Quotes
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home/An American Tail/Firewalker/Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
Siskel & Ebert
- Roger Ebert - Host: I think "An American Tail" is intended, primarily, for a younger audience.
- Gene Siskel - Host: Oh, what tipped you off?
- Roger Ebert - Host: Doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
- Gene Siskel - Host: That's for sure.
- Roger Ebert - Host: Usually, when you see animated mice, it's not for the old folk.
- Gene Siskel - Host: [reviewing "An American Tail"] The other thing I hate is, when they have in the pre-title sequences, the names of the actors that are gonna do the voices. That should be put at the end of the film. You know why? Because when I see Dom DeLuise playing, uh, that rat, or whatever the hell he plays...
- Roger Ebert - Host: Yeah?
- [chuckles]
- Gene Siskel - Host: The, no, he plays, I think, the Irish politician...
- Roger Ebert - Host: Right.
- [chuckles]
- Gene Siskel - Host: As soon as I see...
- Roger Ebert - Host: I think he plays the fat cat.
- Gene Siskel - Host: Okay, he plays a fat cat, whatever he plays, as soon as you see that, you think, "Oh, there's Dom DeLuise" when you're listening. And I don't wanna know that! I wanna get into the magic of the movies. Don't tell me the names early.
- Roger Ebert - Host: Okay, and one more footnote I have!
- Gene Siskel - Host: Good!
- Roger Ebert - Host: I didn't like the song "In America, There Are No Cats".
- Gene Siskel - Host: That's right- no, "In NEW YORK, There Are No"- or, "In America, There Are No Cats". What about all the people named Katz?
- [Roger laughs]
- Gene Siskel - Host: A lot of them are Jews, too.
- Roger Ebert - Host: Another valuable insight from Mr. Siskel.