SNEAK PREVIEWS-"'Movie Movie', TV Debut of 'American Graffiti'"-WTTW-TV11 Chicago (02-08-79)
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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2020
- A complete edition of the first movie review program featuring the Chicago Tribune's Gene Siskel and the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert. This includes a review of a theatrical film on television, which was intended to be the first of a regular feature (it sadly wasn't to be).
NOTE: Downloaded from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
COMMENT: Review section is annexed with notes on the theatres it played in here in Tucson.
A copyright dispute has been filed with NBC Universal in order to ensure that it is viewable in the United States of America.
Contents:
Opening credits
Introduction, featuring clip from MOVIE MOVIE
Reviews:
a. ICE CASTLES, a Columbia picture, which debuted at the Oracle View on February 7. Gene, giving this film a "NO" vote, finds it extremely phony and says it's "one of those big 747 disaster pictures [...] on a more personal level." Roger, also giving it a "NO" vote, is much more reserved in his criticism, and praises the performance of Lynn-Holly Johnson in her film debut.
b. SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR, a Universal release at the Showcase. Roger thinks very highly of this film adaptation of a stage play, and finds the development of the characters played by Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn to be very believable, giving it a strong "YES" vote. Gene gives it a "NO" vote, however, and felt that the same characters appeared to be made from cardboard.
c. CARAVANS, a Universal release, which, by the time this episode originally aired, had already ended its run at the Park Mall. Gene and Roger give this Iranian-filmed adventure two very strong "NO" votes.
d. AMERICAN GRAFFITI, a Universal release, airing on NBC-TV (meaning, to a Tucsonan, KVOA) February 17 at 8:00 ET/PT, 7:00 CT/MT (Arizona belonged to the latter time zone). Gene and Roger give this 1973 teen hit two very strong "YES" votes. Gene, toward the end, remarks that he would watch the film over CBS-TV's airing of MARATHON MAN and ABC-TV's airing of the debut of ROOTS: THE NEXT GENERATION.
e. MOVIE MOVIE, a Warner Bros. release at the Oracle View theater. Gene gives the film a strong "YES" vote, feeling it affectionately poked fun at the old movie cliches embedded within its double-feature-and-trailer setting, and overall describing it as "a witty, good old time." Roger felt that the parody of a 1930s double bill felt flat toward its conclusion. (link to my archive.org upload of this film: archive.org/details/moviemovi...)
Dogs of the Week with Spot, "who can spot bad films like fire hydrants":
a. Roger, out of Spot's choices, picks out BEYOND AND BACK, a Sunn Classic picture which "wants to prove there's life beyond the grave but [...] doesn't."
b. Gene, out of Spot's choices, picks out THE LATE GREAT PLANET EARTH, "a shallow, would-be documentary" which "you can pay up to $4 to see" and "walk out of the theater feeling thoroughly depressed." (The same distributor of Gene's dog, Pacific International Enterprises, also released the WILDERNESS FAMILY installments that were separately sniffed out by Spot the Wonder Dog).
Recap of reviews
Preview of next week's show
Closing credits
Funding credit: "Public Television Stations"
Logo: PBS 
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Back in the day when movies took 6 years to play on TV networks
So great to hear Siskel and Ebert talking about the release of my all time favorite movie when it debuted on Television. That film was American Graffiti.
I loved “Ice Castles” as a 11 year old girl. But I also loved Leif Garrett and Shaun Cassidy too.
I think Ice Castles is one of those movies people are for some reason embarrassed to admit they enjoy. Having it in my DVD collection doesn't allow me that option. Ha.
American Graffiti premiered on NBC in 1979.
I didn't know that Richard Dreyfus got his start on American Graffiti and I sure didn't know that George Lucas wrote and directed it.
Who has seen American Graffiti when it was on NBC? American Graffiti was on NBC in 1979 and 1981.
from VK Please reupload my Opening to my French SECAM VHS of Say Anything Thanks.
What did the 1978 reissued version have when it was released in theaters that year?
American Graffiti was from 1973, and Roger Ebert said 1974 by mistake.
Yeah, I love Roger Ebert but he also said they were students on the last night before graduation. They had already graduated earlier in the summer and their high school was starting it's school year as they were getting ready to go off to college.
These are nice! but who did reviews before these guys? How reviews movies from 60's and 50's and so on?
I was born in 78, so I am only 45, but a huge movie buff since I was really little and from Indiana. So I would watch S&E on the weekends when I could. Usually papers would have a review or 2, but there wasn't much on TV critic wise. I don't have a great memory so I can't remember anyone else. But then again, I grew up with literally 3 channels. lol.
@@wtbeecher SnE seems to go back to the 70’s. Haven’t seen anything older though…
American Graffiti on NBC
Movie Movie was a cute movie. It was funny. What more was Roger expecting of it??
I'm not sure.
What day in 1979 did this preview air?
I was born in 1986.
When American Graffiti premiered on NBC in 1979, was that the very first time it was on TV, or has it been on any other channels before that?
The NBC airing of the film marked its debut on commercial television. I found no record of any prior airing of the picture on a television channel.
@@jessecoffey4737Okay. It probably didn’t air on any cable channels before then.
Pretty sure it aired on HBO or Showtime prior to NBC. The 1978 version had been reissued in the theaters with George Lucas's cut.
When America Graffiti aired on NBC, did it have deleted scenes added in?
I like Ice Castles.
Is this from 1979?
Yes it is.
@@jessecoffey4737 In 1979, the day American Graffiti premiered on NBC was Sunday, February 18.
@@Matthewsmollen4 Indeed, hence the "preview" if you will the week before by Siskel and Ebert.