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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.
Quick Glance
Genre: Dramas
Rating: PG (MPAA)
Relase Company: Warner Home Video
Format: Blu-ray Disc
UPC: 00012569797918
One of the greatest and most acclaimed American films of all time. Bogart plays his character in a perfectly ambivalent fashion, and Bergman is lovely. The film is the epitome of film noir, so if you don't like the quality or any other movies from that period, this probably won't make a difference. The film has at its essence a profiteer's love for an unattainable woman with whom he had a...
Casablanca: an American movie classic best viewed in the original black and white. Story based in the setting of World War II, as people escape from France as the Nazis move in. Story also follows two lovers who meet in Morocco again, one already established in Morocco as a nightclub owner, the other escaping the Nazis with her husband. The plot becomes interesting when the nightclub owner meets...
This movie is great for many reasons. Many of the things that make this movie great don't stand out very well by today's standards. But, if you look at the time it was made, this movie truly shines. First, one of the main characters is black. He is one of the heroes of the movie. And this is in a movie with one of the greatest actors of the era, Humphrey Bogart. Also, other than Sam, the...
Ok I am going to give it a 5 for old times sake for two reasons. The counterpoint of the "Marseilles" with "Die Wacht am Rhein" and Ingrid Bergman. The film is showing its age, and the 1940's flashback device is annoying.
They just don't make them like that any more. Casablanca is great concise story telling, a human drama palyed against a larger than life back drop. There is great characters with their better nature coming up against their flaws andtheir past. There is incredible witty dialogue delivered by fabulous actors. Even the "minor" character roles like Karl the waiter and Major Strasser are pitch...
This is a most definite 5 rating. Bogart at his best.
Greatest movie of all time. Humphrey Bogart's best movie. Mixed together a perfect combination of love, deceit, war, and a trace amount of humor. Appropriate for people of all ages but younger humans may not understand it to the full extent this deserves. Ingrid Bergman was very good in this. The loveable singer Sam added lots of drama to the movie becuase usually when a key scene occurred he...
Like fine wine, good movies get better as they age, and as you age as well. Casablanca is a movie that expresses the irony and pain of life, but more importantly, it expresses the joy. With an unlikely and almost unwilling hero and a beautiful and naive heroine Casablanca will make you cry, laugh and feel as no other movie will. It also has some of the best oneliners ever to be said on the silver...
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Casablanca (Blu-ray Disc - 1942)
I've watched this movie several times and each time I watch it it reaffirms my belief that it is the best film ever made. Everything in it is done perfectly. The acting, the suspense, the soundtrack, the dialogue and the theme of idealism over love. I can't think of a better 20 minutes in a movie than when Ilsa first enters to the end of the flashback in France. This movie will just get better as...
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