Pierce Brosnan to host AFI `100 Greatest Movie Quotes` TV show in June
26-May-2005 • Actor News
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Those scheduled to be included in the special include Cameron Crowe, Billy Crystal, Nora Ephron, William Goldman, Jennifer Grey, Robert Hays, Buck Henry, Cheryl Hines, Donna Karan, George Lucas, Joe Mantegna, Penny Marshall, Leslie Nielsen, Penn & Teller, Jack Palance, Wolfgang Puck, Burt Reynolds, Rob Reiner, Ray Romano, Chris Sarandon, Roy Scheider, Patrick Swayze and Jon Voight.
This will be the eighth annual special in the AFI's centennial celebration of American cinema, following the seven critically acclaimed Network specials: "AFI's 100 Year⦠100 Movies," "AFI's 100 Years⦠100 Stars," "AFI's 100 Years⦠100 Laughs," "AFI's 100 Years⦠100 Thrills," "AFI's 100 Years⦠100 Passions", "AFI's 100 Years⦠100 Heroes & Villains" and "AFI's 100 Years⦠100 Songs," which annually spark a national discussion of America's film history among movie-lovers across the nation.
Pierce Brosnan's feature film credits include the James Bond movies "Die Another Day," "The World Is Not Enough," "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "GoldenEye," as well as "After the Sunset," "Laws of Attraction," "The Tailor of Panama," "The Thomas Crown Affair," "Robinson Crusoe," "Dante's Peak," "The Mirror Has Two Faces" and "Mrs. Doubtfire," as well as the upcoming "The Matador." His television credits include the starring role in "Remington Steele," and the movies "Don't Talk to Strangers," "The Broken Chain," Death Train," "The Heist," "Around the World in 80 Days," "Noble House" and "Nancy Astor," for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination.
AFI distributed a ballot with a list of 400 nominated movie quotes to a jury of over 1,500 leaders in the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians.
The jury was asked to choose up to 100 movie quotes from a comprehensive list that included "Here's looking at you, kid," from "Casablanca," "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," from "Gone with the Wind," "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" from "She Done Him Wrong," "May the Force be with you," from "Star Wars," "Houston, we have a problem," from "Apollo 13," "Snap out of it!" from "Moonstruck," "You can't handle the truth!" from "A Few Good Men," "I'll be back," from "The Terminator" and "Show me the money!" from "Jerry McGuire." Due to the extensive number of memorable movie lines in American film, jurors were also able to write in votes for up to five quotes, which did not appear on the ballot.
The jurors were asked to consider the following criteria in making their selections:
*MOVIE QUOTE: A statement, phrase of brief exchange of dialogue spoken in an American Film. * (Lyrics from songs are not eligible.)
*CULTURAL IMPACT: Movie quotes that viewers use in their own lives and situations, thus circulating through popular culture and becoming part of the national lexicon.
*LEGACY: Movie quotes that viewers use to evoke the memory of a treasured film, thus ensuring and enlivening its historical legacy.
*AFI defines an American film as an English language motion picture with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States. Additionally, only movie quotes from feature-length American films released before January 1, 2004 will be considered. AFI defines a feature-length film as a motion picture of narrative format that is typically over 60 minutes in length.
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