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Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)

We'll have you cheering again.

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.

Release: 1997-03-16
Runtime: 85 min
Rating: 10 / 10
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)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
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Peter Gent
Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Self (archive footage)
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Herb Goldman
Self (archive footage)
Harold 'Red' Grange
Harold 'Red' Grange
Self (archive footage)
Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman
Self (archive footage)