My Casablanca film guidebook takes you on a scene-by-scene tour of the Hollywood film classic, following Rick, Ilsa and all our favorite characters as they wind their through the wilds of Casablanca, Morocco.
With a page-turning format, the guidebook is packed with intriguing insights, cool cast and film anecdotes, and countless closer looks at scene details, curiosities, head-scratchers, historical tie-ins, gaffes, and more. It’s like putting the film under a microscope.
The film is loaded with World War II references that seven decades later positively cry out for explanation. And the guidebook will enhance your understanding of what’s happening in the film, what was happening in the real world, and how the two relate.
These features and more will have you enjoying the film on a new and deeper level:
- A complete chronology of key film scenes
- First-of-their-kind illustrations of Rick’s Cafe, the Casablanca Airport, and the Paris flashback street and bistros
- For each illustration, scene indexes showing where your favorite scenes take place and– particularly fun for Rick’s Cafe–where scenes take place in relation to one another.
- The stories behind countless World-War II-era references that have lost their context over time
- Translations for the surprising amount of foreign dialogue that peppers the film and the fascinating insights they unlock
- A handy summary of World War II events leading up to the film’s setting
- A breakdown of songs in the film
- Film bookmarks for easy access to key details
And here are just a few things you’ll discover:
- What popular chess strategy Rick invokes while playing both sides of the board, and the wild array of curiosities and gaffes involving the match
- Where Ilsa gets the gun she pulls on Rick
- The incredible real-life drama of how two Casablanca actors, then married, made their own World War II escape from France to America
- Carl the Waiter’s profession before he waited tables at Rick’s
- The good-luck symbol, popular in Moroccan culture, that Ferrari proudly displays outside the Blue Parrot
- How to recreate Rick and Ilsa’s Paris boat ride scene
- What real-life plane was used for Strasser’s arrival, and what became of it
- Whether Captain Renault’s champagne recommendation to Strasser really was a good one
You’ll be thrilled to have this smart, insightful companion at your side, guiding you through this cinematic gem with fresh eyes.
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