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Life Itself

The only thing Roger Ebert loved more than movies

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Awards

  • Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures, Producers Guild of America 
  • Best Documentary Film of 2014, National Board of Review 
  • Best Documentary, Critics Choice Movie Awards
  • Best Documentary, The Golden Tomato Awards, Rotten Tomatoes 
  • Best Documentary, African-American Film Critics Association
  • Best Documentary, Chicago Film Critics Association
  • Best Documentary, Online Film Critics Society 
  • Best Documentary, Boston Online Film Critics Association
  • Best Documentary, New York Film Critics Online 
  • Best Documentary, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 
  • Best Documentary, Indiana Film Journalists Association
  • Best Documentary, Florida Film Critics Circle
  • Best Documentary, North Texas Film Critics Association
  • Best Documentary, Oklahoma Film Critics Circle  
  • Best Documentary, American Film Festival, Wroclaw
  • Best Documentary, Georgia Film Critics Association
  • Founders Prize, Traverse City Film Festival 
  • Jury Prize, Documentary Edge Festival
  • Best Equality of the Sexes, Women Film Critics Circle Association 
  • Best Film, Film Club's The Lost Weekend
  • "The Unforgettables" - Award to Chaz and Roger Ebert, Cinema Eye Honors

Nominations 

  • Best Documentary Nomination Shortlist, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences 
  • Cinema Eye Honors:
    - Outstanding Achievement in Direction
    - Audience Choice
    - Outstanding Achievement in Editing
    - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
    - Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score 
  • Runner-Up, Best Documentary, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
  • Runner-up, Iowa Film Critics Awards
  • Runner-Up, Best Documentary, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
  • Best Documentary, Dorian Awards 
  • Best Documentary, Houston Film Critics Society 
  • Best Picture & Best Director, Indiana Film Journalists Association
  • Best Documentary, The Gotham Independent Film Awards
  • Best Documentary, St. Louis Film Critics
  • Best Documentary, Alliance of Women Film Journalists
  • Best Documentary, San Francisco Film Critics Circle 
  • Best Documentary, Detroit Film Critics Society 
  • Best Documentary, San Diego Film Critics Society
  • Best Documentary, Phoenix Film Critics Society
  • Best Documentary, Central Ohio Film Critics Association
  • Best Documentary, Denver Film Critics Society
  • Best Documentary, Detroit Film Critics Society
  • Special Jury Award, Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014
  • Best Original Score, Georgia Film Critics Association

End of the Year Best of Lists

  • #2, Best Reviewed Movies of 2014, Slash Film
  • #4, Best Movies of the Year, Entertainment Weekly 
  • #3, The 2014 Top 10, James Berardinelli, Reel Views
  • #6, Best Films of 2014, The Dissolve
  • #6, The Best Films and TV Shows of 2014, Indiewire
  • #3, The 20 Best Films of 2014, Danny Miller, Cinephiled 
  • #7, Top 10 Favorite Films of 2014, Ethan Anderton, First Showing
  • #1, The 10 Best Films of 2014, Nick Allen, HollywoodChicago.com 
  • Favorite Films of the Year, Chase Whale, Central Track
  • #18, The 20 Best Movies of 2014, Joshua Rothkopf, Timeout New York
  • #16, Best of 2014: A Top 40, Ray Pride, Movie City News 
  • #34, The 40 Best Movies of the 2014, Yahoo Movies
  • #36, Top 60 Films of 2014, Carlos Aguilar, SydneysBuzz  
  • #7, Norman Wilner's Top 10 Movies, Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine
  • 20 Essentials,  50 Great Films You Should See From 2014, Russ Fischer, Slash Film
  • #8, The Best Movies of of 2014, James Ward, The Californian
  • #2, The Best Documentaries of 2014, POV Docs, PBS
  • #4, Top 10 Documentaries of 2014, Tom Roston, Doc Soup, PBS
  • 11 Great Movies We Watched This Year, Rob Christopher, The Chicagoist
  • Best Films of 2014, Keith Turan, Los Angeles Times 
  • #4, Top 10 Documentaries of 2014, Alex Billington, First Showing
  • #9, Rick Bentley's Best & Worst Movies of 1014, Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee 
  • Favorite Movies of the Year, WZZM-Grand Rapids, ABC
  • Honorable Mention, 10 Best Films of 2014, Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter
  • Honorable Mention, Top 10 Films of 2014, Dana Stevens, Slate Magazine 
  • Honorable Mention, The 10 Best Movies of 2014, Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
  • #11, The 15 Best Film Scores of 2014, Matt Patches, HITFIX 
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Life Itself

A documentary about the life and legacy of legendary Chicago film critic Roger Ebert.

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Read Chaz Ebert's moving post on 2 years since Roger's passing
about 3 years ago
Own Life Itself on DVD, Blu-Ray, & Digital Download Starting Feb. 17th!
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CNN airs Life Itself this Sunday, 8pm ET
about 4 years ago
Recap: Our CNN World Television Premiere!
about 4 years ago
 

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a KARTEMQUIN FILMS and FILM RITES production   in association with KATLEI PRODUCTIONS   a film by STEVE JAMES   LIFE ITSELF   post-production supervisor RYAN GLEESON   edited by DAVID E SIMPSON  STEVE JAMES   music by JOSHUA ABRAMS   cinematographer DANA KUPPER   co-producers EMILY HART  MARK MITTEN  JOSH SCHOLLMEYER   supervising producers CNN Films COURTNEY SEXTON  LIZZIE KERNER   executive producers CNN Films VINNIE MALHORTA  AMY ENTELIS   executive producers MARTIN SCORSESE   STEVEN ZAILLIAN  MICHAEL W. FERRO, JR  GORDON QUINN  JUSTINE NAGAN  KAT WHITE  MARK MITTEN  
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