Life Itself is a documentary directed by Steve James in 2014 and based on the book of the same name by Roger Ebert, first published in 2011. The documentary features Roger Ebert, Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, Martin Scorsese, Ava DuVernay, Ramin Bahrani, and others.
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Storyline
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert: 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.
Movie vs Book
Year
2014
Minutes
121
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
Year
2011
Pages
436
Book Rate
7.82
S: Goodreads
Book
Life Itself
Author: Roger Ebert
Country: USA
First published in: 2011
Length: 436 pages
Genre: Biography
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