Sports on the Silver Screen
1997, English.
We'll have you cheering again.
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Liev SchreiberSelf - Narrator (voice)
- John G. AvildsenSelf (archive footage)
- Lauren BacallSelf (archive footage)
- Humphrey BogartSelf (archive footage)
- Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage)
- Robert ChartoffSelf (archive footage)
- Jackie CooperSelf (archive footage)
- Billy CrystalSelf (archive footage)
- Tony DanzaSelf (archive footage)
- Ruby DeeSelf (archive footage)
- Jack DempseySelf (archive footage)
- Walt DisneySelf (archive footage)
Details
- Released
- 16 March 1997
- Written by
- Leslie D. Farrell, Frank Deford
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Sports on the Silver Screen runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Sports on the Silver Screen isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 March 1997. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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