Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
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.
Released: Mar 16, 1997
Runtime: 85 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Marv Albert, John G. Avildsen, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin
Crew: Jonathan Crystal (Associate Producer), David Salamone (Editor), Ross Greenburg (Executive Producer), Leslie D. Farrell (Writer), Frank Deford (Writer), Leslie D. Farrell (Producer)
