Casablanca (1942) HD DVD

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:

• HD DVD Features:
  Keep Case
  Package Note: Elite Red HD Case
  Full Frame - 1.33
  
• Audio:
  Closed Captioned - English - Optional
  Dolby Digital Surround Sound Plus 1.0 - English, French, Spanish
  Subtitles - English SDH, English, French, Spanish - Optional
  
• Additional Release Material:
  
• Introductions:
  1. Lauren Bacall - Star
  Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
  
• Featurette:
  1. Additional Scenes and Outtakes
  2. "Bacall on Bogart" - Documentary
  3. "You Must Remember This: A Tribute to CASABLANCA" - Documentary
  4. "As Time Goes By: The Children Remember" with Pia Lindstrom and Stephen Bogart
  5. "Homage Cartoon 'Carrotblanca'"
  6. "Who Holds Tomorrow?: Premiere Episode from 1955 WARNER BROS. PRESENTS TV Series Adaptation of CASABLANCA"
  7. Scoring Session Outtakes
  8. "Audio-Only Bonus: Radio Production with the Movie's 3 Key Stars"
  
• Audio Commentary:
  1. Roger Ebert - Film Critic
  2. Rudy Behlmer - Historian
  
• Text/Photo Galleries:
  "
  "Production Research Gallery"
  

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

• "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
• "...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

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