Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

by Matthew Singer and Matt Singer

Book Overview

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn't check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB.

You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it "two thumbs up."

On a cold Saturday afternoon in 1975, two men (who had known each other for eight years before they'd ever exchanged a word) met for lunch in a Chicago pub. Gene Siskel was the film critic for the Chicago Tribune. Roger Ebert had recently...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593540158
• ISBN13: 9780593540152
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"