Casablanca
by Michael Curtiz
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Actor: Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul HenreidDirector: Michael Curtiz
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Digital Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-02-15
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Casablanca
Movie Review: Excellent Movie! Too Bad About the DVD Quality Though!
Summary: 2 Stars
As a true classic should be, this movie is so good that you actually look forward to viewing it again and again just so you can be sure you didn't miss anything the last time you viewed it. The cast is excellent, the acting sublime, the soundtrack is inspired and the screenplay is also exquisite. Special mention should be made for actors like Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet and Claude Rains who are excellent here just as they were in other film classics such as "The Maltese Falcon" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". Although this is not Bogart's best performance (for that you'll need to see "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"), he still puts in an excellent performance here.
Unfortunately, this DVD version is very poor, especially so for the sound quality which is very poor. The volume levels are very soft and although the picture quality is much better, there is still room for improvement. With the advent of Blu-ray now, here's hoping that Warner will make the effort to produce a much better restoration project on this film improving upon the picture quality as well as and especially upon the sound quality adding DTS with THX or at least Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround options to really give this film the truly great restoration that it deserves. Also, the Special Features are really sparse comprising really only of an interesting documentary hosted by Bogart's wife Bacall but truly more and better extras could have been added to this film masterpiece as well.
Contentwise there is no disputing that this is one of the best films of all time however this DVD version is not befitting of such a great film and my recommendation is to wait for a much better restoration job to surface which is inevitable at least in the Blu-ray format very soon.
Summary of Casablanca
A truly perfect movie, the 1942 Casablanca still wows viewers today, and for good reason. Its unique story of a love triangle set against terribly high stakes in the war against a monster is sophisticated instead of outlandish, intriguing instead of garish. Humphrey Bogart plays the allegedly apolitical club owner in unoccupied French territory that is nevertheless crawling with Nazis; Ingrid Bergman is the lover who mysteriously deserted him in Paris; and Paul Heinreid is her heroic, slightly bewildered husband. Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Conrad Veidt are among what may be the best supporting cast in the history of Hollywood films. This is certainly among the most spirited and ennobling movies ever made. --Tom KeoghDrama DVD Video
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