The 70s have come to end. And I still haven’t got over it!

@HeyCupertino

4 жыл бұрын

As the kids say, YEET. clrar the bowels of ya memru and start again!

@mariogiresi6792

4 жыл бұрын

Konga 5000 What I truly miss most of all is the certain freedom that existed in the movies of those decades, that of course if filmed today, would be considered scandalous and offensive. Today’s movies are so corporately controlled, so politically correct, there are just downright boring.

@johnfitzpatrick3094

4 жыл бұрын

In the 70's, the inmates took over the insane asylum. In the 80's, the movie companies took control again.

@CorbCorbin

3 жыл бұрын

Gene’s choice for best movie shows he Kong’s for the 60s, when he had a mane on that shiny dome.

@hankkingsley2976

3 жыл бұрын

Actually the 70s did not end until 1981 decades begin with one and end with zero

Growing up watching Siskel and Ebert, if one or both disliked a movie, I made sure to see it. Now all these years later watching them again on on youtube now I am learning from them the movies I never took the time to see and finding them on streaming to watch. My taste in film has finally matured and I am finding some gems.

How do you adjust the tracking on KZread?

@redsabreanakin

4 жыл бұрын

lol sad we both remember the "tracking" dial. I was thinking the exact same thing

@Rambonii

4 жыл бұрын

Watch's cat videos for month basically

@thunderstruck5484

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha classic

@fridaclaxton

3 жыл бұрын

By having a stroke.

@mediasawdust2458

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I knew why I miss old tech. It doesn't make a bit of sense but something's been lost in this day and age of instant access.

Of course Ebert had the bonafide classic Apocalypse Now at number 1 And Siskel... well I still love you too RIP to both legends

@deplorabledegenerate2630

4 жыл бұрын

Bay is Bae Bonafide classic = retelling of Heart of Darkness with Vietnam war instead of Belgian Congo because fuck forbid Americans have to deal with watching something about events that didn't involve them. Apocalypse Now isn't a bad flick but that has always been a wild hair up my ass.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

@@deplorabledegenerate2630 Maybe the spell will finally be broken when *someone* gets around to making the utterly beautiful and mesmerizing *The Sorrow of War* by Bao Ninh (The incredibly lyrical jungle diaries of a poet who fought in the NVA with all his hometown buddies - it was an amazing little book for me, just incredible / different war stories! A different outlook to anything I'd imagined.)

6:20 Gene criticizing the film industry for producing too many juvenile pictures in the 70s. I'm not sure Gene would have survived the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

@usagijojo

4 жыл бұрын

Roger Ebert liked the early MCU films, like Iron Man and the first Avengers movie. They liked good blockbusters, just not dumb exploitation crap.

@patrickshields5251

4 жыл бұрын

@@usagijojo Somehow, I'm getting the impression that Roger Ebert likes more blockbusters more than Gene did.

@usagijojo

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickshields5251 Maybe so, but they did both love the Star Wars OT. I think they'd have similar sentiments for the best movies of the MCU. Can't imagine them giving Two Thumbs Down for Infinity War.

@patrickshields5251

4 жыл бұрын

@@usagijojo If there's one thing about Hollywood's blockbuster culture that I agree with, it's how they overshadow different kinds of films, therfore alienating more adventurous movie goers.

@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL

3 жыл бұрын

UsagiJojo I can imagine myself being bored to tears by the entire catalogue from marvel

You're awesome for uploading these!

Remember when they made movies for adults?

@squareinsquare2078

4 жыл бұрын

They still do, you're just looking hard enough.

@spb7883

4 жыл бұрын

Vaguely...It stopped only a few years after this broadcast as I recall.

@OMGWTFLOLSMH

4 жыл бұрын

God I miss films like these.

@GlorifiedTruth

4 жыл бұрын

It is... devastating.

@natureandphysics403

3 жыл бұрын

Remember when adults made movies?

Alien, The Wanderers, The Warriors, Manhattan and Quadrophenia for me are some of my personal favourites from 1979

@mariogiresi6792

4 жыл бұрын

Greig Stott Quadrophenia! Love that movie, but what I love most are all those motorbikes.

@dreamweaver1603

4 жыл бұрын

The Wanderers! Thank you for the reminder. I’ve been thinking of that movie for a long time but couldn’t remember the name. I’m going to look for it now and see if it’s as good as I remember.

@daniverse9625

4 жыл бұрын

@Max Hebblethwaite Uh, their review of the original is up on KZread already. They saw it. Ebert's original 2 1/2 star?, review isn't on his site for some reason.

@OMGWTFLOLSMH

4 жыл бұрын

@Mourning Star - Nope. Alien is NOT better than Apocalypse Now.

@werdle92

4 жыл бұрын

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH Vietnam was a hoax. apocalypse now is propaganda.

Like many of Generation X, Kramer Vs Kramer strikes particularly hard. I was 8 when my parents decided to separate in late 1981 and this was life changing....divorce was like a badge of honour in the late 70s and 80s...

@photonotavailable7936

3 жыл бұрын

As a parent, your comment resonates.

@bobbillings

Жыл бұрын

I was 8 in 81' too, but mine had divorced a couple years before and I remember seeing this thinking the movie was about me

@lw3646

Жыл бұрын

Marriage Story is also pretty good.

@larrykramer2761

Жыл бұрын

Imagine having the last name Kramer and then your parents get divorced 5 years after this movie came out. It was like I was living through the movie.

@ninamc6116

Жыл бұрын

Gawd did all of our parents get divorced? 🤮

Breaking Away was just great. Bought a $300 Peugeot bicycle ('79 dollars btw) and of course it was stolen within a month.

@willyboyw.5771

4 жыл бұрын

I bought a Motobecane (Made in France) and still ride it.

Gene's runner-ups for the top-ten list in 1979 were "Rocky II," "Richard Pryor in Concert," "The Seduction of Joe Tynan," "North Dallas Forty," and "Movie Movie", which, like "The Deer Hunter", debuted that year in most of the U.S. after 1978 engagements in some larger cities. Other films that were on Gene's list of the Dogs of 1979 were "Running," "In Search of Historic Jesus," "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens," "Quintet," "Caravans," "Hurricane," (which was Roger's pick as the Dog of the Year) "Hanover Street," '"Bloodline," "Prophecy," "Goldengirl," "Mr. Mike's Mondo Video", "The Villain," "Americathon,"' "The Concorde: Airport '79," "Arabian Adventure," "Lost and Found," "Meteor," "The Bell Jar," and "Force 10 from Navarone." SOURCE: Chicago Tribune, December 30, 1979

@MattSingh1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this pal!

@jeshkam

2 жыл бұрын

I truly liked "Force 10 from Navarone".

Oddly, given how universally beloved "Breaking Away" was when it was in theaters, it has disappeared from public consciousness. It never gets mentioned in retrospectives of the 70s and I don't think a lot of younger folks had ever even heard of this film.

@ninamc6116

Жыл бұрын

Great film

@roldaver

Жыл бұрын

The American Film Institute has named it the 8th most inspirational movie and also the 8th best sports movie of all time so it gets some love but not enough.

@prilljazzatlanta5070

Жыл бұрын

Very sad. Wonderful film. Oddly enough, just a few months ago my brother reminded me of how great it is

@mikefisher2673

Жыл бұрын

Always one of my favorite films.

@redadamearth

9 ай бұрын

It's a film very much of its time that just doesn't translate to kids today.

Love Breaking Away and Manhattan!

"Time After Time" is my #1 movie of 1979. Thumbs up Gene!

I'm amazed how in these early years, up to like '82, they give away major plot points or even the ending. Still never heard of St. Jack, but I now know he throws away 25k. Thanks Roger.

@owenbloomfield1177

4 жыл бұрын

That ended when Ebert blew the twist in Crying Game.

@johnnyskinwalker4095

2 жыл бұрын

Back in the day people were less tight ass about that stuff. I remember me and my friends telling each other big plot points of movies(like Empire Strikes Back) and we didn't care. And it never dimish our enjoyment when we saw these movies.

An excellent list of some great films. Thanks for uploading this gem of an episode.

thumbs up if you remember spending $4 dollars to see a movie...

@OuterGalaxyLounge

5 жыл бұрын

There were arthouses back then where you could see two films back to back for $3.

@DS8379

4 жыл бұрын

4 dollars and movies were a BILLION times better!

@mariogiresi6792

4 жыл бұрын

MrWitchman1967 And we considered that too much when only a few years before it was only $3. But at least the price was comparable to the quality of the movies back then. I can’t say that for today’s films, which is why we hardly go anymore.

@MrUndersolo

4 жыл бұрын

I remember $2.50 Tuesdays... *long sigh*

@FromeFmAjayD

4 жыл бұрын

My local cinema the Westway Frome UK every film ticket is £4

Neither one of them included ALIEN on their Best Of for 1979.

@photonotavailable7936

3 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly.

@hevyonez97

3 жыл бұрын

Were they supposed to??

@wgaule

3 жыл бұрын

That's because they're choosing their best, not yours.

@hevyonez97

3 жыл бұрын

@@wgaule please, tell some of these people!

@davidjohnson8231

2 жыл бұрын

Ebert later included Alien in his Great Movies collection

Gene made a good choice by picking "Hair" as best movie. It was the best musical that hardly anyone saw! Too bad he missed the boat on "Apocalypse Now", but he thankfully learned to appreciate that movie more and more as time went by.

Wow! "79 was an AMAZING year for movies! It's astounding they would say there weren't that many good ones. I know the Oscars are often political in their choices - but dang! I just scrolled the nominees from all categories. Kramer vs Kramer, The China Syndrome, And Justice For All, All That Jazz, Being There - and that was just the films for the Best Actor nominees. Add to that Apocalypse Now, The Black Stallion, and The Rose. Going on: Alien, Breaking Away, 10, The Muppet Movie and finally Meteor! (just seeing if anyone was paying attention.)

why am I binge watching reviews for films that are before my time? Also, I recall as a young kid thinking Ebert was huge. These days, I think he would be considered average in size.

@michaelmcdonald8452

3 жыл бұрын

He was a lot heavier than this by the nineties

@cigsindoors

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmcdonald8452 prolly cause he got old, why not yk

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

His weight goes up n down over the years, dude was enjoying his life.....Extra icecream please! 🍧

I loved Going In Style from 1979.

I thought 1979 was a great year in film. That last great year before the disappointing 80s. Here's my list of the best of 1979: 1. Apocalypse Now 2. Alien 3. Kramer vs Kramer 4. All That Jazz 5. Manhattan 6. Breaking Away 7. Being There 8. And Justice For All 9. The Jerk 10. Moonraker (an underrated Bond)

@franksmith613

4 жыл бұрын

disappointing 80s? Nah, The 80s were great! That decade had a lot of good movies and music!

@branagain

4 жыл бұрын

Frank Smith, the 80s music was good, but the 70s was the golden age of movies, in my opinion. The studio system ruined movies in the 80s

@branagain

4 жыл бұрын

TheBrabon1 Tootsie and Blade Runner were the two best films from 82.

@franksmith613

4 жыл бұрын

@@branagain The 80s had a lot of good movies that are considered classics now. Back To The Future, Empire Strikes Back, The Breakfast Club, Ghostbusters, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Raging Bull, St. Elmo's Fire, Beetle Juice, The Terminator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Big, Blade Runner, Gremlins, Aliens, Die Hard, An American Werewolf In London, The Lost Boys, Ladyhawk, and the list goes on.

@evilsWa

4 жыл бұрын

Frank Smith yeah but they were produced by evil studios unlike the 70s that were produced by studios because he liked those ones. Forget all those iconic movies because the studios ruined Hollywood. But only in the 80s 🙄 70s studio films that laid the groundwork for the 80s dont count because again they were made in the 70s.

You're goddamn right TIME AFTER TIME. Classic. And no ALIEN? Weird.

@Highwaymen2

4 жыл бұрын

Alien in 1979 wasn't considered the classic that is is today. Today it would almost certainty have been nominated for Best Film at the Oscars as opposed to just Best Visual Effects and Production Design.

@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL

3 жыл бұрын

Highwaymen2 it was classic and absolutely mind- blowing to my peer group in 79.

@markmaki4460

3 жыл бұрын

@@Highwaymen2 Yeah really - and even the B movies of half a century ago look great compared to what is shoveled at us today.

Wow! They both missed “Alien”

@twikirobot6897

3 жыл бұрын

...unforgivable. Not to mention Phantasm and The Warriors.

@hevyonez97

3 жыл бұрын

They both enjoyed it, not enough to call it one of the 10 best of 1979...

@harrihaffi2713

3 жыл бұрын

They seem to miss the movies that end up being remembered.

@photonotavailable7936

3 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly.

@surfercharlie25

3 жыл бұрын

It appears that a lot of people liked ALIEN at the time, but it wasn’t regarded as a masterpiece until a decade or two down the line. Often happens with classic films. That said, this is a solid list of films, complete with some gems that deserve more attention (TIME AFTER TIME, for instance).

These are treasures of TV , thank you Eric for taking the time and efforts in making these available! I subbed up and look forward to seeing all you've painstakingly assembled and compiled. I'm definitely a longtime fan of cinema from these times, and now too, but these bare a special resonance of nostalgia. Much respect and positivity to you & yours. A. Fan~w/two thus way up (RIP Siskel &Ebert). ☆☆☆☆☆

I'm outraged at the video quality. How can a VHS home recording from 40 years ago be fuzzy?

@maolsheachlannoceallaigh4882

5 жыл бұрын

I think it was added for atmosphere.

@galvanaut7119

4 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@HeyCupertino

4 жыл бұрын

How dare they live in a magnet- rich environment? We owe it to our unvaccinated children to remove all magnets from our metal appliances, such as refrigerators

@greyeyed123

4 жыл бұрын

For a moment, I moved to adjust the tracking...and realized my computer has no tracking knob. (I feel old.)

@jspaingreene6350

4 жыл бұрын

LoL

Stay tuned for the old-style PBS bumper at the end.

It's amazing how many different variety, original and high quality movies they had back in 1979. All we get today is terrible horror movies, Marivel comics and Star wars over and over again.

@evilsWa

4 жыл бұрын

There’s like half a dozen movie streaming sites with HUNDREDS of new movies for you to watch. Sorry they aren’t showing them on the big screen for 15 bucks a pop but don’t act like theater movies are the only thing out there.

How did they leave out “ALIEN”? As the years have past it’s clearly become the most remembered film from that year and is now recognized as a masterpiece.

@photonotavailable7936

3 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly.

@skinnypuppy95

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe they were too dazzled by the Star Wars types of sci-fi movies during that time and found Alien to be too serious and not as "fun". They did change their minds later. Alien is one of my top 10 or 20 movies. Star Wars maybe in the 30s. I suppose both franchises have been tainted by too many sequels/prequels.

@jonnybirchyboy1560

2 жыл бұрын

Alien wasn’t praised by critics upon release, but now it’s considered one of the greatest ever made. Ebert added it to his Great Movies list a few years later.

@fizban690

Жыл бұрын

Right when I started this clip, I also googled movies from 1979 and was SHOCKED Alien wasn't mentioned. Goes to show, Rotten Tomatoes ... um ... I mean ... smart critics ... don't really know much about movies. The audience rating is way more important than the critic rating.

@KRhetor

Жыл бұрын

Because it's their own lists and they're not obliged to list other people's preferences.

extremely rare THANK YOU!! MY 1st ep of S&E or E&S was in 1979, when they reviewed All that Jazz.

thanks so much for uploading these!

The Deer Hunter was an absolute gem of a movie. One of the best movies of all time. Acting was great. Good year for movies.

Hard to believe Gene didn't even have Apocalypse Now on his list.

@samuelstephens6163

4 жыл бұрын

I liked that he didn't toe the line. I like AN but it all does hinge on that ending. Personally I like the ending the best, and it makes all that goofy soldier surfing stuff worth it.

@kmetcalfe

4 жыл бұрын

Even more surprising since he did put the documentary on the making of the film as his number one for 1990/1991. I wonder if in that episode if he mentioned that he should have rated the film higher.

@Thee-jd7zw

3 жыл бұрын

Clearly a miss on Gene’s part however I do agree with his review criticizing that last 20 minutes of the movie.

@thehouseofcm

3 жыл бұрын

Shocking!!!! and Ebert didn't have Manhattan on top 10 too.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

Or Alien. (And, never to be forgotten - The Muppet Movie!)

Interesting how Siskel had 3 Meryl Streep movies on his list (Deer Hunter, Manhattan, Kramer vs. Kramer) and Ebert had 2.

@earlygail

4 жыл бұрын

mrnocal This was Meryl Streep in her prime; everyone was on that train

@David35687

4 жыл бұрын

mrnocal: In 79, Streep was the queen bitch of films...

@michaelsims1160

Жыл бұрын

Streep in Manhattan was a small role. Funny but small.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

Those Streeps are for keeps

Breaking Away is one of my favorite movies. Good pick fellas

"This is the dawning of the age that will bury us."

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

Ominous countdown noise....

at the movies with siskel and ebert only exists on PRIVATE VHS TAPES ... I PRAY TO GOD THAT MORE SISKEL AND EBERT TAPES ARE FOUND IN THE BASEMENTS AND ATTICS OF AMERICA ...

@Bacalao2929

4 жыл бұрын

steve00055 god bless VHS

@evilsWa

4 жыл бұрын

Ummm...every single episode is on the Siskel and Ebert website. Let’s cool with the overdramatics.

@bobrew461

4 жыл бұрын

@Konga 5000 some of them are even on IMDB!!

I remember paying with my saved up allowance money to go to the movies. At the drive-in- it was .50 at the movie theater 1.50 for kids. Now its like $12.00. If I would of had $12.00 back then I would of spent all my time at the movies. I do miss those day.

Gees God, I don't think in the last ten years ( from 2019 ) there have been 10 movies as good as what they are talking about here.

@ontologicallysteve7765

4 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right. I miss the days when good, if not brilliant movies were the rule---- *not* the exception. Nowadays, garbage-tier-intellectual-cinematic-abortions are the rule, while the occasional masterpiece is the exception. Even the quote on quote "good movies" of today are only good in comparison to the utter trash that typically comes out. But, when compared to the sublime masterpieces of yesteryear, they're revealed to be mediocre garbage that'll soon be all but forgotten (typically, immediately after the first viewing).

@chrismccord1841

4 жыл бұрын

superhero movies rule!

@beckigreen

4 жыл бұрын

chris mccord No, they don’t. Only Idiots like them.

@deplorabledegenerate2630

4 жыл бұрын

chris mccord I am so fucking sick of capeshit.

@evilsWa

4 жыл бұрын

Ontologically Steve Lol oh get the fuck over yourself. Hollywood has always produced just as much SHIT than it has “quality” movies, if not more since day one. What era are you trying to say brilliant films were “the rule” so I can list all of the absolute TRASH movies that came out at the same time. Thousands of movies EACH YEAR are produced. There has never been an era where every movie made was brilliant and the bad ones were exceptions to the rule. Like I said get over yourself.

PHANTASM

@citygirl5705

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha. Yeah, seeing that movie as a kid in the theater was quite an experience. I loved it.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

Awww yeah!

I remember when my friends said that they would never pay $2.50 for a movie.

I don't even care that the vid quality is atrocious. What a great time to see movies. And any time is great to see the lates greats, Siskel & Ebert. Fantastic. TgT

Breaking Away--so wonderful Many of these made a big impact on my then 17 year old mind. This was only 4 years after Vietnam--Apo. Now had a huge message then. I love movies-so many new young movie makers now--very exciting time. Little films are so huge now--love it.

The further back you go the bigger Ebert’s glasses get.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

ALL THE BETTER FOR SEEING AWESOME WITH! 👌🤓

Damn, Roger definitely wins this round. "Apocalypse Now" is far better than "Hair" or any movie from this year.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

Yeah. Hair is awesome though

Sweet find from '79!

Here are my Top 10 films of 1979 1. Apocalypse Now 2. The Tin Drum 3. Being There 4. Alien 5. Breaking Away 6. Nosferatu the Vampyre 7. The Onion Field 8. Hardcore 9. Mad Max 10. Quadrophenia

@lewisfrost3104

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Navis the Tin drum really disturbed me...

@ricardocantoral7672

3 жыл бұрын

Apocalypse Now was great until Marlon Brando shows up.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

@@ricardocantoral7672 _"Hey everyone! Marlon's here, at last!"_ ........... [ Beep-Alarm of a forklift reversing ]

Gives the ticket taker $2, gets change!!😎

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

Squeaks into the centre-house seats, in beige '70s polyester underwear.

Imagine a year when you get Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter and Kramer vs Kramer, and its still a weak year.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

We don't know what we have until it's gone.

They were both right about Apocalypse Now.

@daveyboy_

4 жыл бұрын

Apocalypse Now is the greatest movie ever

@daveyboy_

4 жыл бұрын

@Mourning Star Clearly

There are so many worst of the year lists on youtube but so few top ten lists. If you have any more, I would be most appreciative. Thanks for posting.

my favorite of 1979 is "and justice for all"

I was the same age as the guys in Breaking Away and felt exactly like the Cutters.

Siskel's comment about the decade of disaster films was coming to an end was prophetic, as "Airplane" was coming up on the horizon.

@cliffordshafran9250

4 жыл бұрын

The Concorde: Airport '79 was also a box-office bust that year. Then came one more disaster movie in 1980 (When Time Ran Out), and was also a box-office bomb. Then came the landmark comedy "Airplane!", and no more disaster flicks until "Twister" was released in 1996.

@howie9751

4 жыл бұрын

@@cliffordshafran9250 Interesting. I hadn't thought of "Twister" as a disaster movie.

@ricardocantoral7672

3 жыл бұрын

Twister is definitely a disaster film.

great intelligent reviews...Bravo...I also loved the Car Guys...a radio show that was hilarious.

Hair is a simply INCREDIBLE movie, I agree with Siskel it's one of the best movies of 1979 easily.

My top 10 from 1979, plus 5 honorable mentions: 1) Alien (1979) 2) The Black Stallion (1979) 3) Mad Max (1979) 4) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) 5) Breaking Away (1979) 6) My Brilliant Career (1979) 7) Apocalypse Now (1979) 8) Série noire (1979) 9) Vengeance Is Mine (1979) 10) The In-Laws (1979) ------------------------------- 11) Being There (1979) 12) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 13) Stalker (1979) 14) Lupin the 3rd: Castle of Cagliostro (1979) 15) Tess (1979)

@user-ok9ue8gp6k

5 ай бұрын

Breaking away should be higher. I agree with you about K vs. K. It was overrated.

I once read that Oprah went on a date with Roger Ebert. How could she let him get away? The conversations would be endlessly fascinating.

No one ever talks about BREAKING AWAY - great movie

@vaughnmild7563

2 жыл бұрын

Tarantino does.

@noneofurbusiness5223

2 жыл бұрын

@@vaughnmild7563 Cool!

Love that dead-eye PBS outro. One of those sounds that instantly takes me back to 7 years old

@danielc1978

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I was 8 in 1979; I had completely forgotten about that PBS outro, but as soon as I heard it, I recognized it and, as you say, flashed back to being a kid again!

Love these S&E videos!!

Love the Intro!!!! Vaguely remember it as a kid, thanks!!

@daveyboy_

4 жыл бұрын

It was on PBS

My Top 15 (this differs slightly from the list I did in 1979 for the school newspaper back then): Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola) Wise Blood (John Huston) Christ Stopped at Eboli (Francesco Rosi) Being There (Hal Ashby) Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky) The Black Stallion (Carroll Ballard) Manhattan (Woody Allen) Nosferatu the Vampyre (Werner Herzog) The In-Laws (Arthur Hiller) My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong) A Little Romance (George Roy Hill) Escape From Alcatraz (Don Siegel) Saint Jack (Peter Bogdanovich) Alien (Ridley Scott) Quintet (Robert Altman) I would also include Dawn of the Dead depending on whether you count it as a 1978 or 1979 release I definitely had The China Syndrome, Breaking Away, and some others in my original top 10 but that's now in the runners-up list that's not posted here.

@patrickshields5251

4 жыл бұрын

"The American film industry is now making dumb movies for teenagers all the time." I hate the break it to Gene, but the problem has gotten worse.

@dreamweaver1603

4 жыл бұрын

Please list your 1979 list. It would be interesting to see how people’s opinions of movies change over time.

@lvrplfc4l

3 жыл бұрын

Great list I would add Mad Max, Norma Ray, The Great Santini and how is The Tin Drum not on anyone's list for 1979 it only won the 1979 Palm d'Or and 1980 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

And then John Huston went straight on to *The Visitor (1979)* where he played a trans-dimensional Jesus / Obi-Wan figure - Friggin nuts.........What a career, what a life! kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYyVr6h_mZvgoKw.html (If you can make sense of this, please let us know - it'd be a public service to your fellow man!) @_@

The mid-section of the tape has taken a beating.

@mrnocal

5 жыл бұрын

But still thankful to be able to watch it. Considering it was recorded almost 40 years ago, most of the tape lasted quite well.

@waynej2608

4 жыл бұрын

That must be the section that went over The Deer Hunter and The Onion Field. Bummer. The Deer Hunter was my number one of that year. Followed closely by Apocalypse, Now and Manhattan. Great year. I really liked all of the films they chose.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

...It's prob been stored loose in an old carboard box with other random objects for like 40 years No one had any ideas about providence with this stuff back then. (like a screen-grab of Twitter, seen in 2064 - after its long gone.)

At 6:15 I had to check myself as my hand instinctively moved towards the bottom of my monitor in search of the tracking wheel.

I never thought I'd be saying this....But I miss these Guys!!!

I love these retro reviews

I love Roger's hair. Good grief, but I guess it was the style of the time. 22:36 - "A movie industry that seemed so preoccupied with remakes and ripoffs." Wow, i am so glad Hollywood is not like that TODAY.

@waynej2608

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

More movies from 1979 that were overlooked and actually good: Over the Edge, The In-Laws, Zulu Dawn, The Frisco Kid, The Great Santini, A Little Romance (Sir Laurence Olivier), The Electric Horseman, Going in style (George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasburg), Chilly scenes of winter, Bear Island, Love on the run, The Bugs Bunny /Road Runner movie, Real Life (Albert Brooks), Legend of the Mountain, Heartland

@ricardocantoral7672

3 жыл бұрын

Going in Style was awesome. I like how it started out as a comedy and then it shifted to a surprisingly dense drama about the nature of freedom.

I'd love a yr with movies like Apocalypse Now, Alien, Breaking Away, Kramer vs Kramer, the Warriors, Rocky II, Mad Max, Amityville Horror, Dawn of the Dead, and the Deer Hunter being a "weak" yr of movies. We haven't had a yr that good in quite sometime.

@martinsorenson1055

4 жыл бұрын

I forgot Dawn of the Dead in my quick list. Wow. Was that '79 - I swear I saw it in '78. I was WAY too young. Three friends and I snuck in. I was convinced they killed people to make that movie.

@Pazuzu82

4 жыл бұрын

Deer Hunter was 1978

@christophermullaley1597

4 жыл бұрын

Deer hunter is from 78.

@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL

3 жыл бұрын

Rob Spencer last great year I can recall was 99...

@raymondm.9954

Жыл бұрын

"The Deer Hunter" opened in New York and Los Angeles in 1978, but in Chicago and everywhere else in 1979.

Thanks for this Eric, superb! 👍😎

RIP Milos Forman....

It was the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s, which is tragic when you think about the fact that AFI put over 30 70s movies in their top 100 films of all time list while you can count the 80s movies that made the list with one hand. It was the end of the disaster movies but the beginning of the movies that relied too much on MTV soundtracks and Stallone's "Die, Foreigner, Die" movies.

Funny that Gene says Dustin Hoffmann and Meryl Streep were "not big stars" in 1979. That was true of Meryl Streep. "Kramer vs. Kramer" was the movie that put her on the map. Hoffmann was already pretty big, though. He'd won an Oscar for "Midnight Cowboy" ("I'm walkin' here") and he had been in a bunch of big movies ("The Graduate," "Marathon Man," "All the Presdient's Men," "Papillon," "Lenny"). They had no idea how big Meryl was going to be though. Gene stayed enamored with her work all his life.

@TheLolapuff

Жыл бұрын

Hoffman did NOT win an Oscar (but should have) for “Midnight Cowboy”.

@acholl980

Жыл бұрын

That went to John Wayne in True Grit.

I tend to adjust S&E as such an 80s and 90s thing so I find these clips of them reviewing movies released in the 70s a bit surreal.

i don't miss the vhs format

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it sure isn't Vinyl......VHS can leave the stage and stay off.

I agree with Siskel about the ending of A. Now not being so great, but I would give it a *9/10* for that. I'm with Ebert on recommending it.

God I miss VHS.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

It's not the Stegasaurus, dude, you can own one if you want. (It's my old vinyl that I miss)

@morgan8757

11 күн бұрын

so do i

Miss these guys so much.

Surprised there aren't more comments about the bittersweet irony that one of the most famously bald men of our time chose "Hair" as his favorite movie of the year! Lots of people seem mad about that choice, but Hair is a breathtaking movie experience with heart and soul whereas Apocalypse Now, despite having quite a few powerful and memorable scenes, is uneven, rambling, and falls apart at the end. I'm usually #TeamRoger when these two disagree, but not in this case.

The Marriage of Maria Braun and Days of Heaven looked epic

@FloraWest

4 жыл бұрын

Haven't seen The Marriage...(thought it's on the list now) but have seen Days of Heaven. It's just terrific. Cinematography is beyond excellent.

ALIEN all the way for me! Also Dawn of the Dead and Tourist Trap are right up there with it. Lots of good stuff in '79! The Amityville Horror, Rocky II, Norma Rae, 1941, The Warriors...on and on.

@steveprice2718

3 жыл бұрын

I love you 💛

My Favorite and Best Flim of the Year 1979 1. A Little Romance 2. Star Trek The Motion Picture 3. 1941 4. City on Fire 5. Alien 6. Meteor

Wow, they called this a bad year for movies!!! Lots of excellence on their lists.

The Onion Field features by far the most underrated performance by Christopher Lloyd.

@branagain

Жыл бұрын

I've seen Onion Field but I'd forgotten that Christopher Lloyd was in it. I remember James Woods' performance, though. That's what stands out to me.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

Reverend Jim!

Being There is another great 1979 movie not mentioned.

@citygirl5705

4 жыл бұрын

Apparently it's on their best of 1980 list.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

It's on the 1980 best of list.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder would go on to die just two years later in 1982 (the year I was born, not that it matters), aged only 37.

My favorite movie of ‘79 was “All that Jazz”. But I also loved “Over the Edge”. I’m sure Gene & Roger hated it. I was 14 though & it resonated with me. Plus it’s Matt Dillon’s first movie ❤💋

They inexplicably left out both “Alien” and “ “All that Jazz”, two of the very best

@michaelsims1160

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Being there with Peter Sellers and The Black Stallion. I’m sure others can add more. 1979 was a great year for film. Apocalypse Now today tops most critics lists for the best war film ever made.

I remember growing to appreciate then love many of these films thanks to cable TV in the early 80s

Time After Time is a great movie

Does anyone have a link to the ebert and roeper special they did on the best movies about hollywood?

Gene didn't even have Apocalypse Now in his top 10? And neither of them had Alien in their top tens? This list did not age well

@hevyonez97

3 жыл бұрын

Gene never liked Apocalypse Now to begin with...

The fact they called 1979 an "off year" speaks to the WEALTH of great films that were coming out during the 70's and early 80's. Calling 1979 an "off year" is just insane, in retrospect. Critics and audiences were just spoiled by the amount of fantastic movies at the time.

@zetetick395

2 ай бұрын

Humans truly do not know what they have until it's gone

More movies that are kind of cheesy, but good, and maybe better than new Hollywood: The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (Don Knotts), Rock n’ Roll High School (The Ramones), Scavenger Hunt (Ensemble cast), Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3, Just you and me kid (George Burns), Alligator, The Fish that saved Pittsburgh (Dr. J.), Fast Break (Gabe Kaplan), The Black Hole and Meatballs (Bill Murray improvises the whole movie).

I've probably seen "The China Syndrome" and "Kramer vs Kramer" at least 5 times each.

@bloopiebloopie3231

5 жыл бұрын

Then you must be really old

@KRhetor

5 жыл бұрын

@@bloopiebloopie3231 Or just have good taste.

@beckigreen

4 жыл бұрын

Bloopie Bloopie You must be really stupid, considering anyone of any age can rent these movies and watch them 5 times or more.

I worked as a theater usher in '79, so I saw all these films (except Maria Braun). Two that should have been considered as replacements on this list in my opinion were "Midnight Express" (very late 1978 release) and "Alien."

"Breaking Away" is still the only movie I have seen thrice in the theater. I saw "The Deer Hunter" twice. I went in to Boston to see "Apocalypse Now" at the Sack 57 Cinema, because it was the only theater around here that had the 70 millimeter print, with an alternate ending to the standard 35 mm version. Other movies from their 1979 lists which I saw on the big screen were "Hair," "Kramer Versus Kramer," "The Onion Field," "Manhattan," and "The China Syndrome." I saw "Hair" only because it was the second film of a double feature. I was really only interested in the first movie ("All Things Bright and Beautiful"), but enjoyed the second, more.

Hoffman really SLAPPED streep...HARD.