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Features: DVD, Widescreen, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if you're wanted by the Nazis. Such a man is Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one, especially Victor's wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the ex-lover who broke his heart. Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's transport out of the country and bitter Rick must decide what counts more - personal happiness or countless lives hanging in the balance.Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture, Casablanca marks decades as a beloved favorite with a new high-definition transfer and so many bonuses that no matter how often you've seen it, this looks like yet another beginning of a beautiful friendship with an unforgettable classic.
"Bergman is understated, yet overwhelming... The supporting cast is superb..." Brian Webster, Apollo Leisure Guide
"Everything is right in this WW2 classic..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
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.
| Features | Warner Bros. Presents: TV Series Adaptation Of Casablanca | | Who Holds Tomorrow?: Premiere Episode From 1955 | | 2 Documentaries: Bacall On Bogart & You Must Remember This - A Tribute To Casablanca | | Additional Scenes & Outtakes | | Audio Commentary By Historian Rudy Behlmer | | Audio Commentary By Roger Ebert | | Audio-Only Bonus: Radio Production With The Movie's 3 Key Stars | | Audio: English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital Mono | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Featurette: As Time Goes By - The Children Remember With Pia Lindstrom & Stephen Bogart | | Homage Cartoon: Carrotblanca | | Interactive Menus | | Introduction By Lauren Bacall | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Production Research Gallery | | Scene Selection | | Scoring Session Outtakes | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | This Is An HD-DVD Made For HD-DVD Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture And Sound |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/14/2006 |
| Running Time: 102 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1942 | | Catalog ID: 79208 | | UPC: 00012569792081 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (1944) | | | Oscar, Michael Curtiz, Best Director | | | Oscar, Hal B. Wallis, Best Picture | | | Oscar, Julius J. Epstein, et. al., Best Writing, Screenplay | |
Nominee (1944) | | | Oscar, Humphrey Bogart, Best Actor in a Leading Role | | | Oscar, Arthur Edeson, Best Cinematography, Black-And-White | | | Oscar, Owen Marks, Best Film Editing | | | Oscar, Max Steiner, Best Music, Scoring Of A Dramatic Or Comedy Picture | | | Oscar, Claude Rains, Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| Memorable Quotes| "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 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Chicago Sun-Times
"...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..." 09/15/1996 p.5Entertainment Weekly
"...One of the most perfect Hollywood movies ever made..." 08/08/2003 p.57 Total Film
"Possibly the most famous film ever made, CASABLANCA has everything..." 07/01/2000 p.118 Premiere
"...Here Humphrey Bogart transformed himself into a romantic hero..." 12/01/2003 p.5 Sight and Sound
"Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart provide the chemistry that sets this apart from countless other tales of doomed wartime love affairs." 03/01/2004 p.75 Apollo Leisure Guide 9 of 10
Humphrey Bogart might not have been the world's greatest actor, but it's hard to imagine anyone else playing Rick Blaine, the outwardly cynical and inwardly hurting hero of Casablanca. Casablanca is a classic tale of lost love found again and then put at risk of being lost once and for all. Rick is our hero, and his lost love is the stunningly beautiful Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman)...Bergman is understated, yet overwhelming, as the beautiful and terribly sad Ilsa. Paul Henreid is convincing as her heroic but distant husband. The supporting cast is superb, especially Claude Rains, as Louie Renault, the self-serving French cop, and Dooley Wilson as Sam, who sings the classic song, As Time Goes By. - Brian Webster
Movie & Video Guide 10 of 10
Everything is right in this WW2 classic of war-torn Casablanca with elusive nightclub owner Rick (Bogart) finding old flame (Bergman) and her husband, underground leader Henreid, among skeletons in his closet. Rains is marvelous as dapper police chief, and nobody sings ``As Time Goes By'' like Dooley Wilson. Three Oscars include Picture, Director, and Screenplay (Julius & Philip Epstein and Howard Koch). Our candidate for the best Hollywood movie of all time. Spawned short-lived TV series in the 1950s and the 1980s. - Leonard Maltin
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