Set in World War II Morocco within a city filled with European refugees. A bitter nightclub owner helps his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
Publisher:Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, c2003.
General Note: National Film Preservation Board, USA, 1989: National Film Registry.Academy Awards, USA, 1944: Oscar -- Best Picture ; Best Director (Michael Curtiz) ; Best Writing, Screenplay (Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch).Closed-captioned ; audio in English and French; subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.Disc 2 bonus material: "You must remember this: a tribute to Casablanca" a backstage tour ; "Bacall on Bogart" ; newly discovered additional scenes and outakes ; "Carrotblanca" starring Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes Gang ; Premiere episode "Who holds tomorrow?" from the 1955 TV series adaptation ; screen guild players radio production of Casablanca ; production history gallery with photos, press materials, studio correspondence, memorabilia and more ; interactive menus ; documentary scene access.Disc 1 special features: all-new digital transfer ; 2 feature-length audio commentaries: one by film critic Roger Ebert, the other by film historian Rudy Behlmer ; introduction by Lauren Bacall, interactive menus ; original and reissue theatrical trailers, scene access.Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.From "Everybody comes to Rick's," a play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Screenplay Julius J., Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; director of photography, Arthur Edeson ; music, Max Steiner.
Participant or Performer Note: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: G.
Awards Note:
Academy Awards, USA, 1944: Oscar -- Best Picture ; Best Director (Michael Curtiz) ; Best Writing, Screenplay (Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch).
National Film Preservation Board, USA, 1989: National Film Registry.