The recent success of Zendaya’s Challengers has proven people’s interest in the theme of love triangles doesn’t need to be rekindled.
The movies, which explore the romances involving three different personalities, tend to attract the audience with their intricate love lines and unexpected twists, with the final one intended to break the triangle.
Here are 5 of the most remarkable love triangle films, which are available for streaming online.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Where to watch: Prime, Apple TV+
First comes Woody Allen’s feature, which is very reminiscent of Challengers due to its similar vibe of the youth’s passion and heated romance. The plot centers on Scarlett Johansson’s Cristina, meeting in Barcelona the handsome artist Juan Antonio, who shares her attraction to him, though being still enamored of his ex-wife María Elena.
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Where to watch: Netflix, HBO Max
This movie presents quite a...
The movies, which explore the romances involving three different personalities, tend to attract the audience with their intricate love lines and unexpected twists, with the final one intended to break the triangle.
Here are 5 of the most remarkable love triangle films, which are available for streaming online.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Where to watch: Prime, Apple TV+
First comes Woody Allen’s feature, which is very reminiscent of Challengers due to its similar vibe of the youth’s passion and heated romance. The plot centers on Scarlett Johansson’s Cristina, meeting in Barcelona the handsome artist Juan Antonio, who shares her attraction to him, though being still enamored of his ex-wife María Elena.
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Where to watch: Netflix, HBO Max
This movie presents quite a...
- 4/30/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week, we discuss the most up-in-the-air above-the-line category remaining: Best Actress.
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! The calendar has turned to March and that means but one thing: *Doctor Strange voice* we’re in the endgame now. This week, Oscar voting came to an end and the anonymous ballots jump scares commenced soon after. But as we discussed with our voices this week, most of them have seemed fairly chaste, obvious and inoffensive. In fact, in most of the major categories, it’s all over but the shouting: If “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Da’Vine Joy Randolph don’t win their expected Oscars on March 10, something wild and unexpected happened during the ceremony the likes of which we...
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! The calendar has turned to March and that means but one thing: *Doctor Strange voice* we’re in the endgame now. This week, Oscar voting came to an end and the anonymous ballots jump scares commenced soon after. But as we discussed with our voices this week, most of them have seemed fairly chaste, obvious and inoffensive. In fact, in most of the major categories, it’s all over but the shouting: If “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Da’Vine Joy Randolph don’t win their expected Oscars on March 10, something wild and unexpected happened during the ceremony the likes of which we...
- 3/1/2024
- by Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
David Soul, who starred alongside Paul Michael Glaser on the 1970s’ ABC buddy cop show Starsky and Hutch and had a No. 1 hit with the song “Don’t Give Up on Us,” has died. He was 80.
Soul died Thursday after “a valiant battle for life in the loving company of family,” his wife, Helen Snell, said in a statement.
“He shared many extraordinary gifts in the world as actor, singer, storyteller, creative artist and dear friend,” she said. “His smile, laughter and passion for life will be remembered by the many whose lives he has touched.”
Soul also appeared for two seasons on the 1968-70 ABC show Here Come the Brides, played one of the corrupt young motorcycle cops brought down by Clint Eastwood’s Harry Callahan in the thriller Magnum Force (1973) and stood out as a terrified vampire hunter in the 1979 Stephen King CBS miniseries Salem’s Lot.
On two...
Soul died Thursday after “a valiant battle for life in the loving company of family,” his wife, Helen Snell, said in a statement.
“He shared many extraordinary gifts in the world as actor, singer, storyteller, creative artist and dear friend,” she said. “His smile, laughter and passion for life will be remembered by the many whose lives he has touched.”
Soul also appeared for two seasons on the 1968-70 ABC show Here Come the Brides, played one of the corrupt young motorcycle cops brought down by Clint Eastwood’s Harry Callahan in the thriller Magnum Force (1973) and stood out as a terrified vampire hunter in the 1979 Stephen King CBS miniseries Salem’s Lot.
On two...
- 1/5/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Movies and television have been competing for the same audience's time and money since TV was invented, but they've also formed a strange symbiosis. There have been a heck of a lot of movies based on TV shows, and a heck of a lot of TV shows based on movies.
Some of those shows based on movies have been major pop culture milestones, like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "The Karate Kid," and "Friday Night Lights." And of course a whole lot of been almost completely forgotten, like the sitcoms based on "Dirty Dancing," "Working Girl," and "Animal House."
But one thing these TV shows usually have in common is that they're almost always based on a hit movie. It's not surprising when a blockbuster like "M*A*S*H" or "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" gets turned into a television series. It's even common for smaller, but critically acclaimed films...
Some of those shows based on movies have been major pop culture milestones, like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "The Karate Kid," and "Friday Night Lights." And of course a whole lot of been almost completely forgotten, like the sitcoms based on "Dirty Dancing," "Working Girl," and "Animal House."
But one thing these TV shows usually have in common is that they're almost always based on a hit movie. It's not surprising when a blockbuster like "M*A*S*H" or "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" gets turned into a television series. It's even common for smaller, but critically acclaimed films...
- 12/18/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
There are precious few cinematic romances that can hold a candle to Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund in 1942's "Casablanca." It's a relationship that rekindles after heartbreak and is filled to the brim with complications far beyond the usual romantic drama scope. When Ilsa re-enters Rick's life, he's a bit bitter after being left flat with little more than a Dear John letter. He resents being hurt and has lived his life determined to wall off his emotions so that never happens again.
To further complicate things, Ilsa happens to be traveling with her husband, a resistance leader named Victor Lazlo (Paul Henreid), who was believed to have been killed by the Nazis but is very much alive and still fighting the good fight. But Rick and Ilsa's love is deep and real and the two can't help but fall back to their old emotions around each other, even as...
To further complicate things, Ilsa happens to be traveling with her husband, a resistance leader named Victor Lazlo (Paul Henreid), who was believed to have been killed by the Nazis but is very much alive and still fighting the good fight. But Rick and Ilsa's love is deep and real and the two can't help but fall back to their old emotions around each other, even as...
- 4/10/2023
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
Turner Classic Movies has some of the best film programming when it comes to delivering both famous and lesser-known titles. April 7 until 9 has a diverse group of movies playing over the weekend that provides a little bit of something for all audiences who enjoy the channel. Here’s a look at the five best movies airing on TCM.
‘I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang’ (1932) L-r: Paul Muni as James Allen and Noel Francis as Linda | FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images
James Allen (Paul Muni) reenters civilian life after serving in World War I, finding his calling as a construction engineer. He attends a dinner with an acquaintance, only to be forced to commit a robbery at gunpoint. James serves in a Southern chain gang, with inhumane conditions haunting him in the time to follow.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang earned three Oscar nominations for Best Picture,...
‘I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang’ (1932) L-r: Paul Muni as James Allen and Noel Francis as Linda | FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images
James Allen (Paul Muni) reenters civilian life after serving in World War I, finding his calling as a construction engineer. He attends a dinner with an acquaintance, only to be forced to commit a robbery at gunpoint. James serves in a Southern chain gang, with inhumane conditions haunting him in the time to follow.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang earned three Oscar nominations for Best Picture,...
- 4/6/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Warner Brothers released “Casablanca” in New York on Nov. 26, 1942, which just happened to be Thanksgiving. But the romantic World War II drama starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid was anything but a turkey. To say the New York Times review was effusive is something of an understatement: “Warners here have a picture which makes the spine tingle and the heart take a leap….And they have so combined sentiment, humor and pathos with taut melodrama and bristling intrigue that the result is a highly entertaining and even inspiring film.”
And critical praise and audiences’ adoration continued when it opened in Los Angeles and nationwide in January 1943. It went on to win three Oscars for Best Picture, director for Michael Curtiz and adapted screenplay for Julius J. and Philip Epstein and Howard Koch. Let’s take a look back on the occasion of the 80th anniversary.
As time has gone by,...
And critical praise and audiences’ adoration continued when it opened in Los Angeles and nationwide in January 1943. It went on to win three Oscars for Best Picture, director for Michael Curtiz and adapted screenplay for Julius J. and Philip Epstein and Howard Koch. Let’s take a look back on the occasion of the 80th anniversary.
As time has gone by,...
- 11/28/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Burbank, Calif., September 13, 2022 – Celebrating the 80th anniversary of its 1942 release, the legendary Warner Bros. film Casablanca will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital on November 8, it was announced today by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Starring Academy Award winners Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, critic Leonard Maltin calls Casablanca “the best Hollywood movie of all time.”
The winner of three Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, Casablanca was directed by Michael Curtiz from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch. The screenplay is based on “Everybody Comes to Rick’s”, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The film was produced by Hal B. Wallis.
The cast also features Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson.
Casablanca was voted the screen’s greatest love story and the #3 film of...
The winner of three Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, Casablanca was directed by Michael Curtiz from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch. The screenplay is based on “Everybody Comes to Rick’s”, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The film was produced by Hal B. Wallis.
The cast also features Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson.
Casablanca was voted the screen’s greatest love story and the #3 film of...
- 9/14/2022
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Unlike many classic movies about World War 2, "Casablanca" was made during the war. The film was released in 1942, just under a year after America entered the conflict, and is set a year earlier in the eponymous Moroccan city. Club owner Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) discovers that his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) and her husband Victor Laszlo (Paul Heinrid), both Nazi resistance fighters, are in Casablanca and looking to escape to America.
The film shows Casablanca as a refugee hub, full of unique characters scattered to the winds by Nazi oppression of their homelands. Rick, the sole American in the cast, becomes an avatar of his country's role in the war; he's initially neutral but ultimately chooses the right side. Underlining this, the film is set mere days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which pushed America into the war.
"Casablanca" and its connection to contemporary events helped make it a hit.
The film shows Casablanca as a refugee hub, full of unique characters scattered to the winds by Nazi oppression of their homelands. Rick, the sole American in the cast, becomes an avatar of his country's role in the war; he's initially neutral but ultimately chooses the right side. Underlining this, the film is set mere days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which pushed America into the war.
"Casablanca" and its connection to contemporary events helped make it a hit.
- 9/4/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
In the golden age of Hollywood, Humphrey Bogart epitomized the tough guy of the silver screen. He portrayed men who were uniquely American, yet rarely would be considered good role models for young patriots. Bogart was able to maintain the grizzled appearance of a cowboy even when smoking in an alabaster suit. On- and off-screen, a glass of whiskey protruded from his hand like an extra appendage. It's why audiences conflate Bogie with his most iconic role, Rick Blaine from "Casablanca." Under their cynical shells, they were both rank sentimentalists. Once in a while, Bogart's hardened exterior would crumble into tears, as it did during...
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- 7/6/2022
- by Leigh Giangreco
- Slash Film
“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine”
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Drive-in in Chaffee, Mo has become another great St. Louis-area place to see old movies (Chaffee is about 120 miles south of St. Louis). This Friday April 8th, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Drive-in is screening Casablanca double feature Citizen Kane. Gates open at 6:30 pm, and the movies begin at 8:00 pm. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Drive-in’s site can be found Here. Their other screen is showing The Hunger Games (PG-13) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PG)
I there was ever a film deserved to be considered a classic then Casablanca is it, Even if you haven’t seen it before you’ll recognize much of the dialogue; it is probably the most quoted, and misquoted, film of all time. Humphrey Bogart is excellent in...
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Drive-in in Chaffee, Mo has become another great St. Louis-area place to see old movies (Chaffee is about 120 miles south of St. Louis). This Friday April 8th, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Drive-in is screening Casablanca double feature Citizen Kane. Gates open at 6:30 pm, and the movies begin at 8:00 pm. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Drive-in’s site can be found Here. Their other screen is showing The Hunger Games (PG-13) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PG)
I there was ever a film deserved to be considered a classic then Casablanca is it, Even if you haven’t seen it before you’ll recognize much of the dialogue; it is probably the most quoted, and misquoted, film of all time. Humphrey Bogart is excellent in...
- 4/5/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I'm a huge fan of noir films, and a large part of that is due to seeing Humphrey Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon" in my college film class. "Falcon" has elements that would become a staple of future noir films; the lovely yet deadly femme fatale, the world-weary private investigator, and a story that ultimately ends in tragedy. Bogart would continue to embrace the world of noir in other roles, including Phillip Marlowe in "The Big Sleep" and Rick Blaine in "Casablanca." Out of all the noir elements "The Maltese Falcon" popularized, one ended up being the result of Bogart and his co-stars playing a clever prank.
The...
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The...
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- 2/8/2022
- by Collier Jennings
- Slash Film
For a film of any pedigree, a perpetually-changing screenplay and a bevy of behind-the-scenes drama usually points to imminent disaster — at least by today's standards. Back in Hollywood's Golden Age though, that wasn't always the case. One of the greatest examples of this might be "Casablanca," your favorite movie critic's favorite movie. Today the film reigns supreme as one of the greatest on earth, with lines of dialogue so intrinsically linked to the public zeitgeist that many have no clue where they first originated.
The film follows the American expat Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in the heart of the titular Moroccan...
The post The Chaotic Way Casablanca's Script Was Put Together appeared first on /Film.
The film follows the American expat Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in the heart of the titular Moroccan...
The post The Chaotic Way Casablanca's Script Was Put Together appeared first on /Film.
- 1/4/2022
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
A thinly plotted noir that shamelessly cribs from the Christopher Nolan playbook has flashes of intrigue but crumbles under its own influences
Last month’s much deserved swirl of bewildered horror and eye-rolling ridicule at the Frankensequel Space Jam: A New Legacy and its grotesque plundering of IP was also aimed at a worrying future. Things darkened even further with this month’s Free Guy, another film that doubled as “entertainment” and an exercise in brand extension. Both, following in the muddied footsteps of 2018’s Ready Player One, were littered with lapel-grabbingly obvious references to films also owned by the studio releasing each product, as if a click-to-rent button was ready to pop up each time another one lumbered onto the screen. The relatively recent siloing of Disney, Fox, Warners and Paramount and the almost total stratification of their wares available on uber-competitive in-house streaming services has led to an...
Last month’s much deserved swirl of bewildered horror and eye-rolling ridicule at the Frankensequel Space Jam: A New Legacy and its grotesque plundering of IP was also aimed at a worrying future. Things darkened even further with this month’s Free Guy, another film that doubled as “entertainment” and an exercise in brand extension. Both, following in the muddied footsteps of 2018’s Ready Player One, were littered with lapel-grabbingly obvious references to films also owned by the studio releasing each product, as if a click-to-rent button was ready to pop up each time another one lumbered onto the screen. The relatively recent siloing of Disney, Fox, Warners and Paramount and the almost total stratification of their wares available on uber-competitive in-house streaming services has led to an...
- 8/18/2021
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
A review of “Rewind 1921,” this week’s episode of Lovecraft Country, coming up just as soon as I tell you the ingredients for “road rash”…
“I got ya, kid.” —Tic
“Rewind 1921” debuts about a week shy of the one-year anniversary of the Watchmen series premiere, which put the Tulsa Race Massacre at the center of half the cultural conversations many of us have been having for the past 12 months. That two HBO shows should devote mid-October episodes to recreating the same historical atrocity is a fluke of timing — and a...
“I got ya, kid.” —Tic
“Rewind 1921” debuts about a week shy of the one-year anniversary of the Watchmen series premiere, which put the Tulsa Race Massacre at the center of half the cultural conversations many of us have been having for the past 12 months. That two HBO shows should devote mid-October episodes to recreating the same historical atrocity is a fluke of timing — and a...
- 10/12/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
“I stick my neck out for nobody. The problems of this world are not in my department,” Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine famously says – having made a mantra and a reputation out of the statement – in the World War II classic, “Casablanca.” The patriarchal figure at the center of David Simon and Ed Burns’ scorching adaptation of Philip Roth’s alternate history novel, “The Plot Against America,” a man of principle named Herman Levin (Morgan Spector), has the exact opposite problem, sometimes sticking his neck out for his ethnic community even when the anti-Semitism threatens the safety of his family.
Continue reading ‘The Plot Against America’ Powerfully Illustrates Why It’s Essential Humanity Sticks Its Neck Out For One Another In The Face of Fascism [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Plot Against America’ Powerfully Illustrates Why It’s Essential Humanity Sticks Its Neck Out For One Another In The Face of Fascism [Review] at The Playlist.
- 3/11/2020
- by Andrew Bundy
- The Playlist
There’s a time-honored tradition of turning celebrated movies into television series. A lot of them have ended up as sitcoms: “The Odd Couple,” “M*A*S*H,” “Alice” (spun out of Martin Scorsese’s 1974 landmark “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”). But not all of them. Did you know that “Casablanca” was turned into two different TV series, one in 1955 and one in 1983? (The latter starred David Soul as Rick Blaine!) In 1976, they tried it with “Serpico.” Sometimes, a series can seem a true extension of the movie it’s adapted from — that’s what happened with “Fargo” and “Dear White People.” Sometimes, the movie that spawned a series will come to seem a mere footnote to the show — that’s what happened with “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Friday Night Lights.” And in the case of “Parenthood” (though it took two tries to get it right), a movie can be turned into...
- 1/12/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Lou Ye — one of the most famous and least consistent of the so-called “Sixth Generation” of Chinese filmmakers — has been compelled by a Hitchcockian notions of romantic obsession ever since 2000’s “Suzhou River,” in which the actress Zhou Xun played two different women who the unseen narrator ultimately conflates with each other. The “Saturday Fiction” unfolds like a luminous new riff on the same idea, as Lou is clearly still fascinated by the various roles that we play, and the notion that people are often so enamored by what they want that they can lose sight of who they want it from.
“Ultimately it is the desire, not the desired, that we love,” Nietzsche wrote, and “Saturday Fiction” puts those words right on the screen as it pulls them apart. Only this time, they carry much, much deadlier consequences, as Lou has upped the stakes from a little story about...
“Ultimately it is the desire, not the desired, that we love,” Nietzsche wrote, and “Saturday Fiction” puts those words right on the screen as it pulls them apart. Only this time, they carry much, much deadlier consequences, as Lou has upped the stakes from a little story about...
- 9/4/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine”
Considered a landmark in American cinema, the romantic Casablanca will enchant as the Slso performs the score live.
Sunday June 23rd at 2pm. Watch all the drama unfold as the Slso performs Max Steiner’s moving score while the timeless film plays on the big screen. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture and lauded as one of the greatest movies of all time by the American Film Institute, Casablanca will sweep you up in the story of Rick and Ilsa’s love. Conducted by Norman Huynh. Ticket Information can be found Here
I there was ever a film deserved to be considered a classic then Casablanca is it, Even if you haven’t seen it before you’ll recognize much of the dialogue; it is probably the most quoted, and misquoted,...
Considered a landmark in American cinema, the romantic Casablanca will enchant as the Slso performs the score live.
Sunday June 23rd at 2pm. Watch all the drama unfold as the Slso performs Max Steiner’s moving score while the timeless film plays on the big screen. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture and lauded as one of the greatest movies of all time by the American Film Institute, Casablanca will sweep you up in the story of Rick and Ilsa’s love. Conducted by Norman Huynh. Ticket Information can be found Here
I there was ever a film deserved to be considered a classic then Casablanca is it, Even if you haven’t seen it before you’ll recognize much of the dialogue; it is probably the most quoted, and misquoted,...
- 6/17/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Ready Room is excited to announce they’re teaming up with Talent Plus and the Mahler Ballroom to present a series of events the likes of which have never been seen before in St. Louis. Tickets can be purchased Here
Join them at the Mahler Ballroom and step into the world of Casablanca. Ben Nordstrom has written and directed immersive theatre pieces which will bring attendees into the film and Ryan Marquez will be performing his own stylized adaptations of music from the film.
This is going to be a swanky cocktail party, with unforgettable programming, and an impeccable venue. And the first drink is free!
I there was ever a film deserved to be considered a classic then Casablanca is it, Even if you haven’t seen it before you’ll recognize much of the dialogue; it is probably the most quoted, and misquoted, film of all time.
Join them at the Mahler Ballroom and step into the world of Casablanca. Ben Nordstrom has written and directed immersive theatre pieces which will bring attendees into the film and Ryan Marquez will be performing his own stylized adaptations of music from the film.
This is going to be a swanky cocktail party, with unforgettable programming, and an impeccable venue. And the first drink is free!
I there was ever a film deserved to be considered a classic then Casablanca is it, Even if you haven’t seen it before you’ll recognize much of the dialogue; it is probably the most quoted, and misquoted, film of all time.
- 8/30/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In this edition of Canon Of Film, we look back on Michael Curtiz’s seminal classic, ‘Casablanca‘. For the story behind the genesis of the Canon, you can click here.
Casablanca (1942)
Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Screenplay: Julian J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch based on the play “Everybody Comes to Rick’s,” by Murray Burnett & Joan Alison
I have spent literal weeks of my life where I did nothing but watch ‘Casablanca’. I’ve probably seen it more than any other film, and there’s almost nothing I don’t know about it, and yet, it never fails to enthrall me. It was made as an anti-Nazi propaganda film, and for a while, the film seems like a movie about people on the run, and the underground that’s trying to get them out, and those trying to take advantage of them. Of course,...
Casablanca (1942)
Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Screenplay: Julian J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch based on the play “Everybody Comes to Rick’s,” by Murray Burnett & Joan Alison
I have spent literal weeks of my life where I did nothing but watch ‘Casablanca’. I’ve probably seen it more than any other film, and there’s almost nothing I don’t know about it, and yet, it never fails to enthrall me. It was made as an anti-Nazi propaganda film, and for a while, the film seems like a movie about people on the run, and the underground that’s trying to get them out, and those trying to take advantage of them. Of course,...
- 1/11/2018
- by David Baruffi
- Age of the Nerd
Casablanca is back in theatres this month as part of Cineplex's Classic Film SeriesCasablanca is back in theatres this month as part of Cineplex's Classic Film SeriesIngrid Randoja - Cineplex Magazine11/8/2017 1:47:00 Pm
"Here’s looking at you, kid.”“We’ll always have Paris.”“I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
Those are just three memorable lines from 1942’s Casablanca, one of the most loved, and quoted, films in Hollywood history.
Set during World War II, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as cynical American Rick Blaine, who runs a nightclub in Casablanca that’s frequented by spies, soldiers and refugees. Rick’s world is turned upside down when ex-lover Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) — who broke Rick’s heart when she deserted him in Paris years ago — arrives with her freedom-fighter husband Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) and asks Rick for “letters of transit,” which will allow the couple to flee the Nazis.
"Here’s looking at you, kid.”“We’ll always have Paris.”“I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
Those are just three memorable lines from 1942’s Casablanca, one of the most loved, and quoted, films in Hollywood history.
Set during World War II, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as cynical American Rick Blaine, who runs a nightclub in Casablanca that’s frequented by spies, soldiers and refugees. Rick’s world is turned upside down when ex-lover Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) — who broke Rick’s heart when she deserted him in Paris years ago — arrives with her freedom-fighter husband Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) and asks Rick for “letters of transit,” which will allow the couple to flee the Nazis.
- 11/8/2017
- by Ingrid Randoja - Cineplex Magazine
- Cineplex
“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine”
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid form one of Hollywood’s most unforgettable love triangles in one of the most well-known – and most quoted – movies ever made: Casablanca. On Sunday, November 12, and Wednesday, November 15, moviegoers everywhere will say, “Here’s looking at you, kid,” when Casablanca returns to cinemas across the country in celebration of the its 75th All screenings, which are part of the TCM Big Screen Classics series from Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events, will also include specially-produced commentary before and after the feature by TCM Primetime Host Ben Mankiewicz.
Set against the desperate backdrop of the titular Moroccan port city as World War II rages throughout Europe, Casablanca is the unforgettable tale of refugees who will do anything to escape the inexorable advance of Nazi forces and flee to America.
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid form one of Hollywood’s most unforgettable love triangles in one of the most well-known – and most quoted – movies ever made: Casablanca. On Sunday, November 12, and Wednesday, November 15, moviegoers everywhere will say, “Here’s looking at you, kid,” when Casablanca returns to cinemas across the country in celebration of the its 75th All screenings, which are part of the TCM Big Screen Classics series from Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events, will also include specially-produced commentary before and after the feature by TCM Primetime Host Ben Mankiewicz.
Set against the desperate backdrop of the titular Moroccan port city as World War II rages throughout Europe, Casablanca is the unforgettable tale of refugees who will do anything to escape the inexorable advance of Nazi forces and flee to America.
- 10/31/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Robert Keeling Apr 25, 2017
Saluting the movie characters who make an impression, the minute they appear on the screen...
One thing that unites all of cinema’s most iconic characters is that they were able to make a memorable first impression. Whether it’s bursting onto the scene in a flurry of noise or slowly skulking their way into shot, there’s a fine art to ensuring a character makes an instant impact on screen. An iconic entrance is not just about a momentary impact however, it can also emphasise a character’s importance and help to cement their influence over the rest of the movie.
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There are any number of contributory factors that can be blended together in order to make an entrance truly memorable. These include the accompanying music, the choice of camera shot, the...
Saluting the movie characters who make an impression, the minute they appear on the screen...
One thing that unites all of cinema’s most iconic characters is that they were able to make a memorable first impression. Whether it’s bursting onto the scene in a flurry of noise or slowly skulking their way into shot, there’s a fine art to ensuring a character makes an instant impact on screen. An iconic entrance is not just about a momentary impact however, it can also emphasise a character’s importance and help to cement their influence over the rest of the movie.
See related Westworld episode 10 review: The Bicameral Mind Westworld episode 9 review: The Well-Tempered Clavier
There are any number of contributory factors that can be blended together in order to make an entrance truly memorable. These include the accompanying music, the choice of camera shot, the...
- 4/16/2017
- Den of Geek
Fly over the moon. Sing in the rain. Fasten your seatbelts. Make an offer no one can refuse. See classic movies on the big screen!
Gene Kelly will sing in the rain, Bette Davis will fasten her seatbelt for a bumpy night, Marlon Brando will make an offer no one can refuse, Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint will scurry across Mount Rushmore, and Elliott and E.T. will fly over the moon – and they’ll do it all on the silver screen in 2017. Today, Fathom Events and TCM announce their continuing partnership to bring monthly screenings of their “TCM Big Screen Classics” series to movie theaters nationwide throughout the year.
For the second consecutive year, “TCM Big Screen Classics” offers film fans an amazing journey into the magic of movies year-round. Beginning in January, the series presents one or more films each month in movie theaters – all accompanied by specially...
Gene Kelly will sing in the rain, Bette Davis will fasten her seatbelt for a bumpy night, Marlon Brando will make an offer no one can refuse, Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint will scurry across Mount Rushmore, and Elliott and E.T. will fly over the moon – and they’ll do it all on the silver screen in 2017. Today, Fathom Events and TCM announce their continuing partnership to bring monthly screenings of their “TCM Big Screen Classics” series to movie theaters nationwide throughout the year.
For the second consecutive year, “TCM Big Screen Classics” offers film fans an amazing journey into the magic of movies year-round. Beginning in January, the series presents one or more films each month in movie theaters – all accompanied by specially...
- 12/13/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Bogart finds Bacall and movie history is made; for once the make-believe romantic chemistry is abundantly real. Howard Hawks' wartime Caribbean adventure plays in grand style, with his patented mix of precision and casual cool. It's one of the most entertaining pictures of the 'forties. To Have and Have Not Blu-ray Warner Archive Collection 1944 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 100 min. / Street Date July 19, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 21.99 Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael,Dolores Moran, Sheldon Leonard, Walter Szurovy, Marcel Dalio, Walter Sande, Dan Seymour. Cinematography Sid Hickox Art Direction Charles Novi Film Editor Christian Nyby Original Music Hoagy Carmichael, William Lava, Franz Waxman Written by Jules Furthman, William Faulkner from the novel by Ernest Hemingway Produced by Howard Hawks, Jack L. Warner Directed by Howard Hawks
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Speaking for myself, I can't think of a more 'Hawksian' picture than To Have and Have Not.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Speaking for myself, I can't think of a more 'Hawksian' picture than To Have and Have Not.
- 7/10/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
In the hierarchy of significance in what made news this past week, the sudden availability of the entirety of Albert Brooks’ output of feature films as a writer-director via Netflix Streaming may not carry the urgency of, say, the alarming continuance of African-American deaths under police fire, the attack on a peaceful protest against police violence by shooters who killed five law enforcement officers and wounded several more in Dallas, the ongoing partisan bloviating inspired by the FBI’s decision to not charge Hilary Clinton with federal crimes, or the frightening clown circus of offenses that characterizes the dawning of each new day in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. But art can, among many other things, provide a momentary respite from pain, sometimes even while examining some of the more frustrating, self-centric and petty dissonances within our own, or someone’s else’s worldview, and in this Brooks’ films at...
- 7/10/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Last surviving cast member of Casablanca who played Yvonne
The strong plot, the exotic setting, the quotable, piquant dialogue, the cherished performances from a magnificent cast and the emotional Max Steiner score – not forgetting Dooley Wilson as Sam playing As Time Goes By – have ensured that Casablanca (1942) remains the most popular film from Hollywood’s golden age. Madeleine LeBeau (sometimes credited as Lebeau), who has died aged 92, the last surviving member of the cast, was among those whom cinephiles have sanctified for her special connection with Casablanca. LeBeau played Yvonne, one of the many French refugees seeking solace in the Café Americain, run by Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical isolationist.
You must remember this … at the bar sits the attractive Yvonne, who has obviously been drowning her sorrows because Rick has jilted her. “Where were you last night?” she asks him as he passes by. “That’s so long ago,...
The strong plot, the exotic setting, the quotable, piquant dialogue, the cherished performances from a magnificent cast and the emotional Max Steiner score – not forgetting Dooley Wilson as Sam playing As Time Goes By – have ensured that Casablanca (1942) remains the most popular film from Hollywood’s golden age. Madeleine LeBeau (sometimes credited as Lebeau), who has died aged 92, the last surviving member of the cast, was among those whom cinephiles have sanctified for her special connection with Casablanca. LeBeau played Yvonne, one of the many French refugees seeking solace in the Café Americain, run by Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical isolationist.
You must remember this … at the bar sits the attractive Yvonne, who has obviously been drowning her sorrows because Rick has jilted her. “Where were you last night?” she asks him as he passes by. “That’s so long ago,...
- 5/16/2016
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine”
Casablanca Screens at The Hi-Pointe Theater in St. Louis Saturday morning February 14th at 10:30am
Casablanca was the last movie that the Tivoli showed in the 35mm format (about 2 years ago) – and now you’ll have the chance to see it presented in a sharp digital presentation when it plays this Saturday morning at The Hi-Pointe as part of their monthly Classic Film Series.
I there was ever a film deserved to be considered a classic then Casablanca is it, Even if you haven’t seen it before you’ll recognize much of the dialogue; it is probably the most quoted, and misquoted, film of all time. Humphrey Bogart is excellent in this career defining role as bar owner Rick Blaine who has come into possession of two “letters of transit” which...
Casablanca Screens at The Hi-Pointe Theater in St. Louis Saturday morning February 14th at 10:30am
Casablanca was the last movie that the Tivoli showed in the 35mm format (about 2 years ago) – and now you’ll have the chance to see it presented in a sharp digital presentation when it plays this Saturday morning at The Hi-Pointe as part of their monthly Classic Film Series.
I there was ever a film deserved to be considered a classic then Casablanca is it, Even if you haven’t seen it before you’ll recognize much of the dialogue; it is probably the most quoted, and misquoted, film of all time. Humphrey Bogart is excellent in this career defining role as bar owner Rick Blaine who has come into possession of two “letters of transit” which...
- 2/9/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
J.K. Simmons stopped by Saturday Night Live last night and performed a range of characters on the late night sketch comedy show. Among the many skits, were a mock version of his latest film Whiplash, where he reprised his role of the notorious sadomasochistic band conductor Fletcher, and a rendition of Casablanca, where he gave fans his best rendition of Humphrey Bogart. Watch him work the silver screen with Kate McKinnon in an alternate ending to the 1942 Best Picture Oscar-winning classic. Those familiar with the 73-year-old romance drama Casablanca probably remember the ending to the film quite well. For those who don't, let me set the stage. Rick Blaine (Bogart) and Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) fell in love in Paris in 1940 when Ilsa thought her husband, and wanted Czech war leader, Victor Laszlo had been killed in a concentration camp during the war. When Ilsa re-enters Rick's life a ...
- 2/1/2015
- cinemablend.com
10. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Directed by: Max Ophuls
To be honest, the relationship at the center of “Letter from an Unknown Woman” barely even exists. It’s more of a longing from one side than the other. But the ways Ophuls structures the film qualifies it for this list. For the run of the story, we hear a voiceover, explaining the moments in these two characters’ lives. Lisa (Joan Fontaine) is a teenager who becomes obsessed with a pianist who lives in her building named Stefan (Louis Jordan). She only meets him once, but maintains her love for him. After her mother announces they will be moving, Lisa runs away, but sees Stefan with another woman. Lisa becomes a respectable woman and is proposed to by a young, family-focused military officer, whom she turns down, still in love with Stefan, a man she has barely met. Years later, she...
Directed by: Max Ophuls
To be honest, the relationship at the center of “Letter from an Unknown Woman” barely even exists. It’s more of a longing from one side than the other. But the ways Ophuls structures the film qualifies it for this list. For the run of the story, we hear a voiceover, explaining the moments in these two characters’ lives. Lisa (Joan Fontaine) is a teenager who becomes obsessed with a pianist who lives in her building named Stefan (Louis Jordan). She only meets him once, but maintains her love for him. After her mother announces they will be moving, Lisa runs away, but sees Stefan with another woman. Lisa becomes a respectable woman and is proposed to by a young, family-focused military officer, whom she turns down, still in love with Stefan, a man she has barely met. Years later, she...
- 12/2/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
The obligatory movie catchphrase…memorable golden dialogue for the cinematic soul. What film fan does not enjoy reciting and repeating their favorite movie quotes? After all, there are countless catchphrases in films–some are famous, some are familiar, some are obscure. Still, paraphrasing movie quips has become an art onto itself?
So what are your all-time movie catchphrases? Perhaps it is Jimmy Cagney’s “You dirt rat…you killed my brother?”. Maybe it is Cary Grant’s “Judy, Judy, Judy”? Or how about Lauren Bacall’s “You know how to whistle, don’t you? Just blow…” Whatever movie catchphrases catches your fancy is fine so long as it brings up memories of the film or film characters tat have made a big impression on your cinema experiences.
The Lip Service: The Top 10 Movie Catchphrases selections are: (in alphabetical order according to film title):
1.) “Fasten your seat belts, it...
So what are your all-time movie catchphrases? Perhaps it is Jimmy Cagney’s “You dirt rat…you killed my brother?”. Maybe it is Cary Grant’s “Judy, Judy, Judy”? Or how about Lauren Bacall’s “You know how to whistle, don’t you? Just blow…” Whatever movie catchphrases catches your fancy is fine so long as it brings up memories of the film or film characters tat have made a big impression on your cinema experiences.
The Lip Service: The Top 10 Movie Catchphrases selections are: (in alphabetical order according to film title):
1.) “Fasten your seat belts, it...
- 7/12/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Hugh Hefner turned 88 Wednesday, April 9, but he celebrated a few days early on April 4 with a Casablanca themed party at the Playboy Mansion.
Hugh Hefner Celebrates Birthday With 'Casablanca'
Casablanca (1942) is Hefner’s favorite film and he watches it every year for his birthday. The film takes place in the 1940s at the beginning of World War II and tells the tale of star-crossed lovers Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) and Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman). On the night of his party, he posted photos on Twitter of his dressed up guests.
White formal jackets on "Casablanca" night pic.twitter.com/M3LfcRHxLm
— Hugh Hefner (@hughhefner) April 5, 2014
The men at the party were all dressed in crisp, white suits in tribute to the film’s male protagonist, while the women had a bit more freedom with their costumes.
The ladies celebrating my birthday on Casablanca Night pic.twitter.com/HaXDy...
Hugh Hefner Celebrates Birthday With 'Casablanca'
Casablanca (1942) is Hefner’s favorite film and he watches it every year for his birthday. The film takes place in the 1940s at the beginning of World War II and tells the tale of star-crossed lovers Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) and Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman). On the night of his party, he posted photos on Twitter of his dressed up guests.
White formal jackets on "Casablanca" night pic.twitter.com/M3LfcRHxLm
— Hugh Hefner (@hughhefner) April 5, 2014
The men at the party were all dressed in crisp, white suits in tribute to the film’s male protagonist, while the women had a bit more freedom with their costumes.
The ladies celebrating my birthday on Casablanca Night pic.twitter.com/HaXDy...
- 4/10/2014
- Uinterview
New Line Cinema
It’s not exactly a secret that terrible ideas get thrown around in Hollywood all the time – in fact, we know that they do, because so many of them end up becoming fully-fledged motion pictures. Still, no matter how much we like to make fun, Hollywood is a place of great creativity, and is filled with wonderful, talented people with vast imaginations. That’s how we’ve been treated to some of the greatest movies of all time, of course; movies filled with brilliant, memorable characters.
Because what is a movie without its characters, really? And not just the main characters, but the secondary characters, too. All these fictional people come together to provide us with a gateway into another world. Characters like Indiana Jones, Col. Hans Landa, John McClane and Rick Blaine. Sometimes, though, we might take it for granted that some movies were originally supposed...
It’s not exactly a secret that terrible ideas get thrown around in Hollywood all the time – in fact, we know that they do, because so many of them end up becoming fully-fledged motion pictures. Still, no matter how much we like to make fun, Hollywood is a place of great creativity, and is filled with wonderful, talented people with vast imaginations. That’s how we’ve been treated to some of the greatest movies of all time, of course; movies filled with brilliant, memorable characters.
Because what is a movie without its characters, really? And not just the main characters, but the secondary characters, too. All these fictional people come together to provide us with a gateway into another world. Characters like Indiana Jones, Col. Hans Landa, John McClane and Rick Blaine. Sometimes, though, we might take it for granted that some movies were originally supposed...
- 3/4/2014
- by WhatCulture
- Obsessed with Film
Thanksgiving is a specifically and peculiarly American occasion and although we on this side of the pond are generally aware of it, either because of films like Free Birds, or because of a healthy interest in Us sports, or through the avalanche of Thanksgiving-themed tweets from those we follow within the Twittersphere, it tends to pass us by.
But in the interests of North Atlantic harmony and in order to try to extend an olive branch of fraternity and put all that Boston Tea Party business behind us, it seemed appropriate to acknowledge and even celebrate Thanksgiving by sharing a few things for which we can all be thankful – American, British and everything else besides.
We could list all of the films we are thankful for, but that would take a while. We could say we are grateful for certain actors or directors, but in such matters of taste and...
But in the interests of North Atlantic harmony and in order to try to extend an olive branch of fraternity and put all that Boston Tea Party business behind us, it seemed appropriate to acknowledge and even celebrate Thanksgiving by sharing a few things for which we can all be thankful – American, British and everything else besides.
We could list all of the films we are thankful for, but that would take a while. We could say we are grateful for certain actors or directors, but in such matters of taste and...
- 11/28/2013
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Nicolas Winding Refn follows up his Los Angeles pulp thriller Drive with an ultraviolent far eastern crime oddity
Like his mentor, the 57-year-old enfant terrible Lars von Trier, the 42-year-old Nicolas Winding Refn is equally fascinated by extreme violence and the austere, mystical Lutheranism of Carl Dreyer, the father figure of Danish cinema and still its greatest exponent. His new film as writer-director, Only God Forgives, exhibits both these elements but is set far from Denmark in a stylised, present-day Bangkok, almost entirely at night in underpopulated, garishly neon-lit streets and dark interiors, though there's one memorable, downbeat shot of the oppressive, smog-ridden city in the early morning.
The film's central character is an American expatriate played by Ryan Gosling, who made a serious impression as a getaway driver in Refn's Los Angeles-set Drive. More recently he appeared as a sad fairground performer and criminal in Derek Cianfrance's A Place Beyond the Pines,...
Like his mentor, the 57-year-old enfant terrible Lars von Trier, the 42-year-old Nicolas Winding Refn is equally fascinated by extreme violence and the austere, mystical Lutheranism of Carl Dreyer, the father figure of Danish cinema and still its greatest exponent. His new film as writer-director, Only God Forgives, exhibits both these elements but is set far from Denmark in a stylised, present-day Bangkok, almost entirely at night in underpopulated, garishly neon-lit streets and dark interiors, though there's one memorable, downbeat shot of the oppressive, smog-ridden city in the early morning.
The film's central character is an American expatriate played by Ryan Gosling, who made a serious impression as a getaway driver in Refn's Los Angeles-set Drive. More recently he appeared as a sad fairground performer and criminal in Derek Cianfrance's A Place Beyond the Pines,...
- 8/3/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
I recently wrote an article outlining my picks for the most disappointing movie villains of all time - those bad guys who didn’t quite live up to what we imagined in our heads. This got me thinking about the opposite end of the spectrum: what about the heroes? It’s strange, but movie heroes rarely seem to disappoint us because – unless it goes really, really wrong – it’s actually fairly difficult to do. We’re better inclined as movie-goers to accept a boring or average hero, presumably because a good villain can really make up for a lack of personality in a hero.
That’s not to say that heroes shouldn’t have personalities, of course – I simply mean that we’re more forgiving of a mediocre protagonist if there are other interesting elements hanging around them. That’s to say, good secondary characters and a memorable villain can...
That’s not to say that heroes shouldn’t have personalities, of course – I simply mean that we’re more forgiving of a mediocre protagonist if there are other interesting elements hanging around them. That’s to say, good secondary characters and a memorable villain can...
- 6/28/2013
- by T.J. Barnard
- Obsessed with Film
“Ricky, I’m going to miss you. Apparently you’re the only one in Casablanca with less scruples than I.”
Casablanca was the last movie that the Tivoli showed in the 35mm format (about 6 months ago) – and now you have the chance to see it presented in a sharp digital presentation when it plays this weekend (June 14th and 15th) at Midnight at the Tivoli as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight Series.
I there was ever a film deserved to be considered a classic then Casablanca is it, Even if you haven’t seen it before you’ll recognize much of the dialogue; it is probably the most quoted, and misquoted, film of all time. Humphrey Bogart is excellent in this career defining role as bar owner Rick Blaine who has come into possession of two “letters of transit” which guarantee the holders unhindered passage out of Casablanca.
Casablanca was the last movie that the Tivoli showed in the 35mm format (about 6 months ago) – and now you have the chance to see it presented in a sharp digital presentation when it plays this weekend (June 14th and 15th) at Midnight at the Tivoli as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight Series.
I there was ever a film deserved to be considered a classic then Casablanca is it, Even if you haven’t seen it before you’ll recognize much of the dialogue; it is probably the most quoted, and misquoted, film of all time. Humphrey Bogart is excellent in this career defining role as bar owner Rick Blaine who has come into possession of two “letters of transit” which guarantee the holders unhindered passage out of Casablanca.
- 6/11/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Did you know you can see a Munchkin hanging himself just off the Yellow Brick Road in The Wizard Of Oz? Or that in Three Men And A Baby you can glimpse the ghost of a child through a window in one scene? Or that Jill Masterson, the literal golden girl in Goldfinger, actually died from asphyxiation during the iconic scene? Of course all three of those are utter rubbish (it’s a bird, a cut-out of Ted Danson and James Bond science), but that didn’t stop the rumours spreading.
While these facts are well known fakes, there’s plenty of seemingly true trivia out there that’s nothing but an enticing lie, started by an unfortunate misunderstanding or from overzealous fans. Here we look at eight of the worst cases, busting open some commonly held beliefs.
8. Casablanca
The Myth: Ronald Reagan was first choice to play Rick.
There...
While these facts are well known fakes, there’s plenty of seemingly true trivia out there that’s nothing but an enticing lie, started by an unfortunate misunderstanding or from overzealous fans. Here we look at eight of the worst cases, busting open some commonly held beliefs.
8. Casablanca
The Myth: Ronald Reagan was first choice to play Rick.
There...
- 4/5/2013
- by Alex Leadbeater
- Obsessed with Film
New York -- The piano used for the song "As Times Goes By" in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca" has fetched more than $600,000 at auction.
The 58-key upright was sold to an unidentified buyer for $602,500 at Sotheby's New York on Friday.
Its pre-sale estimate was up to $1.2 million.
It was offered by a Japanese collector on the film's 70th anniversary.
The collector purchased the movie prop at a Sotheby's auction in 1988 for $154,000.
Humphrey Bogart played Rick Blaine in the Oscar-winning World War II love story, opposite Ingrid Bergman's character, Ilsa Lund.
In a famous flashback scene, Rick and Ilsa lean on the piano at a Paris bistro. Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, plays and sings.
They toast as Rick says: "Here's looking at you, kid."
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More than...
The 58-key upright was sold to an unidentified buyer for $602,500 at Sotheby's New York on Friday.
Its pre-sale estimate was up to $1.2 million.
It was offered by a Japanese collector on the film's 70th anniversary.
The collector purchased the movie prop at a Sotheby's auction in 1988 for $154,000.
Humphrey Bogart played Rick Blaine in the Oscar-winning World War II love story, opposite Ingrid Bergman's character, Ilsa Lund.
In a famous flashback scene, Rick and Ilsa lean on the piano at a Paris bistro. Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, plays and sings.
They toast as Rick says: "Here's looking at you, kid."
___
More than...
- 12/14/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
How much would you be willing to pay to own a piece of film history? Well, on December 14th someone will have a chance to give their answer, as the iconic piano from Casablanca goes up for auction. The Paris piano was used in the scene where Sam (Dooley Wilson) plays the piano and sings As Time Goes By, the love serenade for Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) and Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart).
In 1988 the piano broke auction records, becoming the most expensive movie prop ever sold when a Japanese collector bought it for $154,000. Now that collector is through with his time owning the piano and he’s putting it up for auction through Sotheby’s.
Sotheby’s vice chairman David Redden spoke to USA Today about the piano. Check out his comment below.
Seeing the piano like this is a bit of a revelation, because in the movie it’s in black and white,...
In 1988 the piano broke auction records, becoming the most expensive movie prop ever sold when a Japanese collector bought it for $154,000. Now that collector is through with his time owning the piano and he’s putting it up for auction through Sotheby’s.
Sotheby’s vice chairman David Redden spoke to USA Today about the piano. Check out his comment below.
Seeing the piano like this is a bit of a revelation, because in the movie it’s in black and white,...
- 12/10/2012
- by Alex Lowe
- We Got This Covered
Do we really need to know what became of Rick and Ilsa and their son?
Casablanca's thwarted lovers, Ilsa Lund and bar owner Rick Blaine, were comforted, we know, by the thought they would "always have Paris". But now it seems their bittersweet union left more than the memory of a kiss.
According to a planned sequel to the 1942 classic, the couple, played by Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart, had a child together who was brought up in America by Lund and her husband, the principled humanitarian Victor Laszlo.
The sequel, Return to Casablanca or As Time Goes By, is being developed in Hollywood by Warner Bros and will see Lund's illegitimate son return to North Africa to seek out his real father's past.
But do we need to hear how Rick drank himself to death beside that piano? It is like finding out, 70 years after It's a Wonderful Life,...
Casablanca's thwarted lovers, Ilsa Lund and bar owner Rick Blaine, were comforted, we know, by the thought they would "always have Paris". But now it seems their bittersweet union left more than the memory of a kiss.
According to a planned sequel to the 1942 classic, the couple, played by Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart, had a child together who was brought up in America by Lund and her husband, the principled humanitarian Victor Laszlo.
The sequel, Return to Casablanca or As Time Goes By, is being developed in Hollywood by Warner Bros and will see Lund's illegitimate son return to North Africa to seek out his real father's past.
But do we need to hear how Rick drank himself to death beside that piano? It is like finding out, 70 years after It's a Wonderful Life,...
- 12/2/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
New York — The piano used for the song "As Times Goes By" in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca" is getting another turn at fame.
The instrument is going up for sale at Sotheby's in New York on Dec. 14, and the auction house estimates it'll fetch up to $1.2 million.
It's being offered by a Japanese collector on the film's 70th anniversary.
The collector purchased the movie prop at a Sotheby's auction in 1988 for $154,000.
Humphrey Bogart played Rick Blaine in the Oscar-winning World War II love story, opposite Ingrid Bergman's character, Ilsa Lund.
In a famous flashback scene, Rick and Ilsa lean on the piano at a Paris bistro. Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, plays and sings.
They toast as Rick says: "Here's looking at you, kid."
___
Online: www.sothebys.com...
The instrument is going up for sale at Sotheby's in New York on Dec. 14, and the auction house estimates it'll fetch up to $1.2 million.
It's being offered by a Japanese collector on the film's 70th anniversary.
The collector purchased the movie prop at a Sotheby's auction in 1988 for $154,000.
Humphrey Bogart played Rick Blaine in the Oscar-winning World War II love story, opposite Ingrid Bergman's character, Ilsa Lund.
In a famous flashback scene, Rick and Ilsa lean on the piano at a Paris bistro. Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, plays and sings.
They toast as Rick says: "Here's looking at you, kid."
___
Online: www.sothebys.com...
- 11/27/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
London, Nov 11: Seventy years after the release of 'Casablanca,' one of the greatest movies of all times, plans are afoot for a sequel, which seems far from welcome among fans of the beloved Hollywood classic.
The project to be titled either 'Return to Casablanca' or 'As Time Goes By' is the brainchild of Cass Warner, a Hollywood producer, who first discovered "treatments" for the sequel at Casablanca's scriptwriter Howard Koch's New York home, the Independent reported.
Its plot revolves around Richard Blaine, the illegitimate son of Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa Lund, who were separated at the end.
The project to be titled either 'Return to Casablanca' or 'As Time Goes By' is the brainchild of Cass Warner, a Hollywood producer, who first discovered "treatments" for the sequel at Casablanca's scriptwriter Howard Koch's New York home, the Independent reported.
Its plot revolves around Richard Blaine, the illegitimate son of Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa Lund, who were separated at the end.
- 11/11/2012
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
Hollywood classic Casablanca could get a belated sequel. Cass Warner, the granddaughter of Warner Bros co-found Harry Warner, has unearthed a sequel treatment written by one of the three original Casablanca screenwriters Howard Koch. According to the New York Post, Warner is hoping to produce a sequel with studio Warner Bros. Titled Return to Casablanca, Koch's script treatment sees Ilsa and Victor Laszlo (originally played by Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid) searching for Rick Blaine after he joins Free French troops opposing the Nazis in North Africa. Ilsa's son, whose father is Rick, is in his twenties and takes centre stage in the proposed movie. "For whatever reason [Warner Bros] couldn't justify taking interest in it until it was packaged (more)...
- 11/6/2012
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
In one of cinema’s iconic moments, at the end of Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine says, “Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” Well, the famously open-ended conclusion may not have been a conclusion at all. One of the film’s Oscar-winning screenwriters, Howard Koch, penned a treatment for a sequel more than 30 years ago; Cass Warner, granddaughter of Warner Bros. co-founder Harry Warner, wants to realize that vision, the New York Post reports
“It was just gold,” Warner tells EW of discovering the 1980 treatment at Koch’s home in Woodstock, NY. “When he...
“It was just gold,” Warner tells EW of discovering the 1980 treatment at Koch’s home in Woodstock, NY. “When he...
- 11/5/2012
- by Josh Stillman
- EW - Inside Movies
If there is one movie that Warner Bros. prizes and loves above all others in their catalog, it's "Casablanca." The classic movie that even people who don't like classic movies adore, it has become an American cinematic institution, and a film that WB has re-re-re-re-released countless times on home video over the years. The film endures as one of the all time greats, so of course, that means sequels and followups have been tossed around for years. After winning Best Picture in 1943, the studio got a sequel going titled "Brazzaville," following Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine as an agent of the secret police, but it never got past the treatment by Frederic Stephani. Rick reappeared on the short lived TV series "Warner Bros. Presents" played by Charles McGraw, and then there was "Passage To Marseilles" which brought together Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Claude Rains for another exotic wartime story,...
- 11/5/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Because nothing is sacred, and because all stories must continue if their characters didn’t, like, die at the end, it’s been reported that Warner Bros. are trying to get a sequel to Casablanca - one of the most beloved motion pictures of all-time – into the works. Here’s to ruining your legacy, kid.
This news emerges just as we’re about to celebrate Casablanca‘s 70th anniversary at the end of the month, and what better way to do so than dancing a hilarious little jig over its immense cultural heritage?
For those who aren’t screaming in horror right now and have somehow managed to continue reading actual words, the sequel wouldn’t exactly focus around Humphrey Bogart’s character Rick Blaine. It also wouldn’t take place in the traditional sense of sequel: in fact, it’s supposed to be set on Rick and Isla’s son,...
This news emerges just as we’re about to celebrate Casablanca‘s 70th anniversary at the end of the month, and what better way to do so than dancing a hilarious little jig over its immense cultural heritage?
For those who aren’t screaming in horror right now and have somehow managed to continue reading actual words, the sequel wouldn’t exactly focus around Humphrey Bogart’s character Rick Blaine. It also wouldn’t take place in the traditional sense of sequel: in fact, it’s supposed to be set on Rick and Isla’s son,...
- 11/5/2012
- by T.J. Barnard
- We Got This Covered
“40 films from the ‘40s” is a movie challenge to watch and write about one film from that era weekly. Why the ‘40s? That decade is fascinating, because of the juxtapositions between films released during WWII and those released after. Half the decade was spent scrambling to keep nations afloat during war and the second half was spent trying to pick up the pieces and move forward.
****
All Through The Night
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Written by Leonard Spigelgass and Edwin Gilbert
USA, 107 min. 1941
Five days before the Japanese Imperial Navy bombed the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, triggering the Us’s entry into World War II, Warner Brothers released All Through The Night. The film is effectively a comedic-thriller, heavy in the anti-Nazi war propaganda that would dominate Hollywood’s slate of pictures in the war years. It also stars Humphrey Bogart, in a character that’s a...
****
All Through The Night
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Written by Leonard Spigelgass and Edwin Gilbert
USA, 107 min. 1941
Five days before the Japanese Imperial Navy bombed the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, triggering the Us’s entry into World War II, Warner Brothers released All Through The Night. The film is effectively a comedic-thriller, heavy in the anti-Nazi war propaganda that would dominate Hollywood’s slate of pictures in the war years. It also stars Humphrey Bogart, in a character that’s a...
- 10/29/2012
- by Karen Bacellar
- SoundOnSight
Karen Allen has an amazing laugh, and to hear it in person is to be transported to a steamy desert tent where her Marion Ravenwood is trading drinks with Indiana Jones’s half-charming rival, a flirty French archeologist named Belloq. It’s big and fun, and you’d volunteer to be dragged behind a speeding German truck for the chance to hear it again. In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Allen played a feisty, tough-as-nails beauty whose first romantic encounter with Indy had ended in Rick Blaine level heartbreak — for her. The second time around, they teamed up to find...
- 9/18/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
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