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Roger Ebert on Money Movies

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

The Motley Fool

Investing, Business

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert wasn’t just a lifelong fan of movies. He also knew the business well enough to see Blockbuster Video’s demise months before Netflix was even a public company. Moreover, he could recognize a money line of dialogue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

With the Motley Fool Money Extra, I'm Chris Hilt.

0:11.6

In a few days, they'll start handing out the Academy Awards.

0:14.4

So before Oscar gets his close-up, let's spend a couple minutes with Roger.

0:19.7

The late great Roger Ebert was the first film critic ever to win the Pulitzer Prize.

0:24.7

His column in the Chicago Sun Times was syndicated to more than 200 newspapers across America

0:29.7

and he published more than 20 books in his career.

0:33.1

As much as anyone, he was a lifelong fan and booster of movies and the art of filmmaking.

0:39.1

Back in 2002, Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner talked with Roger Ebert about great business

0:44.5

movies and the future of Blockbuster Video.

0:48.0

Now we play a game each week on the show, which we call Bicell or Hold.

0:52.0

But before we get to that, I want to just ask you because we're a business and money

0:55.0

show, is there a single movie or one or two movies that stand out in your mind as being

0:59.1

extraordinary films about business or money that our listeners should?

1:03.9

Well, you know, I think the funniest line of dialogue, the David Mammoth, his ever written,

1:08.5

was about money.

1:10.4

And it came in his movie of 2001 called Heist, The Heist.

1:15.5

Danny DeVito was trying to convince Gene Hackman to pull one more job and Gene Hackman

1:19.5

says he doesn't want to do it.

1:20.5

He really goes sailing.

1:22.5

And Danny DeVito says you got to do it.

1:23.8

And Hackman says, why do I have to do it?

1:25.5

And DeVito says, for the money.

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