1943 ***** 103 mins.
Ever since 1943, Casablanca has been deemed one of the greatest motion pictures of all time, and rightfully so. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what makes this film so great, but it truly lives up to every praising allegation made about it. I remember watching it the first time thinking just that. One element of the film that no one can forget is the use of the song "As Time Goes By". Leonard Maltin deems this "The best Hollywood movie of all time." It won the Best Picture Academy Award. This is a legendary film that will never fade from our memories.
Number 7 on KRSJR Productions' 25 Greatest Motion Pictures of All Time.
Number 2 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Movies.
Humphrey Bogart is Number 1 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Stars.
Ingrid Bergman is Number 4 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Stars.
Number 37 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Thrills.
Number 1 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Passions.
Rick Blaine is Number 4 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Heroes and Villains.
"As Time Goes By" is Number 2 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Songs.
Rated PG.
From a Play by
Murray Burnett, Joan Alison
Screenplay by
Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch
Directed by
Michael Curtiz