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