AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (TV 1999)

The spectacular CBS special! Shirley Temple Black hosts the festivities as 50 of today's top stars count down the 50 greatest screen legends of all time. Features Clint Eastwood, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Kevin Spacey and many others.

Directors:

Gary Smith, Dann Netter

Writers:

Marty Farrell, Richard Schickel

Stars:

Shirley Temple, Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Credited cast:
Shirley Temple	...	Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kevin Bacon	...	Himself
Alec Baldwin	...	Himself
Drew Barrymore	...	Herself
Warren Beatty	...	Himself
Jacqueline Bisset	...	Herself
Ernest Borgnine	...	Himself
James Caan	...	Himself
Jim Carrey	...	Himself
Chevy Chase	...	Himself
Cher	...	Herself
Kevin Costner	...	Himself
Billy Crystal	...	Himself
Claire Danes	...	Herself
Geena Davis	...	Herself

Storyline

The spectacular CBS special! Shirley Temple Black hosts the festivities as 50 of today's top stars count down the 50 greatest screen legends of all time. Features Clint Eastwood, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Kevin Spacey and many others.

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Plot Keywords:

apostrophe in title | famous | dancer | colon in title | silent film | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 June 1999 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Film Institute (AFI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Marlon Brando (the #4 male legend), Sidney Poitier (the #22 male legend) and Sophia Loren (the #21 female legend), all made their screen debuts in 1950. Stars who made their debuts after 1950 and weren't qualified as legends include Jack Lemmon, Paul Newman, Shirley MacLaine and Clint Eastwood.

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Connections

Followed by AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001)

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Soundtracks

"Without You"
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
Performed by Liza Minnelli

User Reviews

Even better than "...100 Movies"

With a huge roster of contemporary stars (including returns by Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Roberts and Dustin Hoffman) "100 Years... 100 Stars" provides an even closer look into Hollywood than it's predecessor, "100 Years... 100 Movies". It has practically every major star from the Golden Age of Hollywood on its list but there is bound to be some disagreement about some of them (i.e. Fred Astaire in 5th place? NO!!! Gary Cooper should have been in 5th place instead of being in 11th. Fred Astaire didn't have THAT much dramatic power to belong in the top five (which is where only the truly great dramatic and completely gifted comedians should be-Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn were the only two comedic actors (although both were MASTERS in dramatic roles too) who were in the top five. But other than that, I don't find that much to argue about except for the omission of Rosalind Russell from the ladies' list. She was an excellent actress with perfect presence for her time! I really recommend this to any film buff (it is available on DVD/VHS at amazon.com. It's truly worth it!