Life Itself
Documentary
Release Date
July 4, 2014
Duration
121 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts
Roger Ebert (voice)
Stephen Stanton
Self - Film Critic
Roger Ebert
Self - Ebert's Wife
Chaz Ebert
Self - Filmmaker
Ramin Bahrani
Self - Film Critic
Richard Corliss
Self - TV Producer
Nancy De Los Santos
Self - Filmmaker
Ava DuVernay
Self - Ebert's Friend
Bruce Elliot
Self - Journalist
Laura Emerick
Self - Ebert's Step-Grandson
Emil Evans
Self - Ebert's Step-Granddaughter
Raven Evans
Self - Ebert's Step-Daughter
Sonia Evans
Self - TV Producer
Thea Flaum
Self - Ebert Website Designer
Josh Golden
Self - Filmmaker
Werner Herzog
Self - Siskel's Wife
Marlene Iglitzen Siskel
Self - Ebert's Personal Assistant
Carol Iwata
Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Steve James
Self - Newspaperman
Rick Kogan
Self - TV Producer
Donna La Pietra
Self - Ebert's Friend
John McHugh
Self - Journalist
Tom McNamee
Self - Filmmaker
Errol Morris
Self - Ebert's Friend
Howie Movshovitz
Self - Writer
William Nack
Self - Filmmaker
Gregory Nava
Self - Filmmaker
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Self - Filmmaker
Martin Scorsese
Self - Film Critic
A. O. Scott
Self - Writer
Roger Simon
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Johnny Carson
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Chevy Chase
Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
Pauline Kael
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
David Letterman
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Oprah Winfrey
Self - TV Journalist (archive footage)
Lynn Sherr
Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
Gene Siskel
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