AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special

December. 30,2023      
Rating:
8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

TCM host Ben Mankiewicz hosts this 50th anniversary special, with archival footage from 50 years of tributes to various legends in film by the American Film Institute, which began its awards in 1973.

Ben Mankiewicz as  Host
James Stewart as  Self (archive footage)
James Cagney as  Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier as  Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles as  Self (archive footage)
Phyllis Diller as  Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra as  Self (archive footage)
Jennifer Hudson as  Self (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson as  Self (archive footage)
Jack Huston as  Self (archive footage)

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