Westport Public Library MOVIE & MUSIC Blog

The American Film Institute (AFI) has discovered that film tastes change every ten years. On a televised program hosted by Morgan Freeman, they revealed their 10th anniversary edition of of 100 Years, 100 American Films list punctuated by interviews with noted directors and actors. My husband was a very happy man when it was announced that Raging Bull moved up 20 slots from number 24 to number 4. I however, was not pleased to see E.T.’s ranking fall. New to the list were The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Saving Private Ryan, Titanic and The Sixth Sense.

Don’t despair for filmmaker Steven Spielberg, even though Close Encounters fell off the list. With five, he still has the most number of movies on the list.

Drum roll please! Citizen Kane is now number one on the list, followed by The Godfather and Casablanca. The buzz among movie critics is that it is the story behind the movie, the charisma and gall of a young 25 year Orson Welles that appealed to the voting audience of filmmakers, actors, writers, critics and others in Hollywood.

Don’t pull any punches on today’s quiz. Which two actors were the most represented, tying at five movies apiece on the list? Think you can pull a rabbit out of a hat? Name the films.