AFI celebrates top 100 films that inspire
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – In response to the nation’s uneasy climate, the American Film Institute is looking to inject some cheer into its ninth annual celebration of American movies.
The organization said Wednesday that the theme for this year’s top 100 list will be “AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Cheers: America’s Most Inspiring Movies.”
“We’re doing this at this point in time for a very specific reason,” AFI director and CEO Jean Picker Firstenberg said. “We seem to be in troubled times — terrorism, natural disasters, war, we’re very divided politically. It seemed to us appropriate to look to the movies for inspiration. These movies are really about touching us and inspiring us.”
The 100 films, as chosen by experts from the motion picture community, will be unveiled during a three-hour primetime broadcast in June on CBS.
Previous AFI top 100 themes have included “100 Years … 100 Movies” (1998), ” … 100 Stars” (1999), ” … 100 Laughs” (2000), ” … 100 Thrills” (2001), ” … 100 Passions” (2002), ” … 100 Heroes & Villains” (2003), ” … 100 Songs” (2004) and ” … 100 Movie Quotes” (2005).
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