World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's classic love story. Colourful characters abound in "Casablanca", a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman light up the screen in one of the most enduring romances in movie history. At his Moroccan nightclub, cynic Rick Blaine (Bogart) turns a blind eye to the misery of WWII until his former lover, Ilsa Lund (Bergman), walks through the door, forcing Rick to choose between a life with the woman he loves or becoming the hero she needs. Special Features Introduction by Lauren Bacall Two Separate Commentaries: Roger Ebert and Film Historian Rudy Behlmer Also on Blu-ray: Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic Warner Night at the Movies Great Performances: Bacall on Bogart You Must Remember This: A Tribute to Casablanca As Time Goes By: The Children Remember Deleted Scenes Outtakes Cartoons Audio-Only Scoring Stage Sessions 19/11/47 Vox Pop Radio Broadcast Theatrical Trailers
The Maltese Falcon is still the tightest, sharpest, and most cynical of Hollywood's official deathless classics, bracingly tough even by post-Tarantino standards. Humphrey Bogart is Dashiell Hammett's definitive private eye, Sam Spade, struggling to keep his hard-boiled cool as the double-crosses pile up around his ankles. The plot, which dances all around the stolen Middle Eastern statuette of the title, is too baroque to try to follow, and it doesn't make a bit of difference. The dialogue, much of it lifted straight from Hammett, is delivered with whip-crack speed and sneering ferocity, as Bogie faces off against Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet, fends off the duplicitous advances of Mary Astor, and roughs up a cringing "gunsel" played by Elisha Cook Jr. It's an action movie of sorts, at least by implication: the characters always seem keyed up, right on the verge of erupting into violence. This is a turning-point picture in several respects: John Huston (The African Queen) made his directorial debut here in 1941, and Bogart, who had mostly played bad guys, was a last-minute substitution for George Raft, who must have been kicking himself for years afterward. This is the role that made Bogart a star and established his trend-setting (and still influential) antihero persona. --David Chute END
World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's classic love story. Colourful characters abound in "Casablanca", a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.
A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find out why - and who's gonna take the fall. This third screen version of Dashiell Hammett's novel is a film of firsts: John Huston's directorial debut rotund 62-year-old Sydney Greenstreet's screen debut film history's first film noir and Bogart's breakthrough role after years as a Warner contract player. When George Raft refused to work with a first-time director Bogart took on the role of Spade - and launched the most acclaimed period of his career. An all-star cast (including Greenstreet Mary Astor Peter Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr.) join Bogart in this crisply written sizzler that placed in the top quarter of the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American Films list. Many say it's the best detective drama ever. Each time you see it you'll find it hard to disagree.
A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find out why - and who'll take the fall for his partner's murder. An all-star cast (including Sydney Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr.) joins Bogart in this crackling mystery masterwork written for the screen (from Dashiell Hammett's novel) and directed by John Huston. This nominee for 3 Academy Awards - Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Greenstreet) and Screenplay (Huston) - catapulted Bogart to stardom and launched Huston's directorial career. All with a bird and a bang! Special Features: Commentary by Eric Lax Sergeant York Theatrical Trailer - Warner Night at the Movies Newsreel - Warner Night at the Movies The Gay Parisian - Warner Night at the Movies Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt - Warner Night at the Movies Meet John Doughboy - Warner Night at the Movies The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey The Trailer of Humphrey Bogart - 1997 TCM Documentary Breakdowns of 1941 Make-up Tests 2/8/1943 Lux Radio Broadcast - Audio Vault 9/20/1943 Screen Guild Theater Broadcast - Audio Vault 7/3/1946 Academy Award Theater Broadcast - Audio Vault Satan Met a Lady (1936) - Theatrical Trailers
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman light up the screen in one of the most enduring romances in movie history. At his Moroccan nightclub, cynic Rick Blaine (Bogart) turns a blind eye to the misery of WWII until his former lover, Ilsa Lund (Bergman), walks through the door, forcing Rick to choose between a life with the woman he loves or becoming the hero she needs. Product Features 3-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition Includes: Steelbook Rigid Slipcase 32-Page Vintage Pressbook 2-Sided Poster 7 Art Card Reproductions: 3 Lobby Cards, 3 Location/Blueprint Sketches, Letter of Transit Custom Envelope Special Features: Introduction by Lauren Bacall Two Separate Commentaries: Roger Ebert and Film Historian Rudy Behlmer Also on Blu-ray: Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic Warner Night at the Movies Great Performances: Bacall on Bogart You Must Remember This: A Tribute to Casablanca As Time Goes By: The Children Remember Deleted Scenes Outtakes Cartoons Audio-Only Scoring Stage Sessions 19/11/47 Vox Pop Radio Broadcast Theatrical Trailers Added Bonus Disc: You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story The Brothers Warner Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul Documentary And More
Comedy actress Valerie Stanton (Rosalind Russell) and her producer Gordon Dunning (Leon Ames) are the toast ofBroadway, with a host of smash-hit shows behind them. They are also secret lovers.Now, Valerie wants to work with someone new and has met architect Michael Morrell (Leo Genn) and fallen head overheels in love with him. Gordon, however, is unwilling to let her go and threatens Valerie with scandal and ruin...The scene is set for a brutal murder.As New York police captain Danbury (Sydney Greenstreet) investigates, all the clues seem to point to Valerie's co-starMarian (Claire Trevor), but in the world of the theatre, everything may be an elaborate act and an illusion...
World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's classic love story. Colourful characters abound in "Casablanca", a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.
World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's classic love story. Colourful characters abound in "Casablanca", a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.
World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's classic love story. Colourful characters abound in "Casablanca", a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.
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