Life Itself

The 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.

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)

Bruce Elliot

(Self - Ebert's Friend)

Laura Emerick

(Self - Journalist)

Emil Evans

(Self - Ebert's Step-Grandson)

Raven Evans

(Self - Ebert's Step-Granddaughter)

Sonia Evans

(Self - Ebert's Step-Daughter)

Thea Flaum

(Self - TV Producer)

Josh Golden

(Self - Ebert Website Designer)

Werner Herzog

(Self - Filmmaker)

Marlene Iglitzen Siskel

(Self - Siskel's Wife)

Carol Iwata

(Self - Ebert's Personal Assistant)

Steve James

(Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice))

Rick Kogan

(Self - Newspaperman)

Donna La Pietra

(Self - TV Producer)

John McHugh

(Self - Ebert's Friend)

Tom McNamee

(Self - Journalist)

Errol Morris

(Self - Filmmaker)

Howie Movshovitz

(Self - Ebert's Friend)

William Nack

(Self - Writer)

Gregory Nava

(Self - Filmmaker)

Jonathan Rosenbaum

(Self - Filmmaker)

Martin Scorsese

(Self - Filmmaker)

A. O. Scott

(Self - Film Critic)

Roger Simon

(Self - Writer)

Johnny Carson

(Self - TV Host (archive footage))

Chevy Chase

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

Pauline Kael

(Self - Film Critic (archive footage))

David Letterman

(Self - TV Host (archive footage))

Oprah Winfrey

(Self - TV Host (archive footage))

Lynn Sherr

(Self - TV Journalist (archive footage))

Gene Siskel

(Self - Film Critic (archive footage))

James Spader

(Self - Actor (archive footage))