Casablanca
Casablanca
‘Casablanca poster’ provided by WikimediaCommons.
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In het kort:
Movie:
Casablanca
Year:
1942
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Producer:
Warner Bros.
Script:
By Julius and Philip Epstein and Howard Koch, based on ‘Everybody Comes to Rick’s’, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison.
Music:
Max Steiner wrote the scores. The film includes many songs, among which ‘As Time Goes By’, an earlier jazz song, is the most well known.
Actors:
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, a.o.
Costs:
It went $75,000 over budget for a total cost of $1,039,000 (equivalent to $13,253,000 in 2020), above average for the time.
Cinema visitors:
The film was a solid if unspectacular success in its initial run. Exceeding expectations, ‘Casablanca’ went on to win the ‘Academy Award for Best Picture’, while Curtiz was selected as Best Director and the Epsteins and Koch were honored for ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’. Its reputation has gradually grown, to the point that its lead characters, memorable lines (“Play it again, Sam!”), and pervasive theme song have all become iconic. The film earned $3,398,000 domestically and $3,461,000 in foreign markets.[