Casablanca (70th Anniversary) (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 42 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: October 1, 2013
- Originally Released: 1942
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman & Paul Henreid | |
Performer: | Claude Rains, Dooley Wilson, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, S.Z. Sakall, Madeline Lebeau, Joy Page, John Qualen, Leonid Kinskey, Curt Bois, Leon Belasco, Monte Blue, Gino Corrado, Marcel Dalio, Helmut Dantine, Martin Garralaga, Creighton Hale, Olaf Hytten, George Meeker, Torben Meyer, Alberto Morin, Paul Porcasi, Frank Puglia, Dan Seymour, Ludwig Stössel, Norma Varden & Hans Von Twardowski | |
Directed by | Michael Curtiz | |
Edited by | Owen Marks | |
Screenwriting by | Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein & Howard Koch | |
Composition by | Max Steiner | |
Art Direction by | Carl Jules Weyl | |
Produced by | Hal B. Wallis | |
Director of Photography: | Arthur Edeson |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"We'll always have Paris."
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
"Here's looking at you, kid."
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
"Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'"
"Round up the usual suspects."
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1943 -
Best Adapted Screenplay: Howard Koch & Julius J. Epstein
Academy Awards 1943 -
Best Director: Michael Curtiz
Academy Awards 1943 -
Best Picture: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1942 -
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Hal B. Wallis
Entertainment Reviews:
A long and lively film, bulging with acting talent and breathless with its own dramatic momentum.
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Guardian
Moments of high tension and suspense punctuate the action with the most thrilling moment when in Rick's cafe a group of Free French men drown out Nazi voices by singing the "Marseillaise." Picture is acted with distinction by a fine cast.
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Washington Star
Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart provide the chemistry that sets this apart from countless other tales of doomed wartime love affairs.
Sight and Sound
While the future was uncertain, the resolute characters of this exquisite wartime drama found peace through love and resistance.
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Village Voice
An entertaining adventure story played against the colorful background of the cosmopolitan city that has become an important stop on the timetable of the European refugee.
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New York Daily News
There is less gunplay than is usual in such narratives, and the story is, indeed, no more than adequate, but any lack of excitement is more than balanced by excellent characterisation and quite brilliantly sensitive acting.
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The Spectator
Rating: 5/5 --
Curtiz's film is a classic for a reason -- it's crafted with the precision, detail and beauty of a Fabergé egg; the dialogue is hauntingly memorable and, in Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, it has one of the most magnetic screen pairings in history.
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Times (UK)
Product Description:
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.
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.
Keywords:
Classic
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Romance
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Suspense
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Tear Jerker
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Thriller
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World War II
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Betrayal
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Love Story
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Recommended
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Character Study
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Infidelity
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Essential Cinema