Life Itself poster
Director Steve James

Life Itself

Tagline: The only thing Roger loved more than movies

Release Date: 2014-07-04

Duration: 121 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Martin Scorsese
    Self - Filmmaker
  • Chevy Chase
    Self - Actor (archive footage)
  • Oprah Winfrey
    Self - TV Host (archive footage)
  • Werner Herzog
    Self - Filmmaker
  • Ava DuVernay
    Self - Filmmaker
  • Stephen Stanton
    Roger Ebert (voice)
  • Johnny Carson
    Self - TV Host (archive footage)
  • Errol Morris
    Self - Filmmaker
  • David Letterman
    Self - TV Host (archive footage)
  • Ramin Bahrani
    Self - Filmmaker