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Dumping this off here (irrelevant, so far as I'm concerned--why not compare Bogart to his character in Treasure of the Sierra Madre too?):

"Richard Blaine was, like Bogart himself, a gentleman from New York, who could not return to New York. Bogart in Hollywood was surrounded by cut-throat studio heads, chiseling agents, fawning studio yes men, and admiring fans."

On radio here they were reminding us that to-day was the 60th anniversary of this movie's release. It gives reason to pause and reflect about just what makes for a great film. Sometimes it's just haunting scenes that linger on long after. Happy birthday Casablanca! Eclecticology 02:06 Nov 27, 2002 (UTC)

The following paragraph needs correcting!

The fog in the scene was there to mask the unconvincing appearance of the  
cardboard planes. Interestingly, few have commented on the implausibility of  
fog in a northern African location.

Bizarrely Casablanca does get fog -- see for example the cached weather forecast at http://tinyurl.com/dxhx (points to google cache of CNN reporting "Dense Fog" in Casablanca.) For a more scientific take see http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/travel/features/morocco.shtml which will explain European Atlantic fogs to those not used to them :-)

Fog is certainly plausible.

Muppet 10:06 June 10, 2003 (BST)