Hail, Hail, Black and White (20 May 1989)
"Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" Hail, Hail, Black and White (original title)

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert appear for the first time in beautiful black and white to demonstrate their love for black-and-white movies.

Stars:

Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Roger Ebert	...	Himself - Host
Gene Siskel	...	Himself - Host

Storyline

This is not a show about how much Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert hate colorization, Ebert tells us, although they do hate it. No, this is a show about how much the two movie critics love black and white. And to show their love for this kind of cinematography, they fill the program with generous clips of black-and-white movies, old and new. In fact, even the critics themselves appear to us for the first time in black and white. They begin with clips of recent pictures from Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. Each director had to earn the right to make his movie that way. Filming in black and white is something the critics believe that every movie director would love to do. They also compare scenes from Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes with similar scenes from its color remake. And they compare Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in black and white to the same dancing duo in color. They show black-and-white clips from movies in various genres - horror, science fiction, ...

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Plot Keywords:

tuxedo | pantomiming a cigarette

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Genres:

Talk-Show

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 May 1989 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Roger Ebert: Do not adjust your set. There's nothing wrong with it. Gene and I are also in black and white this week for a special program that we're calling "Hail, Hail Black and White."

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Connections

Features Red River (1948)

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