Ep821: CASABLANCA (1942) - Movie Review
Ian and Don celebrate 80 years of Casablanca!
Michael Curtiz's iconic romance drops audiences right into the middle of World War II, where a brooding loner named Rick (Humphrey Bogart) runs a cafe in the middle of the titular Moroccan city. Policed by the French, and on the verge of domination by German forces, Rick's Cafe Americain becomes a port for European refugees trying to make their way to America.
When an old flame named Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) re-enters his life, looking for safe passage with a revolutionary-on-the-run (Paul Henreid), Rick finds himself at the center of a conflict involving stolen papers of transit, vicious political machinery, and the remnants of a broken heart.
In this affectionate and spoiler-filled conversation, Don explains why Casablanca is his absolute favorite film; Ian marvels at a movie he hasn't watched in nearly three decades; and both guys talk about why the film could not--and should never, ever, under any circumstances--be remade today!
Casablanca will be available on 4K UHD Blu-ray from Warner Bros on November 8, 2022.
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