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

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Gary Smith

Writer:

Bob Gazzale (writer)

Release Date:

12 June 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

American Film Institute | Suspense | Adrenaline | Crime Filmmaking | TV Special

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

American Film Institute (AFI)

Trivia:

The interviews of Martin Scorsese and Samuel L. Jackson are taken from AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV). Morgan Freeman's interview is an outtake from AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars (1999) (TV).

Movie Connections:

Features True Grit (1969)

See it for the cast, not for the movies listed!

Once again AFI has gathered what they believe to be a good list. This time it's a list of "America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies" and as always, the movies on the list are the ones I find to be absolute crap. However, the cast of interviewees [such as Anne Archer, Linda Blair, Sandra Bullock, John Carpenter, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Denis Leary, Lucy Liu, Ridley Scott, Steven Seagal, and Harrison Ford] is very good. Let's hope this is the last AFI list we have to see for a while.