Sports on the Silver Screen

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997
1h 25m
10.0

10.0/10

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"We'll have you cheering again."

Overview

HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Quick Facts

Release Date March 16, 1997
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0331655

Cast

Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber

Self - Narrator (voice)

John G. Avildsen
John G. Avildsen

Self (archive footage)

Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall

Self (archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Robert Chartoff
Robert Chartoff

Self (archive footage)

Jackie Cooper
Jackie Cooper

Self (archive footage)

Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal

Self (archive footage)

Tony Danza
Tony Danza

Self (archive footage)

Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee

Self (archive footage)

Jack Dempsey
Jack Dempsey

Self (archive footage)

Walt Disney
Walt Disney

Self (archive footage)

Key Crew

Leslie D. Farrell
Writer
Frank Deford
Writer
Leslie D. Farrell
Producer
Ross Greenburg
Executive Producer

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