--- ---  # Watch the First Trailer for _I Am Chris Farley_ by [Sara Vilkomerson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Sara Vilkomerson / Entertainment Weekly Jun 29, 2015 9:56 PM UTC  Chris Farley at the premiere of "Spawn" in Hollywood on July 28, 1997. Chris Farley at the premiere of "Spawn" in Hollywood on July 28, 1997.Ron Galella, Ltd.—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sara Vilkomerson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Sara Vilkomerson / Entertainment Weekly Jun 29, 2015 9:56 PM UTC It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly two decades since Chris Farley died at the age of 33 in 1997\. The comic—who got his start in Chicago at Second City before breaking out on _Saturday Night Live_and films such as _Tommy Boy_ and _Black Sheep_—is remembered fondly and, of course, sadly[ in this new trailer ](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/i-am-chris-farley-trailer?bffbrewind&utm%5Fterm=4ldqphu#.hn1bKE8er)for the documentary _I Am Chris Farley_. Directed by Brent Hodge and Derik Murray, the film chronicles Farley’s life, and includes vintage footage, home videos, and interviews with David Spade, Adam Sandler, Lorne Michaels, Bob Odenkirk, and Molly Shannon, among others. The film opens in theaters July 31 and will also become available on VOD on Aug 11. Watch the trailer above. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/29/chris-farley-documentary-trailer) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) Movie: Watch First Trailer for Documentary 'I Am Chris Farley' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3940784/chris-farley-documentary-first-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3940784/chris-farley-documentary-first-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch the First Trailer for I Am Chris Farley","datePublished":"2015-06-29T21:56:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:39:05.739Z","description":"The film chronicles Farley’s life, and includes vintage footage, home videos, and interviews with numerous celebrities","url":"https://time.com/3940784/chris-farley-documentary-first-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Documentary","Trailer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b1691493ce26bdc/698859033c163956b7458a16/chris-farley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sara Vilkomerson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b1691493ce26bdc/698859033c163956b7458a16/chris-farley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Farley at the premiere of \"Spawn\" in Hollywood on July 28, 1997.","caption":"Chris Farley at the premiere of \"Spawn\" in Hollywood on July 28, 1997.","creditText":"Ron Galella, Ltd.—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3940784/chris-farley-documentary-first-trailer/","name":"Watch the First Trailer for I Am Chris Farley"}}]}] ```