Life Itself
Life Itself
Release: 2014-07-04
·Runtime: 121m
·★ 7.5
Documentary
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Kartemquin Films
CNN Films
Film Rites
KatLei Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Gregory Nava
as Self - Filmmaker
Werner Herzog
as Self - Filmmaker
Johnny Carson
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Pauline Kael
as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese
as Self - Filmmaker
Roger Ebert
as Self - Film Critic
Ava DuVernay
as Self - Filmmaker
Gene Siskel
as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
Oprah Winfrey
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
David Letterman
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Chevy Chase
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Ramin Bahrani
as Self - Filmmaker
Chaz Ebert
as Self - Ebert's Wife
Steve James
as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Stephen Stanton
as Roger Ebert (voice)
Errol Morris
as Self - Filmmaker