Roger Ebert approves of the use of the label in unsuccessful films that had been tampered with by studio executives, such as Sergio Leone's original cut of Once Upon a Time in America, and the moderately successful theatrical version of Daredevil, which were altered by studio interference for their theatrical release.

Roger Ebert, who gave the film a mere one star in the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote :" The filmmakers must have known that the original Godzilla ( 1956 ) had many loyal fans all over the world who treasured the absurd dialogue, the bad lip-synching, the unbelievable special effects, the phony profundity.

While at the University of Illinois, Ebert worked as a reporter for the The Daily Illini and then served as its editor during his senior year while also continuing to work as a reporter for the News-Gazette of Champagne-Urbana, Illinois ( he had begun at the News-Gazette at age 15 covering Urbana High School sports ).

Ebert stood by his opinions with one notable exception — when Stern pointed out that Ebert had given The Godfather Part II a three-star rating in 1974, but had subsequently given The Godfather Part III three and a half stars.

In January 2005, when Rob Schneider insulted Los Angeles Times movie critic Patrick Goldstein, who panned his movie Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, by commenting that the critic was unqualified because he had never won the Pulitzer Prize, Ebert intervened by stating that, as a Pulitzer winner, he was qualified to review the film, and bluntly told Schneider, " Your movie sucks.

Ebert has long been an admirer of director Werner Herzog, whom he supported through many years when Herzog's popularity had been eclipsed.

In 2003, Ebert had a cameo appearance in the film Abby Singer, in which he recited the white parasol monologue from Citizen Kane.

At one point, his status was so precarious that Ebert had a tracheotomy performed on his neck to reduce the effort of breathing while he recovered.

Ebert had pre-taped enough TV programs with his co-host Richard Roeper to keep him on the air for a few weeks ; his extended convalescence necessitated a series of " guest critics " to co-host with Roeper: Jay Leno, Kevin Smith, John Ridley, Toni Senecal, Christy Lemire, Michael Phillips, Aisha Tyler, Fred Willard, Anne Thompson, A. O.

In October 2006, Ebert confirmed his bleeding problems had been resolved.

Ebert returned to reviewing on May 18, 2007, when three of his reviews were published by the Chicago Sun-Times, and he returned to his website, a role that his editor had shouldered during the critic's illness.

A statement from Ebert and his wife indicated that " the surgery went well, and the Eberts look forward to giving you more good news ..." but on April 1, his 41st anniversary as a film critic at the Sun-Times, Ebert announced that there had been further complications and his speech had not been restored.

On April 18, 2008, it was announced that Ebert had fractured his hip in a fall, a result of the weakening of his body following the unsuccessful tissue transplants, and had undergone surgery to repair it.

By January 2011, Ebert had been given a prosthesis for his chin created by University of Illinois craniofacial doctors and other specialists.

Although he had serious reservations about the way the German General Staff wanted to conduct negotiations, he accepted the charge, and appointed a government that for the first time included representatives of the Social Democrats, Friedrich Ebert and Philipp Scheidemann.

Upon making their way up to the Captain's quarters, the stars found that it was ' Ebert who had put himself in charge of the ship.

The film was to be shown as part of Cyberfest, Roger Ebert had agreed to host and actor Gary Lockwood was a special guest.

Similar to the numerous Freikorps, which upon the Revolution of 1918 – 1919 were temporarily backed by the Council of the People's Deputies under Chancellor Friedrich Ebert ( Ebert – Groener pact ), the paramilitary organization was meant to form an unofficial reserve force.

Roger Ebert, who had approved of the first film, observed that Gremlins 2 was meant to satirize sequels.

Film critic Roger Ebert noted that " the brilliance of the film comes more from Polanski's direction, and from a series of genuinely inspired performances … The characters emerge as human beings actually doing these things.

Of these Grave of the Fireflies is considered by film critic Roger Ebert one of the greatest war films ever made.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated the film four stars and commented, " It's a little amazing that established movie stars like Streep, Russell and Cher could disappear so completely into the everyday lives of these characters.

Some film critics, including Roger Ebert and Jim Emerson, criticized Medved for mentioning the " right to die / assisted suicide " theme in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby and these critics viewed Medved's statements as a plot spoiler.

Roger Ebert gave the film a positive review remarking that " the energy and style of the movie are exhilarating ", and that " the supporting cast is superb, a roll call of actors at home in these violent waters: Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper and Brad Pitt, for example.

The chief of these complaints were that Ebert had remained in power too long, since according to the constitution the president ought to be elected by the whole nation, and not merely ( as Ebert had been ) by the National Assembly ; that the ministry itself had likewise retained power too long, since it and the parliament which supported it were elected and established only for the purpose of concluding peace ; that the government's administration had been inefficient and had failed to restore the economic position in the country, which had remained deplorable since the conclusion of the armistice.

Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars out of four, writing: " Most thrillers these days are about stunts and action.

Despite these poor reviews both Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel gave it thumbs up.

It was widely known for the " thumbs up / thumbs down " review summaries given during Siskel's and Ebert's tenures ( although these are a trademark held by Ebert and by Siskel's widow, not the producers ).

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two and a half out of four stars saying " Yes, the performances are wonderful, and, yes, it's great to see these characters back again.

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3. 5 out of 4 stars and wrote, " What Midnight Run does with these two characters is astonishing, because it's accomplished within the structure of a comic thriller ...

In contrast, while one reviewer for Films in Review, like Ebert, argued the film resembles the original and abandons its plot when the gremlins arrive, he also felt the film's appeal could be found partly in its self-consciousness of these facts and its in-jokes and satire.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times commented that "... at feature length, Townsend shows a real talent, and, not surprisingly, an ability to avoid most cliches, to go for the human truth in his characters ... by the end we really care about these guys ..."

Critics such as Roger Ebert felt that film was unfunny, and that " Like many kids their age, these three are more bold in talk than action, and the movie sounds right ; it sounds like undergraduate human dialogue, intended to shock, to liberate, to amuse.

In these films he was played by Michael Ebert, Ian Charleson, Rufus Sewell and Casey Affleck, respectively.

" After Chris Udvarnoky's death on October 25, 2010, Ebert paid tribute to Udvarnoky on his Twitter page.

The weekend following Siskel's death, Ebert devoted the entire half hour as a tribute to him.

Also, Ebert appeared on ABC's Good Morning America in a tribute to Siskel along with Diane Sawyer, Charles Gibson, Peter Jennings, and fellow critic and friend of Siskel Joel Siegel.

He opposed both the leftist German Revolution of 1918 – 1919 and the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, a principled position that defied the political alignments in Germany at that time and which may have prevented Friedrich Ebert, the new social-democratic President of Germany, from appointing Weber as minister or ambassador.

* Graf Baillet de Latour-Merlemont in German by Jens-Florian Ebert

* Speech by German President Friedrich Ebert at Rathenau's burial

Friedrich Ebert ( February 4 1871February 28 1925 ) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Deutschland ( S. P. D.

Following the outbreak of the German Revolution, Prince Max resigned on November ninth, and handed his office over to Ebert.

On February eleventh, 1919, five days after the Constituent Assembly convened in Weimar, Ebert was elected to be the first president of the German Republic.

Ebert is a surname of German origin, that may refer to:

* Friedrich Adolf Ebert ( 1791 – 1834 ), German Bibliothekar

* Friedrich Ebert ( 1871 – 1925 ), German politician ( SPD )

* Friedrich Ebert ( junior ) ( 1894 – 1979 ), German politician ( SPD and SED )

* Karl Egon Ebert, Bohemian German poet

* Patrick Ebert, German footballer

The uprising was brutally opposed by the new German government under Friedrich Ebert with the help of the remnants of the Imperial German Army and militias called the Freikorps ; by 13 January, the uprising had been extinguished.

The Republic's first President, Friedrich Ebert, signed the new German constitution into law on August 11, 1919.

In December 1918, Schleicher delivered an ultimatum to Friedrich Ebert on behalf of Paul von Hindenburg demanding that the German provisional government either allow the Army to crush the Spartacus League or the Army would do that task themselves.

Scheidemann continued to serve as a leader in the Provisional Government which followed for the next several months, and following the meeting of the National Assembly in Weimar in February 1919, Ebert was appointed Reich President, and Scheidemann became Chancellor, in the Weimar Coalition with the German Democratic Party and the Catholic Center Party.

Following the Januarstreik in January 1918, a strike demanding an end to the war and better food provisioning that was organized by revolutionaries affiliated with the USPD and officially supported by the party, the USPD quickly rose to about 120, 000 members ; despite harsh criticism of the SPD for becoming part of the government of the newly formed German republic during the Oktoberreform, the USPD reached a settlement with the SPD as the Novemberrevolution began, and even became part of the government in the form of the Rat der Volksbeauftragten (" council of people's deputies "), which was formed on November 10, 1918 and mutually led by Friedrich Ebert and Hugo Haase following the German Revolution.

After his economic policies helped reduce German inflation and stabilize the German mark ( Helferich Plan ), Schacht was appointed president of the Reichsbank at the requests of President Friedrich Ebert and Chancellor Gustav Stresemann.

Cuno, left, with German President Friedrich Ebert ( 1923 )

On February 11, 1919, the new parliament elected Friedrich Ebert as president of the German republic.