Chicago Is Getting A Life-Size Siskel And Ebert Sculpture Giving ‘Two Thumbs Up’

Source Scout · Block Club Chicago reports: DOWNTOWN — A life-size bronze sculpture of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert is coming to Chicago, and a local producer is a driving force behind the effort. Pam Kasper, who has been working on a Siskel and Ebert documentary with director Michael Bonfiglio for the past two years, wanted to come up with a way to honor the two famed film critics in Chicago. She said she was inspired after seeing a statue of Ebert outside the Virginia Theatre in Champaign. “I realized that we have so many tributes in Chicago to people who have had such an influence — athletes, politicians.

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