I Am
“The shift is about to hit the fan.”
2011•1h 16m•7.3•Released
Documentary
I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as “Ace Ventura,” “Liar Liar,” “The Nutty Professor,” and “Bruce Almighty.” However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.
Director
Tom Shadyac
Languages
English
Studio
Flying Eye Productions
Cast
Marc Ian Barasch
Self
Coleman Barks
Self
Noam Chomsky
Self
John Francis
Self
Lynne McTaggart
Self
Tom Shadyac
Self
Desmond Tutu
Self
Howard Zinn
Self
Mahatma Gandhi
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Flying Eye Productions
Producer
Dagan Handy
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