1942 Oscar-winning movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced stage play Everybody Comes to Rick's. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid; it also features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson. Set during contemporary World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her and her husband, a Czech Resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis.
Cast and Crew
Ingrid BergmanIlsa Lund Laszlo
Humphrey BogartRick Blaine
Claude RainsCaptain Louis Renault
Web Pages
Video Products
Best Picture Collection - Epic Dramas, 4 Mar 2003
3-disc boxed set, includes Ben-Hur, Casablanca and Gone With the Wind
3-disc boxed set, includes Ben-Hur, Casablanca and Gone With the Wind
Related Topic: Gone With the Wind
The Bogart Collection, 4 Nov 2003
5-disc gift set, includes The Big Sleep, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, To Have and Have Not, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
5-disc gift set, includes The Big Sleep, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, To Have and Have Not, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Casablanca, 3 Feb 2004
Black & white
Black & white
Casablanca - The Maltese Falcon, 12 Oct 2004
2-disc pack
2-disc pack
Casablanca - Two-Disc Special Edition, 5 Aug 2003
Commentaries by Roger Ebert and Rudy Behlmer, DVD-ROM, several other features, 2 discs
Commentaries by Roger Ebert and Rudy Behlmer, DVD-ROM, several other features, 2 discs
The Humphrey Bogart Collection, 5 Sep 2000
4-disc boxed set, includes The Big Sleep, Casablanca, Key Largo and The Maltese Falcon
4-disc boxed set, includes The Big Sleep, Casablanca, Key Largo and The Maltese Falcon
Articles
Freedom's Flicks: The 20 Best Libertarian Movies of all Time, Nov 1999
The Orange County Register picks movies for "freedom lovers"
The Orange County Register picks movies for "freedom lovers"
7. Casablanca (1942). The immortal Rick and Ilsa fight the Nazis. Rick is a capitalist who used to run guns and now operates a bar and cafe, with 'secret' illegal gambling games going on in the back room. Best libertarian moment: When Nazi Major Strasser threatens to invade New York City, Rick makes a great argument against gun control: 'Well, there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.'
Related Topics: Braveheart, Brazil, Duck Soup, Fahrenheit 451, The Fountainhead, Freedom's Flicks, The Godfather, Gone With the Wind, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, A Man for All Seasons, Network, Ninotchka, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Quiet Man, Schindler's List, The Searchers, Sleeper, Star Wars, The Ten Commandments, What About Bob?
Reviews
Doug Casey on the Silver Screen, by Doug Casey, Louis James, 17 Feb 2010
Brief reviews of many movies and some TV series
Brief reviews of many movies and some TV series
Doug: One movie that's outside of these genres but is just an excellent, well-done drama is Casablanca. It's a classic for the ages, for good reasons.
L: ... You like it just for being a good movie?
Doug: That's right. But it does have a sort of philosophical content, in that Rick is a cynical, nihilistic guy who makes a point of looking out only for number one. But he gradually redeems himself in the end, proving to have a heart of gold. There’s something to be said for people finding themselves and going off in the right direction. Also, the dialogue in the movie is first class.
L: ... You like it just for being a good movie?
Doug: That's right. But it does have a sort of philosophical content, in that Rick is a cynical, nihilistic guy who makes a point of looking out only for number one. But he gradually redeems himself in the end, proving to have a heart of gold. There’s something to be said for people finding themselves and going off in the right direction. Also, the dialogue in the movie is first class.
Videos
Casablanca gambling? I'm shocked!, 1942
A classical moment: Captain Renault announcing the closing of Rick's Café
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