I Am (2011)
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
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Marc Ian Barasch as Self |
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Coleman Barks as Self |
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Noam Chomsky as Self |
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John Francis as Self |
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Lynne McTaggart as Self |
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Tom Shadyac as Self |
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Desmond Tutu as Self |
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Howard Zinn as Self |
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Mahatma Gandhi as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Tom Shadyac | Director |
| Production | Jennifer Abbott | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dagan Handy | Producer |
| Art | Nick Middleton | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Alexander Brodie | Color Designer |
| Production | Jonathan Watson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jacquelyn Zampella | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Jennifer Abbott | Editor |
| Sound | Odin Benitez | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Nicole Pritchett | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Roko Belic | Cinematography |
