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To: mc5cents; BBell

I am not so sure of that. The only two common ones I can think of from Casablanca are “Play it again Sam” and “Round up the usual suspects”

As opposed to “Bada Bing” “Leave the gun, bring the Canoli”
“It is time to go to the mattresses” “He made him an offer he couldn’t refuse” “Luca Brazzi sleeps with the fishes” and probably a lot more.


81 posted on 11/25/2010 8:49:34 PM PST by yarddog
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To: yarddog
I'm shocked you would disagree

Look at my post number 80. Also Casablanca is only one short movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/quotes

86 posted on 11/25/2010 9:02:58 PM PST by BBell
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To: yarddog; mc5cents; BBell
How about: I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.

Are my eyes really brown?

We'll always have Paris

I remember every detail. The Germans wore grey. You wore blue.

I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.

96 posted on 11/25/2010 9:24:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: yarddog
On the American Film Institutes list of the 100 Top Movie Quotes of all time, Casablanca has SIX quotes, more than any other movie. The Godfather has one ("i'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse", at #2). The Godfather Part II has one ("Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.")

From Casablance, don't you remember:

"Of all the gin joints in all the world, she walks into mine."

"Here's looking a you kid."

"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

"We'll always have Paris."

"Play it Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'.

. . . and your "Round up the usual suspects."

"Play it again, Sam" is never said in the movie. Bogart says "If she can stand it, I can. Play it!" . . . "Play it again, Sam" comes from the Woody Allen movie.

And that list leaves out memorable lines, such as "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here."

"I remember every detail. The Germans wore grey. You wore blue."

"If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life."

"If it's December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York?" "I'm only a poor corrupt official."

And who can forget:

"I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy mixed-up world. Someday you'll understand that."

* * * * *

I left out all of the two-party quotes, like:

"What is your nationality?"

"I'm a drunkard."

* * * * *

Although the fact I'm obsessed with Casablanca and have seen it 72 times, ten of those times on the big screen at the Brattle Street Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, may have something to do with it.

I'd match Casablanca up against The Godfather for quotes still in use . . . despite the fact it's 30 years older, and 72 minutes shorter.

The Godfather's a great and quotable movie. But Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone with the Wind are likely quoted more often.

"There's no place like home," "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," "I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog, too," and "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain", from The Wizard of Oz probably eclipse the top four quotes from The Godfather, wouldn't you think?

122 posted on 11/26/2010 6:17:30 AM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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