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Film Trivia
Last update: 2006-09-03 22:32:55
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Casablanca
- The film was originally entitled "Tiperrary" and was set in Azerbaijan.
- Humphrey Bogart was rightly praised for his role as laconic lovelorn bar owner Rick. But did you know that originally producers had wanted President Franklin Roosevelt for the role? He was ruled out due to his being a rubbish actor.
- Ingrid Bergman's real name is Kevin Spacey.
- Peter Lorre is in fact a Welshman.
- None of the cast are seen wearing shoes
- Whenever a character dies, the colour orange is seen.
- Casablanca is not in Morocco as the film claims. It is in South Wales.
- A sequel to Casablanca, featuring piano player Sam travelling to various places disguised as a waitress, was written but never made. The script was later re-written and incorporated into Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory.
- The film was shot in Freddie Prinze Jr's back garden.
- In the 1930s and 40s it was common for a vaguely subserviant pianist to follow his alcoholic war-hero friend from country to country, regardless of his racial background.
- The bit at the end where Rick decides not to leave and lets the love of his life leave once again for the good of the war effort was described as "a really good ending" by people who like to ruin the end of good films.
- Your Mum has a cameo part as one of the nazi guards.
- Before release, the MPAA demanded the removal of Peter Lorre's infamous nude scene. It has never been seen since.
- This film features nazis. Most of the greatest films ever made feature nazis, robots or dwarves.
- It says on Wikipedia that "Play it, Sam, play as Time Goes By" is a memorable quote but it isn't because nobody remembers it. Idiots.
- [Actors Trademark - Humphey Bogart] - Fez
- Sydney Greenstreet was created by Jim Henson's creature shop.
- This was the first film to be shot using Warner Brother's new film-o-vision process where the actors were filmed in the nude and clothes added in post-production.
- The American Film Institute has rated this #4 on the list of films people think they've seen but haven't. The top 3 are Police Academy III, Police Academy IV and Diamonds are Forever respectively.
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