Rick's
toast to Ilsa, "Here's looking at you, kid", that is used
several times in the movie Casablanca , is not in the draft screenplays, but
has been attributed to something Bogart said to Bergman as he taught her poker
between takes. It was voted the 5th most memorable line in cinema in AFI's 100
Years…100 Movie Quotes by the American Film Institute.
I just got Turner Classic Movie
70th anniversary edition remastered version of Casablanca
I
just looked up the beverages that were consumed in the movie to inspire choices
for a Casablanca movie viewing Party. In the Movie
Casablanca the characters drank Champagne, Champagne cocktails,
wine, cognac, Cointreau, and bourbon. Nonverbally
drinking all that alcohol effects the body language of the characters
throughout the movie. They are looking off in the distance as they wait for a
drink, they look at the drinks they look at each other and then the drinks.
This show the hopelessness and trapped feelings they have at the
onset of war. The alcohol is their escape from reality . Wow! You could get very tipsy if you played a
drinking game had people raise our glasses
and drink every time they drink or toast in the movie.
“From
the start of the story right through the end, wine and Champagne were key
elements..
The
movie begins with Rick finishing a glass of Champagne. It's sad that in those
days they used the giant-bowl glasses, which aren't very good for saving
bubbles or flavor in a bubbly! Ugarte comes over with the two passes, and goes
through two glasses of cognac.
Cut
over to Yvonne, drowning her sorrows in Rick's private stock of brandy. I've
tried to figure out which it is, but the picture is too small for me to see.
She's soon escorted home by Sacha.
Now
Major Strasser enters, and Captain Renault kindly suggests he try the Veuve
Cliquot '26, a very good year for this Champagne. Laszlo and Ilsa come in and
order two glasses of Cointreau. Renault seems to be fond of Champagne, because
in a few minutes he joins the couple, and orders a bottle of Champagne for them
(although, we might note, not the '26). Lazlo heads up to the bar before it
arrives, and Renault meets him there and orders a pair of Champagne Cocktails.
These people like to drink!
Later
that evening, Rick is depressed over seeing Ilsa and goes most of the way
through a bottle of bourbon. He starts remembering their days in Paris. This
involves they drinking Cordon Rougue Champagne in his apartment, with the
famous "Here's looking at you, kid" line. Later in La Belle Aurore, a
little club, they're trying to get through the remaining bottles of Cordon
Rougue before the Germans get into town. They even threaten to pour it in the
garden rather than let the Germans get it. Their final kiss knocks over the
glass.
The
next morning in the Blue Parrot, Rick and Ferrari share a bourbon together. At
Rick's later on, Yvonne and her new German soldier lover order "French
75s" at the bar. Carl, the waiter, then brings "the finest
brandy" to the Leuchtags, who are preparing to leave for Lisbon. It
appears to be Hennessey Cognac. Rick's drinking brandy when he chats with
Annina, and then Laszlo comes in with Ilsa and order two cognacs. When Rick
lets Annina win their 'escape fare', Carl pours a brandy for Rick in thanks.
Now
we go through perhaps the longest wine-free stretch of the entire movie, until
Ilsa gets into Rick's apartment. After the "pause" they are sipping
Champagne on the couch. Then Laszlo comes into the bar, and Rick goes down to
pour him some brandy
Six
lines from Casablanca appeared in the AFI list, the most of any film (Gone with
the Wind and The Wizard of Oz tied for second with three apiece). The other
five are:
"Louis,
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" – 20th
"Play
it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'" – 28th
"Round
up the usual suspects" – 32nd
"We'll
always have Paris" – 43rd
"Of
all the gin joints in all the towns in all
One
of the lines most closely associated with the film — "Play it again,
Sam" — is a misquotation.[120][121] When Ilsa first enters the Café
Americain, she spots Sam and asks him to "Play it once, Sam, for old
times' sake." After he feigns ignorance, she responds, "Play it, Sam.
Play 'As Time Goes By'." Later that night, alone with Sam, Rick says,
"You played it for her, you can play it for me," and "If she can
stand it, I can! Play it!"
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