The book is a combination of love and art. It presents classic films in a new way, reminding the readers about what they felt and enjoyed when they first experienced these films. It allows them to run the film and the enjoyment of it once again in the theater of their minds. It helps brings back the good old times in a brand new way. It's time to enjoy the essence of the hundred greatest movies in a page of poetry. Movies in a Minute The Essence of the 100 Greatest Films Distilled into a Page or Two of Poetry By Tom Pontac AuthorHouse Copyright © 2014 Tom Pontac All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4969-4779-6 Contents 1. Citizen Kane, 1, 2. Casablanca, 3, 3. The Godfather, 5, 4. Gone With The Wind, 6, 5. Lawrence Of Arabia, 8, 6. The Wizard Of Oz, 10, 7. The Graduate, 11, 8. On The Waterfront, 13, 9. Schindler's List, 15, 10. Singin' In The Rain, 16, 11. It's A Wonderful Life, 18, 12. Sunset Boulevard, 19, 13. The Bridge On The River Kwai, 21, 14. Some Like It Hot, 22, 15. Star Wars, 24, 16. All About Eve, 26, 17. The African Queen, 28, 18. Psycho, 30, 19. Chinatown, 31, 20. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 33, 21. The Grapes Of Wrath, 35, 22. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 36, 23. The Maltese Falcon, 38, 24. Raging Bull, 39, 25. E.T.-The Extraterrestrial, 41, 26. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stopped Worrying And Love The Bomb, 43, 27. Bonnie And Clyde, 45, 28. Apocalypse Now, 47, 29. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, 49, 30. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, 51, 31. Annie Hall, 53, 32. The Godfather, Part II, 55, 33. High Noon, 56, 34. To Kill A Mockingbird, 57, 35. It Happened One Night, 59, 36. Midnight Cowboy, 61, 37. The Best Years Of Ours Lives, 62, 38. Double Indemnity, 64, 39. Doctor Zhivago, 66, 40. North By Northwest, 67, 41. West Side Story, 69, 42. Rear Window, 71, 43. King Kong, 73, 44. The Birth Of A Nation, 75, 45. A Streetcar Named Desire, 77, 46. A Clockwork Orange, 79, 47. Taxi Driver, 81, 48. Jaws, 83, 49. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, 85, 50. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, 86, 51. The Philadelphia Story, 88, 52. From Here To Eternity, 90, 53. Amadeus, 92, 54. All Quiet On The Western Front, 94, 55. The Sound Of Music, 95, 56. M*A*S*H, 96, 57. The Third Man, 97, 58. Fantasia, 99, 59. Rebel Without A Cause, 101, 60. Raiders Of The Lost Ark, 103, 61. Vertigo, 105, 62. Tootsie, 107, 63. Stagecoach, 109, 64. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 111, 65. The Silence Of The Lambs, 113, 66. Network, 115, 67. The Manchurian Candidate, 116, 68. An American In Paris, 118, 69. Shane, 120, 70. The French Connection, 122, 71. Forrest Gump, 124, 72. Ben-Hur, 125, 73. Wuthering Heights, 127, 74. The Gold Rush, 129, 75. Dances With Wolves, 131, 76. City Lights, 133, 77. American Graffiti, 135, 78. Rocky, 137, 79. The Deer Hunter, 138, 80. The Wild Bunch, 140, 81. Modern Times, 141, 82. Giant, 143, 83. Platoon, 145, 84. Fargo, 147, 85. Duck Soup, 149, 86. Mutiny On The Bounty, 151, 87. Frankenstein, 153, 88. Easy Rider, 155, 89. Patton, 156, 90. The Jazz Singer, 157, 91. My Fair Lady, 159, 92. A Place In The Sun, 161, 93. The Apartment, 162, 94. Goodfellas, 163, 95. Pulp Fiction, 165, 96. The Searchers, 167, 97. Bringing Up Baby, 169, 98. Unforgiven, 171, 99. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, 172, 100. Yankee Doodle Dandy, 173, CHAPTER 1 1. Citizen Kane A giant gate A foggy dew Reveals the Castle Xanadu A lighted pane, A lonely room, Displayed within This shuttered gloom, A dying man, A single word, "Rosebud," Nothing more is heard A lifeless hand Lets loose to fall A storm imprisoned In a ball Charles Foster Kane, As all men must, Saw life and fortune Turn to dust Men pondered what His last word meant Unknowing that His life was spent In a desperate search to find That peaceful world He'd left behind Kane's fortune robbed His life of love Now smoke and ashes Curl above The shuttered hulk Of Xanadu Where sled and Innocence Pass through How brief is life This story tells- A masterpiece By Orson Wells 2. Casablanca French Morocco,'41 War has Europe On the run Everybody Stops to stay For a while at Rick's Café It's Bogart, Bergman And a story Filled with romance, Honor, glory (Plus Claude Rains And Peter Lorre) Sam plays again "As Time Goes By" Shows Fundamental Things Apply As Rick remembers What they did, When he said, "Looking at you, kid" As time went by War tore apart All but the love Within their heart Again Rick lets her go And fly To safety though The darkening sky And knows the sacrifice He did, Looks up, says, "Looking at you, kid." Shoots German as Gendarmes arrive, So love and honor Can survive "The usual suspects," French cop states, Just, "Round them up!" And seals their fates The fog rolls in, The world keeps spinning 'A beautiful friendship' Is beginning! 3. The Godfather H