Insider Perks Get your swag on with discounted movies to stream at home, exclusive movie gear, access to advanced screenings and discounts galore. Sign In. Movie Details. Buy Tickets. Calendar for movie times. Skip to Movie and Times Loading calendar…. Loading format filterse…. In theaters on Thursday, Nov 26, Get notified by email as soon as tickets become available in your area. But the film shot Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman to a new level of stardom and their lines in the film have been woven into the fabric of modern pop culture.
So to celebrate the anniversary, we've gathered 13 fascinating facts, from the pricey purchase of the original play to the movie's Canadian connection. Related: Casablanca turns an oral history of Hollywood's most beloved film. Having watched the political change that was sweeping across Europe, the pair intended it as a cautionary tale about the perils of fascism. The play was meant for Broadway, but never made it — reportedly in part because of the implication that Ilsa had slept with Rick in order to get letters of transit.
The studio thought it was a done deal, but in the s, Warner Brothers created a short-lived TV show based on the movie, and Burnett filed a lawsuit claiming he owned the characters even though he had sold the play.
Over the years, Burnett was reportedly approached by many people who wanted to buy the rights to a sequel, among them director John Cassavetes, but the writer turned them all down because he thought Warner Brothers might sue him.
The movie title definitely wouldn't have had the same ring if the creators had stuck with the original setting — Lisbon. But they later moved it to Casablanca, a place that Burnett had never seen, and never did in his lifetime, despite the sweeping success of the story he created. Maybe I don't want to destroy the image of Casablanca which I created. Like most film stars, Bogart seemed larger than life, but in person he stood 5' 8" tall.
Bergman, however, was almost two inches taller. As a result, director Michael Curtiz had Bogie stand on blocks or sit on cushions to make him seem taller than Bergman. The final farewell tarmac scene, however, was filmed at Warner studios in Burbank. Incidentally, that famous airplane hangar, which also appeared in the Laurel and Hardy comedy The Flying Deuces , was removed from Van Nuys during renovations in and moved to a Los Angeles parking lot.
Earlier this year it was saved from the wrecking ball and will be moved to the Valley Relics Museum. The goal is to restore it and use it as part of a Moroccan-themed restaurant at Van Nuys Airport. The release of Casablanca was rushed because of real-life world events. Originally the film was slated for release in early , but the film premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City on November 26, The publicity people moved it forward to coincide with the Allied invasion of North Africa and the capture of Casablanca.
The film then went into wide release on January 23, , to coincide with the Casablanca Conference, a high-level meeting between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Storyline Edit. Despite the pressure he constantly receives from the local authorities, Rick's cafe has become a kind of haven for refugees seeking to obtain illicit letters that will help them escape to America.
But when Ilsa, a former lover of Rick's, and her husband, show up to his cafe one day, Rick faces a tough challenge which will bring up unforeseen complications, heartbreak and ultimately an excruciating decision to make.
Where Love Cuts as Deep as a Dagger! Rated PG for mild violence. Did you know Edit. Goofs When Rick and Sam get on the train after standing in the rain, their coats are completely dry. Quotes Rick : Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.
Alternate versions As late as , the references to an extra-marital affair were banned in Ireland. The Irish cut got rid of two important sequences. First, after Ilsa tells Rick that she had left him after finding out that Viktor was still alive, the embraces and dialogue that followed were cut.
Second, the emotional dialogue at the end of the film from Ilsa's line "You're saying that only to make me go" to Rick's line "What I've got to do, you haven't any part of". This led to Irish audiences' being bemused by the relationship between Rick and Ilsa, and often interpreting Rick's final speech beginning "I'm no good at being noble" as a reflection on the debilitating effects of war.
User reviews 1. Top review. As time goes by, it's still one of the all-time greats While my personal Bogey favorite is still his Sam Spade in 'The Maltese Falcon', his cynical nightclub owner, Rick, in 'Casablanca', is also a standout.
Rather than some "off the cuff" comments, I'll quote instead from my article on Claude Rains from March issue of CLASSIC IMAGES that pretty well sums up the film: "It was 's 'Casablanca', bustling with melodramatic wartime intrigue, that really put him Claude Rains in the forefront as one of the screen's smoothest character actors, almost--but not quite--stealing the film from Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, as the uniformed Captain Louis Renault who investigates the goings-on at Rick's notorious cafe.
Nobody associated with the film guessed that it would become a screen classic, least of all its director, Michael Curtiz, the prolific WB director to whom it was just another assignment. It went on to win the Oscar for Best Film of with an award for Curtiz' taut direction.
Oddly enough, the film's memorable airport ending was written and conceived just shortly before filming wrapped up, with neither Bergman nor Bogart knowing whether or not she would leave him for husband Paul Henried. Wartime audiences loved the film. Incredible nonsense!! As a matter of fact, the film's black and white cinematography was nominated for an Oscar! Ingrid Bergman was at the peak of her radiant beauty in this one--and Bogey was firing on all six cylinders.
Great chemistry! As time goes by, we still have 'Casablanca'
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