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Sports on the Silver Screen

19971h 25m9.0/ 10 · TMDB · 2 votes
Documentary

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.

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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)

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Film details

Released16 Mar 1997
Original languageEnglish
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Jack Dempsey
Jack Dempsey

Self (archive footage)

Walt Disney
Walt Disney

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