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Sports on the Silver Screen

We'll have you cheering again.

9 average rating
★★★★★
9
false / 85 MIN. / 1997

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Liev SchreiberJohn G. AvildsenLauren BacallHumphrey BogartCharlie ChaplinRobert ChartoffJackie CooperBilly CrystalTony DanzaRuby DeeJack DempseyWalt DisneyDwight D. EisenhowerPeter GentWhoopi GoldbergHerb GoldmanHarold 'Red' GrangeGene HackmanJean HarlowEd HerlihyJames Earl JonesDanny KayeBarry LevinsonJerry LewisJeffrey LyonsPat MoritaBobby MurcerRichard NixonJimmy PiersallSam RayburnRonald ReaganKnute RockneBabe RuthSteve SabolGale SayersBudd SchulbergTom SelleckNorma ShearerRon SheltonJoel SiegelJ. Parnell ThomasGene TunneyIrwin WinklerRobert WuhlMarv Albert

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