Life Itself

Life Itself

121 mins | Documentary | July 4, 2014

The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.

Life Itself

121 mins | Documentary | July 4, 2014

Life Itself
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Film Rites, Kartemquin Films, CNN Films, KatLei Productions
Original title Life Itself
Directors Steve James
Writers

Cast

Stephen Stanton

as Roger Ebert (voice)

Roger Ebert

as Self - Film Critic

Chaz Ebert

as Self - Ebert's Wife

Ramin Bahrani

as Self - Filmmaker

Richard Corliss

as Self - Film Critic

Nancy De Los Santos

as Self - TV Producer

Ava DuVernay

as Self - Filmmaker

Bruce Elliot

as Self - Ebert's Friend

Laura Emerick

as Self - Journalist

Emil Evans

as Self - Ebert's Step-Grandson

Raven Evans

as Self - Ebert's Step-Granddaughter

Sonia Evans

as Self - Ebert's Step-Daughter

Thea Flaum

as Self - TV Producer

Josh Golden

as Self - Ebert Website Designer

Werner Herzog

as Self - Filmmaker

Marlene Iglitzen Siskel

as Self - Siskel's Wife

Carol Iwata

as Self - Ebert's Personal Assistant

Steve James

as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

Rick Kogan

as Self - Newspaperman

Donna La Pietra

as Self - TV Producer

John McHugh

as Self - Ebert's Friend

Tom McNamee

as Self - Journalist

Errol Morris

as Self - Filmmaker

Howie Movshovitz

as Self - Ebert's Friend

William Nack

as Self - Writer

Gregory Nava

as Self - Filmmaker

Jonathan Rosenbaum

as Self - Filmmaker

Martin Scorsese

as Self - Filmmaker

A. O. Scott

as Self - Film Critic

Roger Simon

as Self - Writer

Johnny Carson

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Chevy Chase

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Pauline Kael

as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)

David Letterman

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Oprah Winfrey

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Lynn Sherr

as Self - TV Journalist (archive footage)

Gene Siskel

as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)