Casablanca: Script and Legend

ISBN: 0879510064

Author: Howard Koch

Condition: Used

In this unusual publication, assembled by Howard Koch, not only is the entire Epsteins-Koch script reproduced, but the extraordinary story surrounding the making of the film is recalled for the first time by screenwriter Koch - whose indelible print is on the final version of the script. Koch contributes an additional essay on the role of story in the context of moviemaking, critic Ralph Gleason contributes an appreciative piece on Casablanca's timelessness, and Richard Corliss, Editor-in -Chief of Film Comment, analyzes the film in terms of its special appeal. Fifteen famous stills "complete the picture," preserving intact those shimmering images we have come to call Bogart, Bergman, Henreid, Rains, Greenstreet, Lorre and Dooley Wilson. The original press reaction to the Academy Award-winning film is included, as well as the views of a younger generation of American film-goers. - Chris Hansen

• Script and historical accounts regarding the movie Cassablanca