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| Category | Blu-ray DVDs, Dramas Movies, Thriller Videos, Suspense, Romance, Recommended, Classic, Essential Cinema, World War II, Love Story, Betrayal, Character Study, Infidelity, Tear Jerker, AFI Top 100 Thrills, AFI Top 100 (1997), AFI Top 100, AFI Top 100 Movie Quotes, AFI Top 100 Passions, AFI Top 100 Movie Songs, Vanity Fair 50 Greatest Films Of All Time, AFI Top 50 Heroes | | Starring | Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Alberto Morin, Peter Lorre, Marcel Dalio, John Qualen, Norma Varden, S.Z. Sakall, Monte Blue, Helmut Dantine, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, Leonid Kinskey, Gino Corrado, Frank Puglia, Conrad Veidt, Creighton Hale, Ludwig Stossel, Olaf Hytten, Martin Garralaga, Dan Seymour, Hans Von Twardowski, Dooley Wilson
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Black & White; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Spanish Subtitles; French Subtitles World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's (THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY) classic love story. Colorful characters abound in Casablanca, a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe. Humphrey Bogart plays Richard "Rick" Blaine, a cynical but good-hearted American whose café is the gathering place for everyone from the French Police to the black market to the Nazis. When his long-lost love, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), surfaces in Casablanca with her Resistance leader husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), Rick is pulled into both a love triangle and a web of political intrigue. Ilsa and Victor need to escape from Casablanca, and Rick may be the only one who can help them. The question is, will he?
Top-notch performances include Claude Rains as the chief of the French police and the major authority figure in Unoccupied France, Peter Lorre as the doomed Senor Ugarte, Sydney Greenstreet as Senor Ferrari, and Dooley Wilson as Rick's loyal friend and the café's pianist, Sam. The mesmerizing musical score, by Max Steiner, along with the well-structured plot, flawless acting, and unforgettable dialogue makes this one of the best films of all time. CASABLANCA was an original selection to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1989.
"As Time Goes By," the song that became this film's anthem, not to mention theme song, was originally written for the Broadway musical EVERYBODY'S WELCOME, which opened on October 13, 1931 and ran for 139 performances. The composer, Herman Hupfeld, was also known for the song "When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba."
The film's producer, Hal B. Wallis, was awarded the Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1943.
In his 1995 memoir MY AMERICAN JOURNEY, General Colin Powell lists CASABLANCA as one of his favorite films.
Additional credits: Hugh MacMullan (dialogue director), Robert Aisner (technical adviser).
Copyright 1943 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Casablanca Quotes/Excerpts: "Here's looking at you, kid."--Humphrey Bogart (Rick) to Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa) at least three times during the course of the film
"Only one answer can take care of all our questions."--Ilsa just before kissing Rick
"But of course, that was the day the Germans marched into Paris." "Not an easy day to forget. I remember every detail--the Germans wore gray, you wore blue."--Interchange between Rick and Ilsa at his cafe after seeing each other for the first time in years
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."--Rick about Ilsa Casablanca Reviews: "...Absolutely sound, rock-solid in its use of Hollywood studio craftsmanship....The black-and-white cinematography has not aged as color would. The dialogue is so spare and cynical it has not grown old-fashioned..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "...One of the most perfect Hollywood movies ever made..."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "Possibly the most famous film ever made, CASABLANCA has everything..."-- Ceri Thomas, Total Film "...Here Humphrey Bogart transformed himself into a romantic hero..."
-- Premiere Staff, Premiere "Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart provide the chemistry that sets this apart from countless other tales of doomed wartime love affairs."
-- Andrea Toal, Sight and Sound Casablanca | List Price | $28.99 (You save $6.30) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1942 | | All Time Sales Rank |  84228  | | CD Universe Part number | 7980440 | | Catalog number | 1000019003 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 15, 2009 | | Rating | PG (MPAA) | | Running Time | 102 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | B&W; Full Frame; Dubbed; Subtitled |
Casablanca Movie Review  excellent handling of an all time classic
According to Lauren Bacall, this movie is considered by many, to be the second best movie of all time. Although she doesn't say so, I'm sure Citizen Kane is in the number one slot. Considering the status placed on this film you would expect a certain amount of respect in the releasing of this movie. I felt that this release does not disappoint. It includes many behind the scenes interviews and shots that have become common on DVD releases. What makes this special, is that you don't generally get this kind of background on a film that is over 60 years old. While many of the sound tracks for the extras were lost many years ago, it is fascinating to see what has been saved after all this time. It also is an insight into the acting craft and how it was viewed at that time in watching the outtakes.
All time great movie and an excellent DVD release.
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One of the greatest classic movies.
Not to be missed. Captured the greatest moments of the forties Hollywood with the top stars and almost every one of the great character actors of that era:
Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sidney Greenstreet
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This review is for a different format. A MUST have!
Any real movie buff must have this in collection.
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This review is for a different format. One of the best ever
Perhaps we should have a contest to find that person who has watched this great movie more times than any other person. . .
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A must for movielovers.
A soapy classic.
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Casablanca Video Affair to Remember, Algiers, Australia, Brief Encounter, English Patient, Farewell to Arms, From Here to Eternity, Gilda, Gone With the Wind, Good German, Haal-E-Dil, Head in the Clouds, Horse Whisperer, Mehbooba, Notorious, Quiet American, Third Man Casablanca BRAY Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards, 1943 - Howard Koch | | Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards, 1943 - Julius J. Epstein | | Best Director, Academy Awards, 1943 - Michael Curtiz | | Best Picture, Academy Awards, 1943 | | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Academy Awards, 1942 - Hal B. Wallis |
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