Life Itself (2014 film)

Life Itself
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySteve James
Based onLife Itself: A Memoir
by Roger Ebert
Produced byZak Piper
Steve James
Garrett Basch
CinematographyDana Kupper
Edited bySteve James
David E. Simpson
Music byJoshua Abrams
Production
companies
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release dates
  • January 19, 2014 (2014-01-19) (Sundance)
  • July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04) (United States)
Running time
121 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$810,454[2]

Life Itself is a 2014 American biographical documentary film about Chicago film critic Roger Ebert, directed by Steve James and produced by Zak Piper, James and Garrett Basch. The film is based on Ebert's 2011 memoir of the same name.[3] It premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was an official selection at the 67th Cannes Film Festival.[4] The 41st Telluride Film Festival hosted a special screening of the film on August 28, 2014.[5] Magnolia Pictures released the film theatrically in the United States and simultaneously via video on demand platforms on July 4, 2014.[6][7]

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,[8] but it was not nominated. It was also nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy Awards, winning the award for Outstanding Editing: Documentary & Long-Form.[9]

  1. ^ "LIFE ITSELF (15)". British Board of Film Classification. October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "Life Itself (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  3. ^ Kit, Borys (April 4, 2013). "Roger Ebert Documentary Filmmakers Vow to Finish Movie". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  4. ^ Pavard, Charlotte (May 20, 2014). "CANNES CLASSICS - Life Itself: a critic's life and times". Festival De Cannes. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014.
  5. ^ Feinberg, Scott (August 31, 2014)."Telluride: A Film Fest That Knows How to Party". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ^ "Life Itself.". VHX. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  7. ^ Tallerico, Brian (June 30, 2014). "Where You Can See 'Life Itself'". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  8. ^ The Deadline Team (December 2, 2014). "Oscars: Documentary Feature Shortlist At 15". Deadline Hollywood.
  9. ^ "NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS AT THE 37TH ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS". September 21, 2016. Archived from the original on September 25, 2016.