AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003)

The American Film Institute celebrates 100 years of film by recognizing the top 50 film heroes and top 50 film villains of all time.

Directors:

Gary Smith, Dann Netter

Writer:

Bob Gazzale

Stars:

Kathy Bates, Anthony Hopkins, Hayden Christensen

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kathy Bates	...	Herself
Anthony Hopkins	...	Dr. Hannibal Lecter (#1 Villain)
Hayden Christensen	...	Himself
Glenn Close	...	Herself
Wes Craven	...	Himself
Geena Davis	...	Herself
Kirk Douglas	...	Himself
Robert Englund	...	Himself
Sally Field	...	Herself
Louise Fletcher	...	Herself
Harrison Ford	...	Himself
Milos Forman	...	Himself
Jodie Foster	...	Herself
William Friedkin	...	Himself
Antoine Fuqua	...	Himself

Storyline

The American Film Institute celebrates 100 years of film by recognizing the top 50 film heroes and top 50 film villains of all time.

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Plot Keywords:

american film institute | villain | western filmmaking | war filmmaking | thriller filmmaking | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

AFI [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 June 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

AFI's 100 Years, 100 Heroes & Villains: America's Greatest Screen Characters

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Film Institute (AFI), SFM Entertainment, The Gary Smith Company

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Only one character appears on both the heroes and villains list. The Terminator is the 48th ranked hero for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and the 22nd villain for The Terminator (1984).

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Quotes

Harrison Ford: Whoever decided that Indiana Jones should wear a felt hat and a leather jacket in the jungles should have been shot.

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Connections

Features Wall Street (1987)

User Reviews

Picky Picky

I estimate only 40% of viewers can actually agree with the final results.

In case you didn't notice, the choices this year were all about Ridley Scott. General Maximus, Hannibal, the Alien, Lt. Ripley, Thelma & Louise, that makes up the bulk of what you see. They are all good on varying levels and I can agree with their choices. More conventional heroes (& baddies) like William Wallace, John Rambo, Jason Vorhees, and Michael Meyers are--thankfully--abandoned for a combination of goodies and nasties from all time periods. Interestingly enough, all three dominant gangsters from the 30s (Little Caesar, Tom Powers, and Tony Camonte) are used, just not in that order. Is it me or was the AFI starting to get a little sexist in their Top 10 pickings?

That aside, the results are a composition of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Harrison Ford, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Redford, and Jack Nicholson. That said, I found Gordon Gekko, the Shark, Man (you'll see what I mean), Hans Gruber, HAL 9000, the Terminator, and Amon Goeth to be my pick from villains while Harry Callahan, Patton, and Popeye Doyle receive my kudos from the heroes listing.