I Am

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.

Cast

Marc Ian Barasch

Marc Ian Barasch

as Self

Coleman Barks

Coleman Barks

as Self

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

as Self

John Francis

John Francis

as Self

Lynne McTaggart

Lynne McTaggart

as Self

Tom Shadyac

Tom Shadyac

as Self

Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu

as Self

Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn

as Self

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

as Self (archive footage)

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