jboothmillard Review of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003 TV Special)

100 Years, 100 Heroes & Villains

[10/10 · 15 June 2005]

This was like one of those 100 Greatest lists, except with a different title and countdown, this was an essential list counting down 50 great movie heroes, and 50 great movie villains. Hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger and with contributions by Hayden Christensen, Glenn Close, Wes Craven, Geena Davis, Kirk Douglas, Kathy Bates, Robert Englund, Sally Field, Louise Fletcher, Harrison Ford, Milos Forman, Jodie Foster, William Friedkin, Dennis Hopper, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, George Lucas, Malcolm McDowell, Sir Roger Moore, Peter O'Toole, Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon, Sir Ridley Scott, Sylvester Stallone, Oliver Stone, Sigourney Weaver and many more. The heroes included General Maximus (Gladiator), Andrew Beckett (Philadelphia), Terminator (2), Batman, Zorro, Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (The French Connection), Obi-Won Kenobi (Star Wars), Tarzan, Marge Gunderson (Fargo), Erin Brockovich, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (All the President's Men), Superman, Thelma Dickerson and Louise Sawyer, Terry Malloy (On the Waterfront), Spartacus, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Virgil Tibbs (In the Heat of the Night), Robin Hood, Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry), Han Solo (Star Wars), Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List), T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life), Ellen Ripley (Alien films), Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs), Will Kane (High Noon), Rick Blaine (Casablanca), James Bond, Indiana Jones and winner Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird). The villains included Auric Goldfinger, Verbal Kint (The Usual Suspects), Hans Gruber (Die Hard), The Joker (Batman), Tom Powers (The Public Enemy), Joan Crawford (Mommie Dearest), Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Steet films), Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians), Harry Lime (The Third Man), Frank Booth (Blue Velvet), Dr. Szell (Marathon Man), Count Dracula, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, Mrs. Danvers (Rebecca), Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver), Martians (The War of the Worlds, Mars Attacks!), Jack Torrance (The Shining), Gordon Gekko (Wall Street), Terminator (1), Man (Bambi), The Shark (Jaws), Annie Wilkins (Misery), Noah Cross (Chinatown), Amon Goeth (Schindler's List), Alien, HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey), Alex De Large (A Clockwork Orange), Michael Corleone (The Godfather Trilogy), The Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), Regan MacNeil (The Exorcist), Phyllis Dietrichson (Double Indemnity), Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction), Mr. Potter (It's a Wonderful Life), Nurse Ratched (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest), The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz), Darth Vader (Star Wars), Norman Bates (Psycho) and the winner Hannibal Lecter. Very good!