It seems like everyone has heard of Casablanca. How much do you really
know about this classic movie?
Casablanca
is the largest
city in Morocco, and it is the country's cosmopolitan, industrial and economic
heart.
If
you visit Casablanca, you can go to Rick's Cafe, which claims to have recreated
the café of the same name from the movie.
The movie was released earlier than originally planned to
take advantage of the publicity from the Allied Invasion of North Africa and
the capture of Casablanca.
The film is based on an unpublished stage play called
Everybody Comes to Rick's by Murray Burnett and Joan Allison.
European exiles and refugees comprised many of the extras
and minor roles, which arguably added to the emotional impact of the film.
The entire movie was shot at the Warner Brothers studio in Burbank
California, except for a few scenes shot at the Van Nuys Airport and some stock
footage of Paris.
The
song "As Time Goes By"
by Herman Hupfeld
was part of the original play.
Casablanca was nominated for eight Academy
Awards in 1943, and won three: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing,
Screenplay.
One
of the lines most closely associated with the film—"Play it again,
Sam"—is a misquotation. When Ilsa first enters the Café Americain, she spots Sam and asks
him to "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake." After he feigns
ignorance, she responds, "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'."
Later that night, alone with Sam, Rick says, "You played it for her, you
can play it for me," and "If she can stand it, I can! Play it!"
Rick's
toast to Ilsa, "Here's looking at you, kid", used several times, has
been attributed to something Bogart said to Bergman as he taught her poker
between takes. It was voted the 5th most memorable line in cinema in the American
Film Institute's (AFI) 100
Years…100 Movie Quotes.
Six
lines from Casablanca appeared in the AFI list, the most of any film (Gone with the
Wind and The Wizard of
Oz tied for second with three each). The other five are:
•
"Louis,
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."—20th
•
"Play
it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'."—28th
•
"Round
up the usual suspects."—32nd
•
"We'll
always have Paris."—43rd
•
"Of
all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."—67th
What is your favorite line or scene from the movie?
Trivia courtesy of Wikipedia.
I know all the quotes but never saw the movie :)
ReplyDeleteMust watch!!!
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