Cast: Roger Ebert
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Roger Ebert. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 15
Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Documentary · 89 min. · United States
Direction Tom Thurman
Cast Sam Peckinpah · Kris Kristofferson · Fern Lea Peter · Harry Dean Stanton
7.1
64 votes
7.1
64 votes
Life Itself
2014 · Documentary · 115 min. · United States
Direction Steve James
Cast Roger Ebert · Errol Morris · Werner Herzog · Martin Scorsese
Synopsis It's the first-ever feature-length documentary on the life of Roger Ebert, which is enough of a reason for us to see it. But the fact that it's directed by Steve James ("Hoop Dreams") and features interviews with filmmakers such as...
6.8
588 votes
6.8
588 votes
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2005 · Documentary · 88 min. · Canada
Direction Stuart Samuels
Cast George A. Romero · Alejandro Jodorowsky · John Waters · Perry Henzell
Synopsis From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream tells the hidden history of these landmark films, El Topo (1970), Night of the Living...
6.7
47 votes
6.7
47 votes
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (S)
2007 · Documentary · 22 min. · United States
Direction Gary Leva
Cast John Baxter · John Calley · Arthur C. Clarke · Rob Coleman
Synopsis In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick showed us what the future might look like. How true was his vision? This documentary employs interviews with filmmakers, screenwriters and authors - including Arthur C. Clarke - to delve deep into the...
6.3
25 votes
6.3
25 votes
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (S)
2007 · Documentary · 21 min. · United States
Direction Gary Leva
Cast John Baxter · Ben Burtt · John Calley · Jay Cocks
Synopsis Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey opened the door to all the films and filmmakers who followed it. Through interviews with directors such as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack - as well as special effects professionals and...
6.2
48 votes
6.2
48 votes
Searching for Debra Winger
2002 · Documentary · 100 min. · United States
Direction Rosanna Arquette
Cast Patricia Arquette · Rosanna Arquette · Emmanuelle Béart · Katrin Cartlidge
Synopsis Rosanna Arquette informally interviews several contrasting actresses about how they cope with being a woman in the entertainment industry. The chauvenism of male crew is discussed, the pretentiousness / stereotyping of female characters in American film now. Interviews include those...
6.1
216 votes
6.1
216 votes
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009 · Documentary · 80 min. · United States
Direction Gerald Peary
Cast Roger Ebert
Synopsis “For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism” is the first documentary to dramatize the rich saga of American movie reviewing. Directed by The Boston Phoenix critic, Gerald Peary, “For the Love of Movies” offers an insider’s...
5.6
33 votes
5.6
33 votes
Manufacturing Dissent
2007 · Documentary · 97 min. · Canada
Direction Rick Caine · Debbie Melnyk
Cast Rick Caine · Noam Chomsky · Mark Dowie · Howard Dean
Synopsis A documentary that looks to distinguish what's fact, fiction, legend, and otherwise as a camera crew trails Michael Moore as he tours with his film, Fahrenheit 9/11.
5.5
25 votes
5.5
25 votes
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2004 · Movie · 90 min. · Canada
Direction Vadim Jean
Cast Martin Short · Linda Cardellini · Janeane Garofalo · John Michael Higgins
Synopsis Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood starts off as an Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood spoof, but develops into a murder mystery, with David Lynch played by Martin Short as a makeshift Hercule Poirot. Jiminy Glick (also played by Short) checks into...
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Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (TV)
2002 · Documentary · 92 min. · United States
Direction Patty Ivins Specht
Cast Barbra Streisand · Donna Summer · Lou Adler · Allan Arkush
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Humphrey Bogart
2003 · Documentary · 43 min. · United States
Cast Humphrey Bogart · Stephen H. Bogart · Ernest Cunningham · Roger Ebert
Synopsis The story of how against all odds, Humphrey Bogart became a movie legend and the personification of cool.
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The Outsider
2005 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States
Direction Nicholas Jarecki
Cast James Toback · Woody Allen · Robert Downey Jr. · Roger Ebert
Synopsis Nicholas Jarecki follows director James Toback on the 12-day shoot of his thriller, "When Will I Be Loved" -- a movie made without a script or distribution deal. The Outsider, a feature-length documentary from first-time writer/director Jarecki, is a film...
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Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams
2008 · Documentary · 34 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rance
Cast Lem Dobbs · Roger Ebert · Alex Proyas · Vivian Sobchak
Synopsis Documentary that Intriguingly "unpacks" various meanings of the film "Dark City".
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All the Love You Cannes!
2002 · Documentary · 108 min. · United States
Direction Gabriel Friedman · Lloyd Kaufman
Cast Lloyd Kaufman · Quentin Tarantino · Claude Chabrol · Doug Sakmann
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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995 · Documentary · 62 min. · United States
Direction David Leaf
Cast Phil Collins · Roger Ebert · Peter Noone · Roger McGuinn
Synopsis Thirty years after A Hard Day's Night, its producer, director, writer and others describe its making. United Artists Records came to Walter Shenson, asking him to produce a movie so UA could issue a soundtrack album. Shenson signed Lester to...
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