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All episodes Season 13 S13E47 1999-08-07 30 min 1980s Syndication

At the Movies

The Sixth Sense/Mystery Men/The Thomas Crown Affair/Bowfinger/Dick

TV Flash files “The Sixth Sense/Mystery Men/The Thomas Crown Affair/Bowfinger/Dick” as hour 614 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 13, episode 47, aired 1999-08-07, 30 min.

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This leaf is S13E47: listed hour 614 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 46 of 48 in season 13. It aired 1999-08-07 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Runaway Bride/The Iron Giant/Twin Falls Idaho/Deep Blue Sea/Genghis Blues” (S13E46). Next is “Mickey Blue Eyes/The Adventures of Sebastian Cole/The Muse/Teaching Mrs. Tingle/Cabaret Balkan” (S13E48). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Where does The Sixth Sense/Mystery Men/The Thomas Crown Affair/Bowfinger/Dick sit in the At the Movies guide?

S13E47 is listed hour 614 of 616 — hour 46 of 48 in season 13, season 13 episode 47.

When did At the Movies S13E47 air?

The Sixth Sense/Mystery Men/The Thomas Crown Affair/Bowfinger/Dick aired 1999-08-07 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Is this the same as Sneak Previews?

Related Chicago-critics lineage; this syndicated 1982–1990 run (under various official titles) is the thumbs-as-shorthand era people mean by At the Movies. Balcony, barbs, mass criticism.

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Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality · Show package

Two thumbs up: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert turn newspaper rivalry into appointment film talk — balcony seats, clipped verdicts, and fights that were half the entertainment. Syndication made serious criticism mass. The argument as format: two Chicago men teaching America it was allowed to have taste, and to disagree on camera.

The balcony is the silhouette. Syndicated 1982–1990 under various official titles: Chicago critics debate new releases with clips, barbs, and binary thumb verdicts — two thumbs up, newspaper rivals as appointment film talk. At the Movies is Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert as celebrity critics: balcony seats, clipped verdicts, fights that were half the entertainment. The thumbs system became cultural shorthand. Serious criticism made mass. The argument as format. *Balcony as civic furniture, a thumb as the accessory…

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