Sad to learn Roger Ebert has passed away at the age of 70. A recurrence of his cancer did him in.
He was one of the good guys. An exceptional movie critic and an activist.
20+ years ago, before the internet was widespread I caught the tail end of a late-night quirky and weird TV movie. I liked it and wanted to find more about it, so I could rent it and watch the whole thing. Unfortunately I had very little clue of what it was about and did not even know the name.
Next morning I emailed Roger Ebert who I knew from their TV show, Siskel & Ebert.
I introduced myself and explained then told him in a paragraph what little I had seen of the movie (I described a scene) . He answered me back the same day!
The movie was "Amazon Women on the Moon". Thank you Roger for your gracious and unexpected fast response!
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