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'Grand Illusion' and 'Rules of the Game' are routinely included on lists of the greatest films, and deserve to be.

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Roger Ebert
Age: 70 †
Born: 1942
Born: June 18
Died: 2013
Died: April 4
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Roger Joseph Ebert
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