AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV)

Director:

Gary Smith

Release Date:

22 June 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta. |

Plot Keywords:

Love Song | American Film Institute | Song | Chart Hit | Dancer

Cast

John Travolta	...	Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Clay Aiken	...	Himself
Debbie Allen	...	Herself
Julie Andrews	...	Herself
Paul Anka	...	Himself
Burt Bacharach	...	Himself
Carole Bayer Sager	...	Herself
Tony Bennett	...	Himself
Alan Bergman	...	Himself
Marilyn Bergman	...	Herself
Peter Boyle	...	Himself
Keith Carradine	...	Himself
Cyd Charisse	...	Herself
Betty Comden	...	Herself
Bill Conti	...	Himself
Céline Dion	...	Herself
Hilary Duff	...	Herself
Fred Ebb	...	Himself
Shawn Fanning	...	Himself
Michael Feinstein	...	Himself
Jean Firstenberg	...	Herself (as Jean Picker Firstenberg)
Art Garfunkel	...	Himself
Judy Garland	...	Dorothy Gale (archive footage)
Marvin Hamlisch	...	Himself
Isaac Hayes	...	Himself
Jim Henson	...	Kermit the Frog (archive footage) (as Kermit the Frog)
Hugh Jackman	...	Himself
Shirley Jones	...	Herself
John Kander	...	Himself
Gene Kelly	...	Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Gladys Knight	...	Herself
Angela Lansbury	...	Herself
Lorna Luft	...	Herself
Baz Luhrmann	...	Himself
Tony Martin	...	Himself
Brian McKnight	...	Himself
Bill Medley	...	Himself
Bette Midler	...	Herself
Rita Moreno	...	Herself
Graham Nash	...	Himself
Margaret O'Brien	...	Herself
Dolly Parton	...	Doralee Rhodes (archive footage)
Rosie Perez	...	Herself
Debbie Reynolds	...	Herself
Paul Robeson	...	Joe (archive footage)
Paul Simon	...	Himself
Barbra Streisand	...	Herself
Randy Thomas	...	Voiceover
Jennifer Warnes	...	Herself
Dionne Warwick	...	Herself
Steve Whitmire	...	Kermit the Frog (voice)
Andy Williams	...	Himself
Hans Zimmer	...	Himself

Directed by
Gary Smith

Produced by
Melinda Cote	....	associate producer
Dann Netter	....	producer
Gary Smith	....	executive producer
Jeffrey L. Wilcox	....	associate producer

Film Editing by
Ali Grossman
Debra Light

Sound Department
Rick Brush	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Stephen Graham	....	camera operator
Jack Messitt	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jack Messitt	....	director of photography: additional photography
David Sammons	....	camera operator

Other crew
Matthew Artus	....	production assistant
Richard Bontems	....	film researcher
Christine Calandra	....	talent supervisor
Simon Fuchs	....	production coordinator
Jeffrey M. Moskowitz	....	production assistant
Yoram Tal	....	symphony artist

Production Companies

• Gary Smith Company, The

Distributors

• CBS Television (2004) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

USA:180 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Company:

Gary Smith Company, The

Movie Connections:

Features Guys and Dolls (1955/I)

Soundtrack:

Ol' Man River

Great Show But needed more Travolta.

AFI's 100 Years 100 Songs was a great show to watch and sing along with. I did wish Travolta had a bigger part with more introductions, he did not even say anything about his personal entry of "Summer Nights" from "Grease". I was also expecting him to make comments on his idol of James Cagney and "Yankee Doodle Dandy" being his favorite film as a child. But having Bette Midler and Barbara Streisand making comments was so Awesome, they are amazing women who can sing and act. Liza Menelli would have been a great addition as well but her sister was great, but only commenting on mother Judy Garland. Of course one could have picked Judy Garland and "Over The Rainbow" as number one from the start but all the songs and comments from 100 to 1 was great fun to watch.