Sports on the Silver Screen
We'll have you cheering again.
1997-03-16 | 85 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Liev SchreiberSelf - Narrator (voice)
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John G. AvildsenSelf (archive footage)
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Lauren BacallSelf (archive footage)
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Humphrey BogartSelf (archive footage)
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Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage)
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Robert ChartoffSelf (archive footage)
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Jackie CooperSelf (archive footage)
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Billy CrystalSelf (archive footage)
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Tony DanzaSelf (archive footage)
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Ruby DeeSelf (archive footage)
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Jack DempseySelf (archive footage)
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Walt DisneySelf (archive footage)
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Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
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Whoopi GoldbergSelf (archive footage)
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Harold 'Red' GrangeSelf (archive footage)
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Gene HackmanSelf (archive footage)
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Jean HarlowSelf (archive footage)
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Ed HerlihySelf (archive footage)
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