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

Director:

Gary Smith

Writers:

Marty Farrell (writer)
Richard Schickel (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

American Film Institute | Actor | Actress | Comedian | Dancer

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

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
Laura Dern	...	Herself
Matt Dillon	...	Himself
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Himself
Clint Eastwood	...	Himself
Mia Farrow	...	Herself
Bridget Fonda	...	Herself
Peter Fonda	...	Himself
Morgan Freeman	...	Himself
Teri Garr	...	Herself
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself
Jeff Goldblum	...	Himself
Gene Hackman	...	Himself
Woody Harrelson	...	Himself
Richard Harris	...	Himself
Goldie Hawn	...	Herself
Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Herself
Gregory Hines	...	Himself
Dustin Hoffman	...	Himself
Angelina Jolie	...	Herself
Michael Keaton	...	Himself
Martin Landau	...	Himself
Jessica Lange	...	Herself
Shirley MacLaine	...	Herself
Marsha Mason	...	Herself
Marlee Matlin	...	Herself
Liza Minnelli	...	Herself
Mike Myers	...	Himself
Edward Norton	...	Himself
Edward James Olmos	...	Himself
Lynn Redgrave	...	Herself
Julia Roberts	...	Herself
Gena Rowlands	...	Herself
Kevin Spacey	...	Himself
Sylvester Stallone	...	Himself
Rod Steiger	...	Himself
Sharon Stone	...	Herself
Donald Sutherland	...	Himself
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Herself
Billy Bob Thornton	...	Himself
Lily Tomlin	...	Herself
Emily Watson	...	Herself
James Woods	...	Himself

Runtime:

135 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

American Film Institute (AFI)

Trivia:

Thirteen legends were born outside America: Audrey Hepburn (the #3 female star) in Belgium, Elizabeth Taylor (the #7 female star), Cary Grant (the #2 male star), Charles Chaplin (the #10 male star) and Laurence Olivier (the #14 male star) in England, Ingrid Bergman (the #4 female star) and Greta Garbo (the #5 female star) in Sweden, Marlene Dietrich (the #9 female star) in Germany, Claudette Colbert (the #12 female star) in France, Vivien Leigh (the #16 female star) in India, Sophia Loren (the #21 female star) in Italy, Mary Pickford (the #24 female star) in Canada, and Edward G. Robinson (the #24 male star) in Romania.

Movie Connections:

Followed by AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Without You

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!