Tyle razy na tym forum padło już słowo "klasyka", że aż wstyd je powtarzać. No ale co mogę poradzić? To na potrzeby takich właśnie filmów ten termin powstał.
Wygląd nieco trąci myszką - ale biorąc pod uwagę datę i koszta jego produkcji, to "nieco" to niemal komplement. Rzuca się to zresztą w oczy w jednej tylko, końcowej scenie. Chłonąc zdarzenia na bierząco, ciesząc się charakterkami świetnie zagranych postaci, zwyczajnie nie zwraca się na wiekowość "Casablanki" uwagi. Zwłaszcza, że świeżość historii, dialogów, bohaterów o kilka klas prześciga produkcje nowe, ledwie do kin wchodzące.
Cytatów kilka, bo nie mogłem się powstrzymać:



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Mr. Leuchtag : Mareichtag and I are speaking nothing but English now.
Mrs. Leuchtag : So we should feel at home when we get to America.
Carl : Very nice idea, mm-hmm.
Mr. Leuchtag : [toasting] To America!
Mrs. Leuchtag : To America!
Carl : To America!
Mr. Leuchtag : Liebchen - sweetnessheart, what watch?
Mrs. Leuchtag : Ten watch.
Mr. Leuchtag : Such much?
Carl : Hm. You will get along beautiful in America, mm-hmm.

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Major Strasser : Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in their beloved Paris?
Rick : It's not particularly my beloved Paris.
Heinz : Can you imagine us in London?
Rick : When you get there, ask me!
Captain Renault : Hmmh! Diplomatist!
Major Strasser : How about New York?
Rick : Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.

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Ilsa : I wasn't sure you were the same. Let's see, the last time we met...
Rick : Was La Belle Aurore.
Ilsa : How nice, you remembered. But of course, that was the day the Germans marched into Paris.
Rick : Not an easy day to forget.
Ilsa : No.
Rick : I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.

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Sam : Boss, ain't you going to bed?
Rick : Not right now.
Sam : Ain't you planning on going to bed in the near future?
Rick : No.
Sam : You ever going to bed?
Rick : No!
Sam : Well, I ain't sleepy either.

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Captain Renault : Carl, see that Major Strasser gets a good table, one close to the ladies.
Carl : I have already given him the best, knowing he is German and would take it anyway.

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Captain Renault : We are very honored tonight, Rick. Major Strasser is one of the reasons the Third Reich enjoys the reputation it has today.
Major Heinrich Strasser : You repeat *Third* Reich as though you expected there to be others!
Captain Renault : Well, personally, Major, I will take what comes.

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Yvonne : [Yvonne is drunk] Give me another.
Rick : Sascha, she's had enough.
Yvonne : Don't listen to him, Sascha. Fill it up!
Sascha : Yvonne, I loff you, but he pays me.

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Captain Renault : What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick : My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault : The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick : I was misinformed.

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Berger : We read five times that you were killed, in five different places.
Victor Laszlo : As you can see, it was true every single time.

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Yvonne : Where were you last night?
Rick : That's so long ago, I don't remember.
Yvonne : Will I see you tonight?
Rick : I never make plans that far ahead.

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Ugarte : You know, Rick, I have many a friend in Casablanca, but somehow, just because you despise me, you are the only one I trust.