Casablanca

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Summary: Greatest Movie Ever Made
Review: I don't care what AFI says this movie wins for me because it not only has all the artistic merit of most of the other movies in the running but it also appeals to a much wider audience than Citizen Kane and the like could ever hope to. If you've never seen this movie before you'll be amazed how many of the movies you've seen are derived from Casablanca. If you have seen it this is a great edition and the interviews and discussions that have been added are very interesting.

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Summary: What Else Can Be Said?
Review: Casablanca is the kind of movie that people are talking about when they use the phrase "classic movies". What makes it so classic? For starters, there is such a well constructed script, full of memorable dialogue and scenes, which is all the more impressive given the chaos under which it seems to have been written (I've read the writers didn't even know how they were going to end it and that it changed on almost a daily basis). Then there is Humphrey Bogart, the epitome of "coolness" as Rick, the cynical, detached night club owner. There's Claude Rains, witty, charming, and sly as the chief of police, in a perfect performance. There's a great supporting cast, including Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. There's a terrific musical score, as well as fine direction (in a style that you wouldn't expect from Michael Curtiz). If anyone considers themselves a fan of movies, this film is required viewing.

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Summary: bogie
Review: If you love Bogie you will love this movie. The most romantic love story. I don't know how many times I've seen the movie and everytime I see I love it more. To me, Bogart is my favorite.

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Summary: Love conquers all
Review: Casablanca gives us the many facets of love. To quote from C.S. Lewis The Four Loves (Affection, Friendship, Romantic, Divine) "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken." Casablanca gives us the full human drama of living and loving. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are superb. Bogart is cool and reserved but surprisingly becomes fully human and redeeming. Ingrid is a lovely, poised, intelligent woman who knows the truth and believes her choice will make a difference for human kind. A love triangle that has many twists.

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Summary: Casablanca
Review: Now I know where Isabella Rosellini gets her hybrid talent and beauty! I can only say that Ingrid Bergman is one of the most beautiful faces ever to grace the silver screen and that talent of hers was unsurpassed! A genuine actress with real talent when Hollywood still had morals. In my opinion, the ending is what makes this movie the all time classic that it is today and unquestionably my favorite.

The movie was very hip for its day: a scandaluos beloved woman in desperate times - just thinking about any number of sceens with her and Boggie still brings tears to my eyes...

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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: With a relaxed mind I can temporarily be removed from my own problems and identify with others who are being held as virtual prisoners. A person can watch this movie over and over and still pick something up with each viewing.

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Summary: What quality!
Review: Well, after way too many years of having never seen Casablanca, I finally got on the ball. I am SO glad that I waited until I had it one DVD, however, because it added a great deal to the experience. One of the richest and crisp transfers from black and white film to DVD that I have seen so far. I was amazed at the quality! How they got a film that is so old to look that good is beyond me!

Even if you have seen this movie before, see it again, but make sure it is the DVD version!

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Summary: A Movie Buffs Dream
Review: Humphrey Bogart rates beside Cooper and Gable as a man with everything...class, looks, rough edges and a small percentage of sentimentality. I personally have always admired his style of acting, droll and aloof, yet attached and perceptive. This movie reinstates that title that he held and still holds today. Bogart plays Rick, an American living in a French occupied Morocco, who owns a popular cafe and has plenty of connections with numerous people. Ingrid Bergman plays the divine Ilsa, who was once Rick's lover, married to Resistance leader, Victor Laszlo played by Paul Henreid. She meets up with Rick again in Morocco, evoking memories that Rick had rather forgotten. Rick beomes imbroiled with Victor Laszlo and his plans to escape to America before he gets sent back to a German concentration camp. Ilsa enlists the help of Rick, who has corrupt ways with Nazis and the Resistance, and she realises that she still loves him and wants to go to America with him. Bogart is every womans good guy/bad guy... This movie wowed me when I first saw it. It still does now.

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Summary: If You Don't Like "Old" Movies . . .
Review: This is the film I reccomend to people who say they can't stand old movies. While there are a few cheesy special effects in the first 5 minutes of the film, from then on this is special. It's funny, patriotic, suspenseful, and original. Bogart is the actor every action hero tries to be; Bergman is the woman every man wishes he could win. It's a guy's guy movie, and the ultimate chick flick, and a great comedy. And if you find yourself with a tear when Bogie says "We'll always have Paris" -- welcome to Casablanca.

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Summary: Horrid, too much scholarship
Review: It starts with endless, endless commentary. You must fast-forward _FOREVER_ to get to the actual 5 star movie