Directed by:
Steve JamesCinematography:
Dana KupperComposer:
Joshua AbramsCast:
Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Ramin Bahrani, Ava DuVernay, Gregory Nava, Steve James, Gene Siskel (a.f.) (more)VOD (1)
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The 2002 edition of the Karlovy Vary IFF will always be remembered for the American film critic Roger Ebert, who was a member of the Grand Jury on that occasion. Twelve years on, the festival programme is offering a poignant and, in many respects, innovative encounter with the Pulitzer prizewinner in a documentary profile which was premiered this January at Sundance, less than a year after Ebert's death. Steve James, inspired by his subject's memoir of the same name, devotes his work to all the important chapters in the life of America's most influential film journalist, such as his era writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, his television shows and, towards the end of his life, his contributions to the internet. James also looks at Ebert's darker side – his battle with alcohol and the long-running and often ruthless showdowns with colleague Gene Siskel, with whom he shared his celebrity and competed for television viewers' affections. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Roger Ebert
USA
Best movies:
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) - a.f.
Chaz Ebert
USA
Martin Scorsese
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
Chauffeur de taxi (1976)
Werner Herzog
German Empire
Best movies:
Home from Home - Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Jack Reacher (2012)
Errol Morris
USA
Ramin Bahrani
USA
Ava DuVernay
USA
Gregory Nava
USA
Steve James
USA
Gene Siskel (a.f.)
USA
Saul Bellow (a.f.)
Canada
Best movies:
Zelig (1983)
Johnny Carson (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Newton Boys (1998)
Barbara Harris (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Plaza Suite (1971)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Nashville (1975)
Hugh M. Hefner (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
Al Jolson (a.f.)
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Pauline Kael (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) - a.f.
Martin Luther King (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
David Letterman (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
L'Homme sur la lune (1999)
Private Parts (1997)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Jerry Lewis (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
The King of Comedy (1982)
Arizona Dream (1993)
Russ Meyer (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Up! (1976)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Motor Psycho (1965)