AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special

Matt Roush says...

This high honor, celebrating the life and career of Hollywood’s greatest stars and directors, was established in 1973, with a half-century of memorable moments to choose from in an anniversary retrospective hosted by TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz. In acknowledgement of the first recipient, the legendary John Ford, TCM follows the special with a screening of Ford’s 1956 classic The Searchers (9:45/8:45c). Among the many luminaries who’ve received the AFI tribute: Orson Welles, Fred Astaire, Elizabeth Taylor, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Bette Davis, and Henry and Jane Fonda. As they used to say about MGM, more stars than there are in heaven, and for those that have passed, a wonderful way to remember them.

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