Casablanca (Special Edition)

MOVIE 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.

DVD FEATURES:

• 2-Disc Set
  Region 1
  Digipak
  Single Side - Dual Layer
  Special Edition
  Full Frame - 1.33
  
• Audio:
  Dolby Digital Mono - English
  Dolby Digital Mono - French
  
• Disc 1:
  
• Additional Release Material:
  Introduction: Lauren Bacall
  
• Trailers:
  1. Original Theatrical Trailer
  2. Additional Warner Bros. Classics
  
• Audio Commentary:
  1. Roger Ebert - Film Critic
  2. Rudy Behlmer - Author/Historian
  
• Disc 2:
  
• Additional Release Material:
  
• Additional Audio Tracks:
  1. Radio Production (Featuring Stars from Film)
  2. Scoring Session Outtakes
  Deleted Scenes (10 Mins)
  
• Featurette:
  1. YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS
  2. BACALL ON BOGART
  3. THE CHILDREN REMEMBER
  4. CARROTBLANCA (Looney Toons Short)
  5. Premiere Episode of CASABLANCA TV Series
  
• Text/Photo Galleries:
  Stills/Photos
  
• Additional Text:
  1. Correspondence
  2. Press Material
  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Awards:

   

  Howard Koch – Academy Awards Best Adapted Screenplay, Michael Curtiz – Academy Awards Best Director, Best Picture, Hal B. Wallis – Academy Awards Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Julius J. Epstein – Academy Awards Best Adapted Screenplay, Michael Kertesz – Academy Awards Best Director, Michael Courtice – Academy Awards Best Director, Mihaly Kertesz – Academy Awards Best Director, Harold Brent Wallis – Academy Awards Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Director:

   

  Michael Curtiz

• Star:

   

  Martin Garralaga, Ludwig Stossel, Leon Belasco, Leonid Kinskey, George Meeker, Monte Blue, Sydney Greenstreet, Gino Corrado, Paul Porcasi, Madeline LeBeau, Conrad Veidt, Dooley Wilson, Helmut Dantine, Marcel Dalio, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Torben Meyer, Hans Von Twardowski, Frank Puglia, Humphrey Bogart, Curt Bois, Joy Page, Alberto Morin, Dan Seymour, Paul Henreid, Creighton Hale, Claude Rains, Norma Varden, John Qualen, S.Z. Sakall, Olaf Hytten

• Producer:

   

  Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner

• Screenwriter:

   

  Howard Koch, Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein

• Composer:

   

  Max Steiner

• Costume Designer:

   

  Orry-Kelly

• Director of Photography:

   

  Arthur Edeson

• Editor:

   

  Owen Marks

• Art Director:

   

  Carl Jules Weyl

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..." — Chicago Sun-Times
• "Possibly the most famous film ever made, CASABLANCA has everything..." — Total Film
• "Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart provide the chemistry that sets this apart from countless other tales of doomed wartime love affairs." — Sight and Sound
• "...One of the most perfect Hollywood movies ever made..." — Entertainment Weekly
• "...Here Humphrey Bogart transformed himself into a romantic hero..." — Premiere

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