Poster of Citizen Yuppie

Citizen Yuppie

Plot: Citizen Yuppie is a 1-minute long short film directed by noted film critic Roger Ebert, originally shown alongside his partner Gene Siskel's short film (A Confessional Documentary) on the 1987 broadcast of their annual Holiday Gift Guide program. It was shot entirely on a (then-new) Fisher Price PixelVision PXL2000 low-fidelity camcorder in monochrome on compact audio cassette, inspiring Richard Linklater to utilize the same technique in his 1991 feature SLACKER
Release Date: Sunday, November 1 1987
36 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Roger EbertRoger Ebert
Roger Ebert was
45 in Citizen Yuppie
as 'Citizen Yuppie'.
Thu, Jun 18 1942 –
Thu, Apr 04 2013

Crew

Portrait of Roger EbertRoger Ebert
Roger Ebert was
45 in Citizen Yuppie
as 'Director, Writer'
Thu, Jun 18 1942 –
Thu, Apr 04 2013