This probably hasn't been uploaded yet. So I'll post it. I agree with their choices. And would also include Metalstorm, Spacehunter, Flashdance, etc. The Lonely Lady was my pick for The Worst of '83.
I grew up with these two on pbs. I was devastated when Siskel died, and remember my parents even being sad. They were a big part of my moviegoing childhood. R.I.P. SE
Love the bonus ad breaks !! Brian Backer in the Dorito’s commercial was fun to watch. He played Mark in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I loved his date with Jennifer Jason Leigh. So funny. He was real the heart of that film. Truly excellent comedy about high school that wasn’t afraid to show it’s fangs. 🎱
Really miss Roger and Gene. Used to watch them all the time. Can't say I agreed with everyone of their reviews over the years but I really enjoyed their program.
They were both big fans of Pryor. Maybe they wanted to cut him a break. I agree though, I was 9 when I saw this thing in the theatre and even then I thought it was awful.
I truly miss the early PBS shows. The show became too homogenized when it into syndication back in '82. Staying Alive! OMG! I snuck into the theater with a friend. Felt like I was ripped off. Wanted to complain and try to be compensated for the pain and suffering but I would have been busted for sneaking in. Lol!
The only difference between PBS and Syndication was the intro, and I prefer the Rad Taxi Driver. Seriously, it was always two intelligent guys talking movies. They never changed.
That clip from Jaws 3D honestly felt like one of those comedy movie scenes in which one character tries to convince the others he or she has “the next big movie”, and then he or she shows them a clip and it turns out it’s terrible.
The soft scrub commercial really is a throwback! The actor in it was on several episodes of the Golden Girls as a clergyman in each one, all unrelated, but his few minutes on film were priceless!
Yeah, they missed the boat on "Krull" but a lot of people did at the time. I saw it when it first came out in 1983 and really enjoyed it. It's since become a cult classic. RIP to the late great Robbie Coltrane.
Fun Trivia: Some of the films were making money at the box-office: Return of the Jedi, Vacation, Risky Business and Flashdance. Cult favorites including Jaws 3-D, All the Right Moves, Porky's 2, The Star Chamber, Star 80, Blue Skies Again, Staying Alive and Superman III were doing okay. But several others were stinkers at the box-office and they are: Krull, Smokey and the Bandit 3, The Sting 2, Doctor Detroit, Metalstorm, Spacehunter, The Osterman Weekend, Deal of the Century, Amityville 3-D, Stroker Ace, Trenchcoat and more of which because of production problems and other things were going on the set.
"Psycho II" was Australian filmmaker Richard Franklin's first US picture as helmer for Universal International, Oak Industries, Bel-Air Enterprises and Hughes Entertainment, a brilliant sequel to the Oscar nominated "Psycho."
Filmed in 1979 and released in 1981 by Orion Pictures/CaribeVision. Featuring a few great names who went to on have wonderful careers: Holly Hunter, Fisher Stevens, Jason Alexander, Leah Ayres and Brian Backer as well as fillmmakers Harvey Weinstein and Brad Grey.
Technically this is At The Movies. They hosted Sneak Previews on PBS, then left for syndication in 1982. Finally they switched syndication partners to Buena Vista in 1986 and had their final show just called Siskel and Ebert Jeffrey Lyons and Michael Medved took over Sneak Previews for PBS
I know a lot of people thought sequels were creatively bankrupt but I'm curious of the 007/Bond Films were in the discussion back then as more proof or as an outlier/exception to the rule? I never got that line of reasoning. A lot of my favorite movies of all time are technically sequels.
The sequels that "worked" all spawned off of interesting and sprawling universes, usually backed by rich literary material behind them - and even then, they usually only succeed when it's done by extremely careful and capable filmmakers. The point still stands that for the majority of sequels, they end up being low effort commercial exercises that capitalize on the success of the original purely to make money off of the name. And the complaint for sequels in S&E days ended up becoming prophetic for today's landscape, where it's become standard practice to cash out on any movie that has even the modest success at box office by spawning a sequel. In fact, almost all the fears and concerns by S&E about the state of cinema in their early days ended up materializing in today's cinema.
Tons of fun, just don't agree with them about Osterman Weekend, it was Sam Peckinpah finale popcorn insanity, with a very young Rutger Hauer and great addl cast.
Of all the 3D horror flicks that came out in 1983 the only one that actually looked decent and was technically proficient was rather ironically Friday The 13th: 3D.
In early 1982, they left PBS's Sneak Previews and moved to Tribune's syndicated At The Movies. I recommend changing the title for accuracy. At The Movies was there program from 1982-1986.
I've wondered for the longest time if the people that made the movie 'Staying Alive' (the sequel to Saturday Night Fever) are aware that _the song is famously titled_ "Stayin' Alive" 25:33 (in the lyrical idiom of the 1st person - y'know, the guy who's "A woman's man, no time to talk..." etc)
After both movies were bombed badly at the box office, Jackie Gleason needs a big hit in his hands. With a little help from legendary producer Ray Stark at Columbia Pictures under Frank Price, Mario Kassar, Peter Guber, Jon Peters, John Calley, Amy Pascal, Laurie MacDonald and more for bringing Nothing in Common to the big screen. Released in the summer of 1986. Directed by Garry Marshall with Tom Hanks, Eva Marie Saint, Bess Armstrong, Sela Ward and Hector Elizondo. Written by Rick Podell & Mike Preminger, Executive Produced by Alexandra Rose. Co-Produced by Nick Abdo. It was Columbia's sleeper hit of the year. This marked Jackie Gleason's final film role before his death in 1987.
@@curtgottler9961 I see what you're saying and I understand this one, Curt. I'll be very honest with you, okay? It wasn't a big financial success on its release as anybody expects to see but it was a cult classic. But it took years later when Tom Hanks got a great success with "Big" which earned his first Oscar nomination in 1989 while veteran filmmaker Garry Marshall rebounded himself with great success such as "Beaches," "Pretty Woman" et cetera and even legendary indie producer Ray Stark of StudioCanal also rebounded himself with great success including "Steel Magnolias" along with "Harriet the Spy" and one long running TV show was "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" on syndication. Sadly, he died in 2004.
In addition to the success of the sequel to Saturday Night Fever (1977), Staying Alive (1983) has marked the theatrical film producing debut of Lori Glass, who was the film's associate producer. Her other film/TV associate producing credits were the Oscar nominated box office hit, Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Disney's Rhinestone (1984) which earned an 1985 Grammy Award nomination and for six years, she was an co-associate producer on TV's long running Step by Step (1991-1997) as well as twelve years, she was one of the associate producers of TV's long running Baywatch (1989-2001).
19:38 - Gene's ditsy colloquialisms were sometimes unintentionally hilarious. "Nothing was coming off the screen to you. Because nothing was put *IN* to the screen!" That's like a My Cousin Vinny moment. Let me axe ya a question, how d'ya get mud *IN* to the tires?
Disney's The Buddy System opens on Friday May 18, 1984 which was a critical flop for the legendary studio. But after Betrayal, Return of the Jedi, Max Dugan Returns, Porky's 2, All the Right Moves, Silkwood and Unfaithfully Yours were hits and sleepers as well as The Star Chamber, Heart Like a Wheel, A Night in Heaven, Two of a Kind and The Buddy System were flops...Disney need a real big hit. From the fall of 1984 and today, the company has bought many great hits and sleepers such as Romancing the Stone, Splash, The Flamingo Kid, Once Upon a Time in America, Country, Revenge of the Nerds, Mischief, Baby and more.
10:18 "See, I'm not just any kid." well, that's true. I think that guy's probably at least 25 years old. truth in advertising? amazing. simply amazing. it finally happened. 40 years ago.
I was born a year after this segment but the ones I enjoyed from 1983 were Valley Girl, Return of the jedi, Octopussy, King of Comedy and at the of that year were Sudden Impact Scarface and Once Upon a time in America so basically yeah it was quite a shit year lol
"These aren't funny people" who are funny? "Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Neil Simon" "Siskel was born in Chicago, and was the son of Ida (née Kalis) and Nathan William Siskel.[5] His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants." I'm sick of this ride
