A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 11, 2011
Original Title:
I Am
Alternate Titles:
I AM - Tom Shadyac
I Am (2011)
아이 엠: 세상을 바꾸는 힘
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Flying Eye Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 14
Runtime: 76
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.
Assistant Art Director:
Nick Middleton
Associate Producer:
Nicole Pritchett
Cinematography:
Roko Belic
Co-Producer:
Jacquelyn Zampella
Color Designer:
Brodie Alexander
Director:
Tom Shadyac
Editor:
Jennifer Abbott
Executive Producer:
Jennifer Abbott
Jonathan Watson
Producer:
Dagan Handy
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Steve Maslow
Supervising Sound Editor:
Odin Benitez
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