Life Itself

Life Itself

3.8

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.

Cast

Stephen Stanton

Stephen Stanton

Roger Ebert (voice)

Roger Ebert

Self - Film Critic

Chaz Ebert

Self - Ebert's Wife

Ramin Bahrani

Self - Filmmaker

Richard Corliss

Self - Film Critic

Nancy De Los Santos

Self - TV Producer

Ava DuVernay

Self - Filmmaker

Self - Ebert's Friend

Self - Journalist

Self - Ebert's Step-Grandson

Self - Ebert's Step-Granddaughter

Self - Ebert's Step-Daughter

Self - TV Producer

Self - Ebert Website Designer

Werner Herzog

Self - Filmmaker

Marlene Iglitzen Siskel

Self - Siskel's Wife

Self - Ebert's Personal Assistant

Steve James

Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

Self - Newspaperman

Donna La Pietra

Self - TV Producer

Self - Ebert's Friend

Self - Journalist

Errol Morris

Self - Filmmaker

Howie Movshovitz

Self - Ebert's Friend

Gregory Nava

Self - Filmmaker

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Self - Filmmaker

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Self - Filmmaker

Self - Film Critic

Johnny Carson

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Chevy Chase

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Pauline Kael

Self - Film Critic (archive footage)

David Letterman

David Letterman

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Oprah Winfrey

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Self - TV Journalist (archive footage)

Gene Siskel

Self - Film Critic (archive footage)