Billy Bob's
TV Appearances
AFI'S 100 YEARS . . .
100 STARS (2000)
Distributor
Image Entertainment
Director
Gary Smith
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Quote
BILLY BOB: Guess maybe there are Gene Kelly guys and
there are Fred Astaire guys. I was a Fred Astaire guy.
Plot
A
three-hour primetime special that must have had a lot of
commercials in it (because the video runs 2 hours and 15
minutes) offers 50 of today's top movie stars helping to count
down the 50 greatest American classic screen legends (those
whose careers started before 1950). Stars offering
commentary include Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin, Jim Carrey, Cher,
Kevgin Costner, Billy Chrystal, Geena Davis, Laura Dern, Richard
Drefuss, Clint Eastwood, Bridget and Peter Fonda, Morgan
Freeman, the late Richard Harris, Goldie Hawn, Dustin Hoffman,
Angelina Jolie, Jessica Lange, Shirley MacLaine, Mike Myers,
Edward Norton, Miss Piggy, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey,
Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, Lily Tomlink, and James Woods
(to name but a few). The stars celebrated include Bogie,
Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe, Gene
Kelly, James Dean, Sidney Poitier, The Marx Brothers, Charlie
Chalpin, John Wayne, Judy Garland, Jimmy Cagney, Spencer Tracy,
Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Audrey Hepburn, Orson Welles, Mary
Pickford, Buster Keaton, Rita Hayworth, Gregory Peck, Elizabeth
Taylor, Henry Fonda, Bette Davis, and Cary Grant (to name a
few). The entire evening is hosted by Shirley Temple Black and
includes a special appearance by the late Jack Lemmon.
What Billy Bob Gets To Do
Billy
Bob comments on Fred Astaire, William Holden, and Humphrey Bogart.
Backstory
AFI has hosted specials on the top
dramas of all time, the top heroes and villains, and so
forth. None of the commentators are eligible for inclusion
because they got their first breaks after 1950. We'll
likely have to wait another 10 years or so for the next
go-round.
Relevant Links
IMDb Link
American
Film Institute (AFI) 100 Years Series
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