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Life Itself is a american film of genre Biography released in USA on 4 july 2014 with Roger Ebert

Life Itself (2014)

Life Itself
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Released in USA 4 july 2014
Length 2h1
OriginUSA
Genres Biography,    Documentary
Rating77% 3.896093.896093.896093.896093.89609

Life Itself is a 2014 American biographical documentary film about film critic Roger Ebert, directed by Steve James and produced by Zak Piper, Steve James and Garrett Basch. The film is based on Ebert's 2011 memoir of the same name. It premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was an official selection at the 67th Cannes Film Festival. The 41st Telluride Film Festival hosted a special screening of the film on August 28, 2014. Magnolia Pictures released the film theatrically in the United States and simultaneously via video on demand platforms on July 4, 2014.

On December 2, 2014, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the film was 1 of 15 films shortlisted in the Documentary Feature category for the 87th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Synopsis

Un documentaire inspiré des mémoires éponymes du critique de cinéma américain et chroniqueur social mondialement connu : Roger Ebert. Lauréat du Prix Pulitzer pour ses critiques publiées dans le Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert est devenu l’une des personnalités les plus influentes du monde de la culture aux États-Unis.

Actors

Roger Ebert

(Self - Film Critic)Stephen Stanton

(Roger Ebert (voice))Werner Herzog

(Self - Filmmaker)Martin Scorsese

(Self - Filmmaker)Errol Morris

(Self - Filmmaker)
And :
Ramin Bahrani
A. O. Scott
Gregory Nava
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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