tron Mad Max 2 Poltergeist 48 Hours First Blood Pink Floyd The Wall

The clips from Tootsie and Diva have been cut out due to copyright restrictions. The video would have been blocked if I hadn't done that. Also, please spare me the "How dare they not include my favorite movie, I can't believe other people have different taste!" comments. Don't be a dullard.

What's up with the thumbnail?? That is freaky. This week on Siskel & Ebert & Demon

Conan the Barbarian also came out in 1982. Set the bar for sword and sorcery genre.

It's funny you could hear the intro to Styx's "Too Much Time On My Hands" sounding strikingly similar in that RCA disc ad.

fast times at rigdemont high and no ghandi best picture 1982

I'm surprised they both thought highly of Personal Best considering it's not a very popular movie.

My favorite films of 1982: 1. The Long Good Friday 2. Blade Runner 3. Gandhi 4. E.T. The Extraterrestrial 5. An Officer and a Gentleman 6. Sophie's Choice 7. Tootsie 8. The World According to Garp 9. The Verdict 10. One from the Heart So there.

1982 was an awesome year. Some overlooked and even initially disliked films would go on to be classics from that year, including Blue Thunder, John Carpenter’s The Thing, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, Night Shift, Zapped.

Sophie's Choice, World According to Garp, Rocky III, Wrath of Khan, Blade Runner my fav 5.

That Memorex commercial totally hoodwinked me three times, even though I'd seen it back in the day.

"That's Meryl Streep as Sophie..." It's funny to see this review and remember a time when Streep wasn't a living legend. She wasn't even that well-known when that movie came out. And I guess their prediction that "Moonlighting" was going to stand the test of time was a little off.

Gotta love the ads. $300 VCR. Frankie Faison hocking toothpaste

TRON and Blade Runner were so good the average movie watcher didnt even understand how good they were.

Personal Best: Who else watched the sauna scene over and over again ❓🤔😆

I had a RCA vdp: piece of crap. I threw it out 😆

Ok, full disclosure, my favorite part of this video is the Memorex ad. That was such an iconic advertising campaign. So meta! :) 19:52

Look at a young Frankie Faison, and the late Leo O' Brien doin a toothpaste ad. Vintage old school. And what the hell is a stereodisc player?

I think this episode aired the same day that Sneak Previews (Geoffrey Lyons and Mike Medved) aired their episode about the worst of 1982. Lo and behold someone on that show (I can't remember which one) picked "Personal Best" as one of the worst. Make what you will of that.

The Dark Crystal is one of the best films of 1982 in my opinion. If I were Gene or Roger I would've put it on my list.

WHY IS THERE A PIC OF PAZUZU'S FACE IN THE THUMBNAIL???

Sometimes it’s a movie’s ending that leaves the lasting image. Have to say that about Mephisto.

The original sit around and talk about movies.

Blade Runner, TRON, Tootsie, First Blood, Poltergeist & Koyaanisqatsi.

My list of 1982 E.T. Tootsie Diner Sophie's Choice The Verdict A officer & A Gentleman Tron Blade Runner 48 Hrs. Das Boot First Blood The King of Comedy Poltergeist Annie Come Back to the 5 & Dimen Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Did Siskel and Ebert give the dark crystal two thumbs up or two thumbs down?

What happened on ET? I didn’t see a darn thing,guys!!!

I agree that 1982 was the absolute peak in movie history, never to be repeated again. The Thing Das Boot Road Warrior The Verdict Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 48 Hours Poltergeist Sophie's Choice Blade Runner

4:05 - Lol Did he just jump out his seat in excitement like a little kid? His smile says it all.lol

The commercial break confused me! I was wondering what movie sounded that way...

Needs more feedback

19:34 44 De Vere Gardens, Kensington. I wonder if Siskel ever visited it.

Nothing against these choices, but how was Gandhi on neither list?

1. The Thing 2. Creepshow 3. Friday the 13th Part 3 4. Basket Case 5. The Slumber Party Massacre 6. The Beast Within 7. Amityville II: The Possession 8. Midnight 9. Xtro 10. Pieces

The toothpaste dad is Frankie Faison, played Burrell from The Wire

What a year? Das Boot The Verdict Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Ghandi was relased Dec 82. Was it too late to be included in these lists?

I'm amazed that Moonlighting would be anyone's film of the year. It's OK but nothing more. It's pretty dull, I don't see how the words 'spectacular' and 'adventure' can be applied to it.

It's funny how Roger can say so much without moving his lips

That neither of them chose Gandhi just shows how astute they were. They just saw right through the BS and recognized it was a propaganda film produced by the then Nehru-Gandhi Congress dispensation in complicity with the UK government. As an Indian, I applaud the wisdom that the legendary Siskel and Ebert showed there

ET, the verdict,,tootsie,gandhi,an officer and a gentelman,48 hours,sophies choice ,

I miss the eighties. Oh well.....

7:42 Gene cant even say that with a straight face. 😃

Funny how- if ET was that great - Ghandi won Best Picture Oscar that year. ET is the better film but I still think the same way about it now when I saw it 40 years ago: overrated!

My ex and I sat stone-faced throughout 'Tootsie' while everyone else kept exploding with laughter. The only time we laughed, when Bill Murray said, 'That is one zany hospital' the theater was quiet. I guess we just didn't get this movie.

Anyone know the original broadcast date of this show?

They both wisely didn't choose Oscar-bait "Gandhi". A great performance by Ben Kingsley. Not a great film. It was a sentimental favorite ar the Oscars.

Is that Danhausen?

Whatever is happening to the audio is both awful AND psychedelic

Sophie's Choice is not a good movie.

Author!Author! , Airplane II!, HonkyTonk Man, An Officer and a Gentleman, First Blood!!! Ha ha ha!

I am amazed how Siskel and Ebert thinks it is ok with female athletes shown totally nude in the shower in a movie about sports. How does this contribute to the movie? And on the other hand they always were against slashers where nude women were killed.

OMG Personal Best is such a shit movie 😂 They skipped over Tootsie and chose that crapfesg instead ?? Oh vey !!

I remember seeing e.t. as a very young kid (must have been the '85 re-release) and i just remember being bored to tears and thinking the whole thing was stupid. Mom insisted we stay for the whole movie, but realized that she was gonna have an incorrigible hipster on her hands. Is there any legacy for this movie, besides being referenced & lampooned? I never hear even the sappiest nostalgia victims speak of it at all, let alone wistfully.

I can't for the life of me see what makes ET so special...I think it's Speilberg's most overrated film. He has plenty of MUCH better films.

It's funny they're well known for mocking cheesy movies but they use the cheesiest theme song and gravitate towards aliens and transvestites ha!

There is no way Tootsie could be made today.

Gene Siskel needs therapy.

I don't care what anyone says E.T. was kinda boring. I enjoyed Mac and Me even more. Yeah I have issues!