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PICNIC (1956) – AFI Movie Club

Directed by Joshua Logan and featuring lush cinematography by the great James Wong Howe, PICNIC (1956) stars William Holden – a star named by the American Film Institute among the art form’s greatest screen legends – and was counted by AFI as one of cinema’s great love stories. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more...
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SUNSET BLVD. (1950) – AFI Movie Club

Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Billy Wilder, SUNSET BLVD. (1950) is the quintessential LA film noir – enshrined not only as a definitively dark encapsulation of the City of Angels, but also across the American Film Institute’s lists of the art form’s finest. It appeared on both lists of the greatest American films...
SABRINA film still of Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn

SABRINA (1954) – AFI Movie Club

Co-written, produced and directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Billy Wilder and named by the American Film Institute among the art form’s greatest love stories, SABRINA (1954) features a romantic triangle between Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden – all included among the stars named by AFI as cinema’s greatest screen legends. In...
THE WILD BUNCH film still of William Holden

THE WILD BUNCH (1969) – AFI Movie Club

Directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien and Warren Oates, THE WILD BUNCH (1969) was included on the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest films of all time – both the original and 10th anniversary editions – as well as among the art form’s greatest thrills and...
THE TOWERING INFERNO film still of Steve McQueen

THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974) – AFI Movie Club

An explosive epic produced by “master of disaster” Irwin Allen and featuring an all-star ensemble that includes Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden (named by AFI among cinema’s greatest screen legends), Faye Dunaway and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Fred Astaire, THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974) also featured the creative contribution of another AFI Life Achievement...
STALAG 17 film still of Robert Strauss, William Holden and Harvey Lembeck

STALAG 17 (1953) – AFI Movie Club

Co-written and directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Billy Wilder, STALAG 17 features an all-star cast that includes Robert Strauss, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger and Peter Graves – and a memorable, Academy Award-winning lead performance from William Holden, named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of all time. Visit the...
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NETWORK (1976) – AFI Movie Club

As timely now as when it was released, Peter Finch’s impassioned on-air breakdown as a fed-up news anchor in NETWORK (1976) earned a place among the American Film Institute’s ranking of the greatest film quotes of all time – with the film itself appearing on AFI's top 100 films 10th anniversary edition. Nominated for an Academy...
Network Film Still - Peter Finch

AFI Movie Club: NETWORK

As timely now as when it was released in 1976, Peter Finch’s impassioned on-air breakdown as a fed-up news anchor in NETWORK (1976) earned a place among the American Film Institute’s ranking of the greatest film quotes of all time – with the film itself appearing on AFI’s original list of the greatest American film,...
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