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Cassablanca - School Essays

Cassablanca

1942, the year of the creation of one of the most historical
movies known to date. That movie, Casablanca, based on the
play "Everybody Wants to go to Rick's", still captivates
audiences around the world. The setting of the movie is
Casablanca, Morocco during the second world war. Casablanca is
the jump off point to get to Spain and then to America, but
refugees must obtain a fairly costly exit Visa to get onto the
plane. In the middle of all this is Rick's cafe. Rick's former
love Ilsa comes to Casablanca on her way to America and
discovers Rick to be a resident there. The love triangle
between Ilsa, her husband Laszlo, and Rick keeps the viewer in
suspense until the very last ...

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all that, it made it bigger than any other movie in it's time.

The movie took place in 1942 and was based around world war II
which in reality was taking place as they filmed. It was
because of the war that Rick and Ilsa were separated, and this
was an idea that was not so far fetched and something that the
audience could identify with. This was important because it
captivated the audience and drew them in to see if Rick and
Ilsa's undying love would ever be reunited.

There are many classical quotes that were used in Casablanca,
some of which we still hear being used today. The most famous
of course would be 'here's looking at you kid", and who could
forget, "play it again Sam", which later became a title for
another film. "This could be the beginning of a beautiful
friendship", "but we'll always have Paris", "go ahead and
shoot, you'll be doing me a favour", these are yet another
three quotes which stuck in the minds of audiences everywhere.
These quotes ...

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Added: 6/9/2008 07:57:47 PM
Category: American History
Type: Premium Paper
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