When athletes became movie stars before influencers existed.
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.
Editing
Seamless century-spanning archival compilation.
Production
Rare silent-era sports footage rescued.
Liev Schreiber
Self - Narrator (voice)
John G. Avildsen
Self (archive footage)
Lauren Bacall
Self (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Robert Chartoff
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Cooper
Self (archive footage)
Billy Crystal
Self (archive footage)
Tony Danza
Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee
Self (archive footage)
Jack Dempsey
Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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