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Production Underway on Ebert Documentary
Television rights to the film have also been acquired by CNN Films.
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Watch: Roger Ebert & Gene Siskel Defend 'Return Of The Jedi' On 'Nightline' In 1983
So, a 2015 release date for "Star Wars: Episode VII" still isn't locked down, and the planned re-release of the prequels has been scrapped. So what's a "Star Wars" fan to do? Well, thanks to the internet, they can revel in past glory for the time being.
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Two Thumbs Up: How Siskel and Ebert Inspired a Generation of Film Critics
One writer believes "Siskel & Ebert" is to blame for the "death" of film criticism. This writer disagrees. Strongly.
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CNN Films Acquires Roger Ebert Documentary Exec Produced by Martin Scorsese
CNN Films has decided to use the Sundance Film Festival to announce its intentions to further muscle into the documentary film game with three new big projects. And they’ve got some heavy-hitting names involved.
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Roger Ebert Names 'Argo' As The Best Movie Of 2012
While there have been many, many 2012 lists and recaps, the year isn't over until Roger Ebert weighs in with his favorites, and today he's done so, dropping his list of the best movies he saw in 2012. And as usual, it's a mix of more popular choices, with some love shown to smaller, fore...
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Roger Ebert Hospitalized After Fracturing Hip
Ebert later tweeted that he would not need surgery.
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You Should Read the New Issue of Playboy For the (Film) Articles
It features terrific interviews and several superb appreciations of a movie icon. What's that? Oh yes, and pictures, or whatever.
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Weekend Reel Reads: Looking at the Originals on the Page, Screen and Battlefield
Sifting through the '80s basis for a recent remake, the history of war films, and a multitude of screenwriting manuals: the various inspirations for some of the top film-related stories around the web from the past week.
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Weekend Reel Reads: Origins of Cameras and Characters
On this week's edition of great film-related stories around the web, we have pieces on camera movements, compositions and the screenplays that never got produced.
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Critic Roger Ebert Will Be Feted By Robert Redford at a 'Celebrate Sundance Institute' Benefit Next Year
Roger Ebert is getting two thumbs up from the Sundance Institute. The journalist and critic will be presented with the Vanguard Leadership Award in recognition of his advocacy of indie cinema by the organization's president and founder Robert Redford.
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