CASABLANCA1942
Casablanca
Movie Rating
MOVIE RATING
Average Rating: 4.0 (out of 5) (121 votes cast)
Source of Film
SOURCE OF FILM
- Everybody Comes to Rick's
- by Murray Bennett and Joan Allison
Based on his experiences at a bar in southern France in 1938, Murray Bennett, an English teacher at a U.S. vocational school, later wrote the play with his then wife Joan Allison. They sold it to Warner Bros. after failing to find a Broadway producer.
Veteran twin brother screenwriting team Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein began work on the script, but dropped the project to join Frank Capra who had started filming a documentary series after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941.
Howard Koch, who had written the screenplay for Sergeant York among others, was assigned to complete the project and was still working on the script when filming started.
Producer Detail
PRODUCER DETAIL
- Hal B. Wallis
- Warner Bros.
- (1931-1944)
- Hal Wallis Productions
- (1944-1975)
Director Detail
DIRECTOR DETAIL
- Michael Curtiz
- Phõnix Film
- (1912-1918)
- Sascha-Film
- (1919-1925)
- Warner Bros.
- (1926-1953)
- independent
- (1954-1961)
Film Run-time and Synopsis
RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS
This classic WWII romance is about an expatriate bar owner in North Africa who must confront suppressed feelings when an old flame walks back into his life. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star.
Film Awards
FILM AWARDS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
OSCAR NOMINEE
WINNER
Outstanding Motion Picture
- (Warner Bros.)
- Writing (Screenplay)
- (Julius J. Epstein)
- (Philip G. Epstein)
- (Howard Koch)
- Directing
- (Michael Curtiz)
- Actor
- (Humphrey Bogart)
- Actor in a Supporting Role
- (Claude Rains)
- Cinematography
- (Black and White)
- (Arthur Edeson)
- Film Editing
- (Owen Marks)
- Music (Music Score of a
- Dramatic or Comedy
- Picture)
- (Max Steiner)
MPAA Rating
MPAA RATING
No rating
Box Office Ranking
BOX OFFICE RANKING
- 1943 Domestic Box Office Rank: #6
Theatrical Revenues
GROSS
- (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
- Domestic Theatrical Release: $366
