Sports on the Silver Screen (movie)

Sports on the Silver Screen (movie)

  • User score: 10
  • Production country: US
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 3/16/1997
  • Run time: 85 min.

Movie description

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

Role(s): Self - Narrator (voice)

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Marv Albert

Marv Albert

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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John G. Avildsen

John G. Avildsen

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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