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

A look at the 100 most thrilling films in over 100 years of American cinema.

Director:

Gary Smith

Writer:

Bob Gazzale

Stars:

Anne Archer, Linda Blair, Ernest Borgnine

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anne Archer	...	Herself
Linda Blair	...	Herself
Ernest Borgnine	...	Himself
Sandra Bullock	...	Herself
John Carpenter	...	Himself
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Herself
John Frankenheimer	...	Himself
Morgan Freeman	...	Himself
William Friedkin	...	Himself
Jerry Goldsmith	...	Himself
Tippi Hedren	...	Herself
Charlton Heston	...	Himself
Djimon Hounsou	...	Himself
Anjelica Huston	...	Herself
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Himself

Storyline

A roundabout of Hollywood's top people talk about their favorite thrilling films such as Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, and Sandra Bullock. Films ranging from classics like "The Maltese Falcon" to blockbusters like "The Sixth Sense".

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Plot Keywords:

film making | film history | crime filmmaking | hyphen in title | adrenaline | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 June 2001 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Film Institute (AFI), Smith-Hemion Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The most heart-pounding movies that cross generations include John Huston appearing with his father Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (#67), Alfred Hitchcock and his daughter Patricia Hitchcock working together on Psycho (#1) and Strangers on a Train (#32) and Janet Leigh and her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis appearing in separate films.

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Connections

Features Gaslight (1944)

User Reviews

Not very good choices; some good interviews...

The choices weren't extraordinarily good but I enjoyed watching the interviews in yet another flawed AFI program. Honestly, I don't know anyone who actually agrees with these shows--it's more or less just a matter of ocassionally agreeing with a choice or two.