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Summary: I received a blank tape of Casa Blanca from Amazon.com.
Review: I received a blank tape of Casa Blanca from Amazon.com. I did not try to view it until after the one month time limit, having no reason to suspect it would be blank. Also, I would not have known the video was blank unless I removed the cover. The system will not allow me to discuss this problem with a human being. Therefore I am very unhappy with the service from Amazon.com. Valerie Whelan
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Summary: one of the best films ever made
Review: Casablanca currently ranks 3 or 4 on my list of best films ever made. The performances are flawless. Curtiz's direction is flawless. The story is great. Max Steiner's score is great. There is almost nothing bad that can be said about this film. And most of the world will agree that this movie belongs in the top five films ever made. That being said, why isn't there a special edition dvd? This contains a documentary 'You Must Remember This' hosted by Lauren Bacall. But why isn't there a dvd like Citizen Kane's Special editions, with all kinds of documentaries, featurettes, essays, and commentary by film historians? A definite hindsite by Warne Brothers. One I hope they rectify.
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Summary: As time goes by
Review: One of the best love stories of the twentieth century. This was originally just a low budget film produced by Warner Bros in the 1940's, and wasn't expected to do too well at the box office.
This is the one film that Humphrey Bogart starred in with Ingrid Bergman, but together they light up the screen like no other screen couple has since. He is Rick Blane, he owns a nightspot in Casablanca called Rick's Cafe ( the original title of this movie was 'Everybody Comes To Rick's'). Rick spends most of his time running his saloon, or sitting in the dark drinking bourbon and dreaming of memories past. Into all of this comes Ilsa Lundt, a woman he fell in love with in Paris, but who mysteriously stood him up at the train station when they had planned to elope.
Rick has never laid eyes on her since that day when his insides had been kicked out, but here she is again in the company of Victor Lazlo, a freedom fighter considered an enemy of the Nazis. And they have come to Casablanca seeking safe passage to America, and Rick may be the only one who can help. But will he let his feelings for Ilsa (feelings he has long denied having)interfere with what is best for the woman he loves?
This is a standout classic not just for some of it's lines "We'll always have Paris", or Dooley Wilson's dulcet tones crooning 'As Time Goes By' just for the two star crossed love birds. But also for the gorgeous Ingrid Bergman who lights up the screen each time she walks on, or for the brooding Humphrey Bogart as he cries into his bourbon for his torn heart. This film will certainly prove that sometimes you just have to let love go, that sometimes even though it feels right, you just have to say "We'll always have (fill in the blank)' A film not to be missed.
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Summary: WHAT A LOVE STORY.
Review: What a love story and it still works. Classic is always a classic.
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Summary: Why I like this film
Review: This is probably the best pure Hollywood film ever, yeah, but here's what I appreciate about it: Nazis.
This is one of the few films I have seen in which the German soldiers of WWII are not portrayed as either one-hundred percent cold, evil, faceless monsters (the prevailing outlook of most war films and, of course, all Holocaust films) or fat, childlike ninnies (the "Hogan's Heroes" view). They are portrayed as human beings. And this was made during the war!
Not that I support Nazism, but I hate it when movies and books reduce anyone to stereotypes.
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Summary: Bogie's Best
Review: I didn't think that Bogie could top himself after the Maltese Falcon, but then he and Ingrid Bergman had the love affair of...well, all time in Casablanca. This is without a doubt one of the greatest movies ever. Surpassed in style, technique, and vision only by Citizen Kane. This is a good love story, one that even men will enjoy. What sets this apart from all the cheesy Hollywood romantic comedy chick flick hoopla is that in the end, they don't live happily ever after. A superb movie. Bogie and Bergman were at the top of their games, as was the whole supporting cast. Go see this movie NOW if you haven't already.
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Summary: From this chick's point of view
Review: All things considered, I guess it was a pretty good film. However, from this chick's perspective, ugh, I was so disappointed. How could he just let her go like that? It is not the way I wanted to see it end. I guess I'm just a sucker for a happy ending. Better to see Bogart in Sabrina.
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Summary: VICHY MOROCCO, 1941...
Review: As time goes by, no film equals the popularity of this indisputable classic. In quintessential roles, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are former lovers reunited in wartorn Casablanca... Rick's place is a rendezvous for every crook and refugee in Casablanca: Bogey is the cynical cafe owner who lives by his own moral code and sticks his neck out for "no one". Bergman, as the beautiful wife of Resistance leader Paul Henried, finds herself torn between two lovers when she reenters Bogey's life...The film's GREAT success lies in the inimitable pairing of its two stars, a thoroughly romantic story line, terrific humour and numerous moments of genuine suspence. Of course, that great ending helps, too! Studio filmmaking from the 1940's didn't come any better than this, and director Curtiz masterfully handled the action, comedy and romance. Nearly stealing the picture is Claude Rains as a "poor, corrupt officer" who as a Nazi puppet soon discovers "the beginning of a beautiful friendship".
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Summary: Most overrated AFI top 100 movie
Review: This movie is so overrated. Bogart is better in the African Queen than in this movie. The filming is not great, see 'On the Waterfront', 'The Third Man', 'Citizen Cane', or numerous others for great camera work. The dialog is ok but there is better in other movies.
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Summary: awful movie
Review: this film i would never buy , it was very very very slow dragged out, humphrey bogart's best i think is the african queen, the casablanca really blows.
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