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Life Itself recounts the surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert. The film details 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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Life Itself recounts the surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert. The film details 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.
Outstanding Editing Documentary and Long Form | 2016 | David E.
Best Documentary | 2015
Best Documentary Film | 2015
Best Documentary | 2015 | Steve
Best Documentary Feature | 2015
Best Documentary | 2015
Best Documentary Film | 2015
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures | 2015
Best Documentary | 2015 | Steve
The Unforgettables | 2015
Nonfiction Content | 2015
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Film | 2014 | Steve
Best Equality of the Sexes | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary Feature | 2014 | Steve
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014
Special Award | 2014 | Steve
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary | 2016
Best Documentary Feature | 2015 | Steve
Best Documentary | 2015
Documentary Feature | 2015 | Steve
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking | 2015 | Steve
Outstanding Achievement in Direction | 2015 | Steve
Outstanding Achievement in Editing | 2015 | David E.
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score | 2015 | Joshua
Documentary of the Year | 2015
Best Original Score | 2015 | Joshua
2015 | Steve
Best Documentary | 2015
Best Documentary | 2015
Best Documentary Feature | 2015
2015 | Steve
Best Documentary | 2015 | Steve
Best Documentary Feature Film | 2015 | Steve
2014 | Steve
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary Film | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014
Best Documentary Feature Film | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014
Best DocumentaryNonFiction Film | 2014 | Steve
Best Documentary | 2014
2014 | Garrett
Best Documentary | 2014 | Garrett
Best Picture | 2014
Best Documentary | 2014 | Steve
Best Film | 2014
Contrary to popular belief, the film is not narrated by Roger Ebert. Vocal impersonator Stephen Stanton provided his talents while mimicking Ebert's distinct sound to absolute perfection. Stanton also voiced Ebert on Robot Chicken (2001).
According to director Steve James, Chaz Ebert objected to filming Roger Ebert's daily throat suction procedure, while Roger wanted it filmed. They filmed it on a day that Chaz was not present.
Steve James also directed the documentary Hoop Dreams (1994), which was Roger Ebert's favorite movie of the 1990s. The title 'Life Itself' comes from Ebert's original review: "A film like 'Hoop Dreams' is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and make us think in new ways about the world around us. It gives us the impression of having touched life itself."
The original plan for the film was to document the active schedule Roger Ebert maintained despite his illness, including attending screenings, writing reviews and for his blog, and hosting dinner parties with his wife. However, before filming began Ebert suffered a hip fracture that required months of rehabilitation, and he was later diagnosed with a new cancer, meaning the documentary instead became (in part) a chronicle of his final days.
"Roger Ebert: Look at a movie that a lot of people love and you'll find something profound no matter how silly the film may seem."
"Roger Ebert: In the past 25 years I have probably seen 10,000 movies and reviewed 6,000 of them. I have forgotten most of them, I hope, but I remember those worth remembering, and they are all on the same shelf in my mind."
