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Life Itself

Name: Life Itself
Director: Steve James
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-07-04
Cast: Stephen Stanton, Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Ramin Bahrani, Richard Corliss

Documentary

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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Cast

Stephen StantonRoger EbertChaz EbertRamin BahraniRichard CorlissNancy De Los SantosAva DuVernayBruce ElliotLaura EmerickEmil EvansRaven EvansSonia Evans

Director

Steve James

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