-------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken
I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18
November 28, 2025, 12:07 AM
YooperSigs
The scene where the bar busts out with La Marseillaise is my favorite.
End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
November 28, 2025, 01:48 PM
mttaylor1066
In my Top Ten.
If you ever get the chance to see this in a theater with an audience, you will find this movie has great laugh lines you may have overlooked.
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Company, villainous company hath been the spoil of me.
November 28, 2025, 02:16 PM
mojojojo
My absolute favorite movie of all time.
Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.
Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew.
November 28, 2025, 02:37 PM
DennisM
quote:
Originally posted by mttaylor1066: If you ever get the chance to see this in a theater with an audience, you will find this movie has great laugh lines you may have overlooked.
True. We saw "75th Anniversary Edition" in the theater with my father-in-law and picked up a few lines then. Saw it earlier this year in one of the oldest continuously-operating theaters in the US, and again, picked up "new" lines.
It's easily my favorite Bogart film, absolutely in the top three for all movies.
"Make it ten. I'm only a poor corrupt official."
November 28, 2025, 03:35 PM
83v45magna
My favorite thirty seconds or so...
November 28, 2025, 08:26 PM
PCWyoming
My favorite movie of all time.
PC
November 29, 2025, 09:44 AM
2BobTanner
The BEST movie ever made because:
1. Conflicted hero. 2. Beautiful woman. 3. Colorful cast of supporting characters. 4. Best “bad guys” ever. 5. Best dialogue lines; many of which having entered into everyday usage (“Round-up the ‘usual suspects’.”, “Play it [again Sam]”). 6. Redemption of a flawed human soul. 7. Can NEVER be remade, as societal and historical conditions have progressed too far.
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“Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.”
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." — Mark Twain
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken
November 29, 2025, 03:00 PM
apprentice
quote:
Originally posted by 2BobTanner: The BEST movie ever made because:
1. Conflicted hero. 2. Beautiful woman. 3. Colorful cast of supporting characters. 4. Best “bad guys” ever. 5. Best dialogue lines; many of which having entered into everyday usage (“Round-up the ‘usual suspects’.”, “Play it [again Sam]”). 6. Redemption of a flawed human soul. 7. Can NEVER be remade, as societal and historical conditions have progressed too far.
OK thanks. Was about to ask, but figured it was a "if you have to ask...." thing. I still don't get it. Maybe I'm too young?
Sometimes I think when many people really like something artistic it's just going along with the crowd to sound sophisticated.
November 30, 2025, 10:14 AM
clubleaf206
Bogart ad-libbed the line “Here’s looking at you, kid.” One of the best ad-libs in cinema.
___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger."
November 30, 2025, 04:52 PM
ArtieS
One of my favorite films. Good story, but GREAT performances.
One of the reasons that Patton is also one of my favorites. Bogart was perfect as Rick Blaine; Scott became Patton.
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
December 01, 2025, 09:53 AM
UTsig
Probably the movie I've watched the most. We hardly ever watch movies anymore but Casablanca is the go to every other year or so.
"Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea.
December 09, 2025, 10:03 PM
sigalert
Ebert put it nicely. Citizen Kane is the best movie, Casablanca is his favorite movie.
I love them both. I have them on 4k because the tides of streaming are ever shifting.
“Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.” – James Madison
"Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." - Robert Louis Stevenson
December 09, 2025, 10:06 PM
sigalert
I’ll add, and fans know this, it was a standard, paint by numbers studio picture. But something happened to make it great.
“Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.” – James Madison
"Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." - Robert Louis Stevenson
December 10, 2025, 06:45 AM
Jumbo
I recall reading that they were considering casting Ronald Reagan as Rick. Glad that didn’t happen.
Calmer than you are
December 10, 2025, 09:31 AM
Fly-Sig
quote:
Originally posted by mttaylor1066:
If you ever get the chance to see this in a theater with an audience, you will find this movie has great laugh lines you may have overlooked.
This past spring we were on a cruise that stopped in Casablanca. The cruise had two film professors on board who gave a series of talks all about the movie, and showed the movie in the theater. The big screen experience really is worth it for this movie!
Btw, the city itself is a bit of a disappointment. It was interesting to see, but not more than that.
December 10, 2025, 12:41 PM
CharlieSW
Also my favorite film. The lighting and the cinematography do not get the credit they deserve.
Pragmatism: the relentless pursuit of seeing things as they really are.
