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Casablanca: 2 commentaries: critic Roger Ebert and historian Rudy Behlmer; Introduction by Lauren Becall; Mrs. Miniver: Greer Garson academy awards; Footage; Photo gallery; 2 World War II-era shots: Mr. Blabbermouth and For the Common Defense; Gigi: Commentary by historian Jeanine Basinger with Leslie Caron; Vintage short the Million Dollar Nickel; Classic cinemascope cartoon the Vanishing Duck; Theatrical trailer; An American in Paris: Commentary hosted by Patricia Ward Kelly and featuring rare interview with Gene Kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Aruthur Feed, Alan Jay Lerner, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Michael Feinstein, Preston Ames and Irene Sharaff, and new observations by Leslie Caron and Nina Foch; Vintage FitzPatrick Traveltalks short Paris on Parade; Classic cartoon Symphony in Slang; Theatrical trailer

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Disc #1, Side A -- Casablanca
1. Credits and Foreword [2:23]
2. Refugee Roundup [4:06]
3. Rick's Caf� Americain [2:21]
4. Impressed With Ugarte [3:50]
5. Knock on Wood [1:13]
6. Renault the Romantic [3:24]
7. Lowdown on Laszlo [3:20]
8. Ugarte Arrested [2:11]
9. Citizen of the World [2:27]
10. The Laszlos [3:39]
11. Tango Delle Rose [2:16]
12. Play it, Sam [2:26]
13. Reunion [2:25]
14. Of All the Gin Joints [2:44]
15. Paris Memories [3:25]
16. Here's Looking at You [5:40]
17. Ilsa's Story [2:59]
18. No Names, No Travel [3:07]
19. At the Blue Parrot [:33]
20. Visa For One [3:52]
21. Everybody Comes to Rick's [2:39]
22. If Someone Loved You [3:32]
23. Lucky Guy [2:31]
24. The Mighty Marseillaise [2:51]
25. Were You Lonely? [5:13]
26. Ilsa's Plea [3:08]
27. For Both of Us [2:53]
28. Destiny's Hand [4:11]
29. Double-Dealing [3:16]
30. Least Vulnerable Spot [3:18]
31. We'll Always Have Paris [3:14]
32. Beautiful Friendship [4:01]
Disc #1, Side B -- Mrs. Miniver
1. Credits and Foreward [1:42]
2. Nice Things [3:57]
3. A Rose by Her Name [3:32]
4. Pricey Purchases [3:53]
5. Lucky People [5:44]
6. Oxford Enlightenment [2:16]
7. Carol's Request, Vin's Protest [5:27]
8. Wonderful Evening [5:55]
9. Eye Contact [3:03]
10. At War [2:23]
11. Good Luck, Horace [4:42]
12. Sirens, Milday [3:33]
13. Lights Out [2:12]
14. Ready For Real [4:30]
15. Vin Called to Duty [4:57]
16. Signal From the Sky [2:03]
17. Clem Called to Duty [2:55]
18. Destination Dunkirk [3:46]
19. Their Comfort [2:28]
20. The Enemy [:21]
21. The Same Thing Here [5:30]
22. Homecomings [5:31]
23. Trading War Stories [3:05]
24. Lady Beldon Calls [4:25]
25. Bomb Shelter [4:07]
26. Time Enough For Tears [8:42]
27. Flower Show [4:53]
28. Challenge Cup Winner [2:47]
29. Plane Crash [5:54]
30. Air-Raid Casualty [4:58]
31. Our War [4:06]
32. Cast List [9:20]
Disc #2, Side A -- An American in Paris
1. Credits [2:13]
2. Americans in Paris [2:53]
3. Coffee With Henri [2:27]
4. Embraceably Enchanting [3:35]
5. By Strauss [3:28]
6. Unexpected Sale [2:36]
7. Party Invitation [3:29]
8. I Got Rhythm [3:20]
9. Party of Two [2:35]
10. Not Housebroken Yet [4:16]
11. Two Touchy Ladies [2:26]
12. Two Breakfast Calls [2:20]
13. Perfume Counter Encounter [3:50]
14. Tra-La-La [3:49]
15. Double Dater [3:45]
16. Love is Here to Stay [6:36]
17. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise [2:26]
18. All-American News [3:08]
19. Concerto in F (3rd Movement) [3:55]
20. Artist at Work [:36]
21. Woman Trouble [5:54]
22. 'S Wonderful [3:17]
23. I Love You Goodbye [3:41]
24. Art Students Ball [3:06]
25. Paris is Not Enough [3:43]
26. An American in Paris [2:01]
27. Stairway to Paradise [5:39]
Disc #3, Side B -- Gigi
1. Credits [1:28]
2. Ladies in Review [4:34]
3. Thank Heaven For Little Girls [3:32]
4. All the Lessons You Need [3:35]
5. It's a Bore [5:00]
6. Tea For Two [4:06]
7. Lunch and Learn [3:41]
8. Cigars and Jewelry [4:17]
9. The Parisians [2:51]
10. Icy Patter [3:33]
11. Gossip [3:24]
12. She is Not Thinking of Me [2:52]
13. Bore War [2:56]
14. Tragedy at Honfleur [4:04]
15. On the Town [2:14]
16. Party Host to Dinner Guest [1:41]
17. The Night They Invented Champagne [5:50]
18. Trip to Trouville [3:09]
19. I Remember it Well [2:16]
20. Crash Courses [5:18]
21. The Education She Gets [3:57]
22. For Respectability's Sake [5:26]
23. Gaston's Soliloquy [3:13]
24. Gigi [2:17]
25. Bathtub Negotiations [3:05]
26. World-Famous Past [6:07]
27. Rejected and Rebuffed [17:29]
28. I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore [1:15]

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Star-crossed lovers meet during wartime under the Moorish arches of Rick's Café Americain in Casablanca. This legendary melodrama is one of the most perfectly realized movies to come out of the Hollywood studio system. Directed by Hungarian émigré Michael Curtiz, it stars Humphrey Bogart in his iconic role as the fiercely independent but ultimately honorable Rick, an American expatriate running a swanky nightclub on the French North African coast. An embittered romantic, Rick has never forgotten the beautiful and enigmatic Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), who left him waiting at the train station in Paris as Nazi tanks rolled in. Their secret love, unexpectedly rekindled at Rick's, drives a charged narrative set against an exotic backdrop. Bogart and Bergman supply enormous star power, to be sure. But Casablanca's witty script, brisk pacing, lush atmosphere, and bittersweet romance -- not to mention a splendid performance by Claude Rains as the morally flexible French official, Inspector Renault -- all help make it the classic that it is. Monica McIntyre, Barnes & Noble

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May 03, 2009: There is no getting around the ageless appeal of these four classics. Sometimes a little dated but so wonderful that you don't care. Enjoy them time and again.

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Star-crossed lovers meet during wartime under the Moorish arches of Rick's Café Americain in Casablanca. This legendary melodrama is one of the most perfectly realized movies to come out of the Hollywood studio system. Directed by Hungarian émigré Michael Curtiz, it stars Humphrey Bogart in his iconic role as the fiercely independent but ultimately honorable Rick, an American expatriate running a swanky nightclub on the French North African coast. An embittered romantic, Rick has never forgotten the beautiful and enigmatic Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), who left him waiting at the train station in Paris as Nazi tanks rolled in. Their secret love, unexpectedly rekindled at Rick's, drives a charged narrative set against an exotic backdrop. Bogart and Bergman supply enormous star power, to be sure. But Casablanca's witty script, brisk pacing, lush atmosphere, and bittersweet romance -- not to mention a splendid performance by Claude Rains as the morally flexible French official, Inspector Renault -- all help make it the classic that it is. Monica McIntyre

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From the simplest of plots, Gene Kelly and MGM director Vincente Minnelli (Meet Me in St. Louis) spun a delirious fantasy scored to the wonderful music of George and Ira Gershwin that stands at the pinnacle of movie musicals. Kelly, as a struggling American artist living in Paris, enjoys the support of a wealthy and amorous female patron -- until he falls head-over-heels in love with a French gamine (Leslie Caron in her star-making debut). The plot's central complication: Kelly's a bit more beholden to his wealthy patroness (Nina Foch) than he can admit; and Caron remains betrothed to a nightclub singer (Georges Guetary) who plans to take her away with him on his debut U.S. tour. Kelly choreographed the exhilarating dance numbers as harmonious showcases for his athletic exuberance and ballerina Caron's lissome elegance. The final sequence, a 17-minute modern ballet incorporating spectacular sets designed to look like famous 20th-century French paintings, married dance and cinema in a way that was entirely new, and it still feels that way. An American in Paris took home numerous Oscars, including the special one Kelly received for the multiple roles he played in creating this innovative masterpiece. Kryssa Schemmerling

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Gene Kelly does his patented Pal Joey bit as Jerry Mulligan, an opportunistic American painter living in Paris' "starving artists" colony. He is discovered by wealthy Milo Roberts (Nina Foch), who becomes Jerry's patroness in more ways than one. Meanwhile, Jerry plays hookey on this setup by romancing waif-like Lise Bouvier (Leslie Caron)--who, unbeknownst to him, is the object of the affections of his close friend Henri (Georges Guetary), a popular nightclub performer (the film was supposed to make Guetary into "the New Chevalier." It didn't). The thinnish plot is held together by the superlative production numbers and by the recycling of several vintage George Gershwin tunes, including "I Got Rhythm," "S'wonderful," and "Our Love is Here to Stay." Highlights include Guetary's rendition of "Stairway to Paradise"; Oscar Levant's fantasy of conducting and performing Gershwin's "Concerto in F" (Levant also appears as every member of the orchestra); and the closing 17-minute "American in Paris" ballet, in which Kelly and Caron dance before lavish backgrounds based on the works of famed French artists. Hal Erickson

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One of the most beloved American films, this captivating wartime adventure of romance and intrigue from director Michael Curtiz defies standard categorization. Simply put, it is the story of Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a world-weary ex-freedom fighter who runs a nightclub in Casablanca during the early part of WWII. Despite pressure from the local authorities, notably the crafty Capt. Renault (Claude Rains), Rick's caf� has become a haven for refugees looking to purchase illicit letters of transit which will allow them to escape to America. One day, to Rick's great surprise, he is approached by the famed rebel Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) and his wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), Rick's true love who deserted him when the Nazis invaded Paris. She still wants Victor to escape to America, but now that she's renewed her love for Rick, she wants to stay behind in Casablanca. "You must do the thinking for both of us," she says to Rick. He does, and his plan brings the story to its satisfyingly logical, if not entirely happy, conclusion. Robert Firsching

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Leslie Caron plays Gigi, a young girl raised by two veteran Parisian courtesans (Hermione Gingold and Isabel Jeans) to be the mistress of wealthy young Gaston (Louis Jourdan). When Gaston falls in love with Gigi and asks her to be his wife, Jeans is appalled: never has anyone in their family ever stooped to anything so bourgeois as marriage! Weaving in and out of the story is Maurice Chevalier as an aging boulevardier who, years earlier, had been in love with Gingold's character. Chevalier gets most of the best Lerner & Loewe tunes, including "Thank Heaven for Little Girls," "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Any More," and his matchless duet with Gingold, "I Remember it Well." Caron's best number (dubbed by Betty Wand) is "The Night They Invented Champagne" while Jourdan gets the honor of introducing the title song. Filmed on location in Paris, Gigi won several Oscars, including Best Picture; it also represented the successful American movie comeback of Chevalier, who thanks to this film was "forgiven" for his reputed collaboration with the Nazis during World War II. Hal Erickson

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As Academy Award-winning films go, Mrs. Miniver has not weathered the years all that well. This prettified, idealized view of the upper-class British home front during World War II sometimes seems over-calculated and contrived when seen today. In particular, Greer Garson's Oscar-winning performance in the title role often comes off as artificial, especially when she nobly tends her rose garden while her stalwart husband (Walter Pidgeon) participates in the evacuation at Dunkirk. However, even if the film has lost a good portion of its ability to move and inspire audiences, it is easy to see why it was so popular in 1942-and why Winston Churchill was moved to comment that its propaganda value was worth a dozen battleships. Everyone in the audience-even English audiences, closer to the events depicted in the film than American filmgoers-liked to believe that he or she was capable of behaving with as much grace under pressure as the Miniver family. The film's setpieces-the Minivers huddling in their bomb shelter during a Luftwaffe attack, Mrs. Miniver confronting a downed Nazi paratrooper in her kitchen, an annual flower show being staged despite the exigencies of bombing raids, cleric Henry Wilcoxon's climactic call to arms from the pulpit of his ruined church-are masterfully staged and acted, allowing one to ever so briefly forget that this is, after all, slick propagandizing. In addition to Best Picture and Best Actress, Mrs. Miniver garnered Oscars for best supporting actress (Teresa Wright), best director (William Wyler), best script (Arthur Wimperis, George Froschel, James Hilton, Claudine West), best cinematography (Joseph Ruttenberg) and best producer (Sidney Franklin). Sidebar: Richard Ney, who plays Greer Garson's son, later married the actress-and still later became a successful Wall Street financier. Mrs. Miniver was followed by a 1951 sequel, The Miniver Story, but without the wartime setting the bloom was off the rose. Hal Erickson

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UPC: 883929049677
Source: TURNER HOME ENT
Region Code: 1
Language: English
Time: 7:44:00
Sales Rank: 1,281

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Features:

Casablanca: 2 commentaries: critic Roger Ebert and historian Rudy Behlmer; Introduction by Lauren Becall; Mrs. Miniver: Greer Garson academy awards; Footage; Photo gallery; 2 World War II-era shots: Mr. Blabbermouth and For the Common Defense; Gigi: Commentary by historian Jeanine Basinger with Leslie Caron; Vintage short the Million Dollar Nickel; Classic cinemascope cartoon the Vanishing Duck; Theatrical trailer; An American in Paris: Commentary hosted by Patricia Ward Kelly and featuring rare interview with Gene Kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Aruthur Feed, Alan Jay Lerner, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Michael Feinstein, Preston Ames and Irene Sharaff, and new observations by Leslie Caron and Nina Foch; Vintage FitzPatrick Traveltalks short Paris on Parade; Classic cartoon Symphony in Slang; Theatrical trailer

Scene Index

Disc #1, Side A -- Casablanca
1. Credits and Foreword [2:23]
2. Refugee Roundup [4:06]
3. Rick's Caf� Americain [2:21]
4. Impressed With Ugarte [3:50]
5. Knock on Wood [1:13]
6. Renault the Romantic [3:24]
7. Lowdown on Laszlo [3:20]
8. Ugarte Arrested [2:11]
9. Citizen of the World [2:27]
10. The Laszlos [3:39]
11. Tango Delle Rose [2:16]
12. Play it, Sam [2:26]
13. Reunion [2:25]
14. Of All the Gin Joints [2:44]
15. Paris Memories [3:25]
16. Here's Looking at You [5:40]
17. Ilsa's Story [2:59]
18. No Names, No Travel [3:07]
19. At the Blue Parrot [:33]
20. Visa For One [3:52]
21. Everybody Comes to Rick's [2:39]
22. If Someone Loved You [3:32]
23. Lucky Guy [2:31]
24. The Mighty Marseillaise [2:51]
25. Were You Lonely? [5:13]
26. Ilsa's Plea [3:08]
27. For Both of Us [2:53]
28. Destiny's Hand [4:11]
29. Double-Dealing [3:16]
30. Least Vulnerable Spot [3:18]
31. We'll Always Have Paris [3:14]
32. Beautiful Friendship [4:01]
Disc #1, Side B -- Mrs. Miniver
1. Credits and Foreward [1:42]
2. Nice Things [3:57]
3. A Rose by Her Name [3:32]
4. Pricey Purchases [3:53]
5. Lucky People [5:44]
6. Oxford Enlightenment [2:16]
7. Carol's Request, Vin's Protest [5:27]
8. Wonderful Evening [5:55]
9. Eye Contact [3:03]
10. At War [2:23]
11. Good Luck, Horace [4:42]
12. Sirens, Milday [3:33]
13. Lights Out [2:12]
14. Ready For Real [4:30]
15. Vin Called to Duty [4:57]
16. Signal From the Sky [2:03]
17. Clem Called to Duty [2:55]
18. Destination Dunkirk [3:46]
19. Their Comfort [2:28]
20. The Enemy [:21]
21. The Same Thing Here [5:30]
22. Homecomings [5:31]
23. Trading War Stories [3:05]
24. Lady Beldon Calls [4:25]
25. Bomb Shelter [4:07]
26. Time Enough For Tears [8:42]
27. Flower Show [4:53]
28. Challenge Cup Winner [2:47]
29. Plane Crash [5:54]
30. Air-Raid Casualty [4:58]
31. Our War [4:06]
32. Cast List [9:20]
Disc #2, Side A -- An American in Paris
1. Credits [2:13]
2. Americans in Paris [2:53]
3. Coffee With Henri [2:27]
4. Embraceably Enchanting [3:35]
5. By Strauss [3:28]
6. Unexpected Sale [2:36]
7. Party Invitation [3:29]
8. I Got Rhythm [3:20]
9. Party of Two [2:35]
10. Not Housebroken Yet [4:16]
11. Two Touchy Ladies [2:26]
12. Two Breakfast Calls [2:20]
13. Perfume Counter Encounter [3:50]
14. Tra-La-La [3:49]
15. Double Dater [3:45]
16. Love is Here to Stay [6:36]
17. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise [2:26]
18. All-American News [3:08]
19. Concerto in F (3rd Movement) [3:55]
20. Artist at Work [:36]
21. Woman Trouble [5:54]
22. 'S Wonderful [3:17]
23. I Love You Goodbye [3:41]
24. Art Students Ball [3:06]
25. Paris is Not Enough [3:43]
26. An American in Paris [2:01]
27. Stairway to Paradise [5:39]
Disc #3, Side B -- Gigi
1. Credits [1:28]
2. Ladies in Review [4:34]
3. Thank Heaven For Little Girls [3:32]
4. All the Lessons You Need [3:35]
5. It's a Bore [5:00]
6. Tea For Two [4:06]
7. Lunch and Learn [3:41]
8. Cigars and Jewelry [4:17]
9. The Parisians [2:51]
10. Icy Patter [3:33]
11. Gossip [3:24]
12. She is Not Thinking of Me [2:52]
13. Bore War [2:56]
14. Tragedy at Honfleur [4:04]
15. On the Town [2:14]
16. Party Host to Dinner Guest [1:41]
17. The Night They Invented Champagne [5:50]
18. Trip to Trouville [3:09]
19. I Remember it Well [2:16]
20. Crash Courses [5:18]
21. The Education She Gets [3:57]
22. For Respectability's Sake [5:26]
23. Gaston's Soliloquy [3:13]
24. Gigi [2:17]
25. Bathtub Negotiations [3:05]
26. World-Famous Past [6:07]
27. Rejected and Rebuffed [17:29]
28. I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore [1:15]

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Disc #1, Side A -- Casablanca
Introduction by Lauren Bacall
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   Commentary by Film Critic Roger Ebert
   Commentary by Film Historian Rudy Behlmer
   A Great Cast is Worth Repeating
   Other Legendary Titles Available From Warner Home Video
      Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
      Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
      Treasure of Sierre Madre (1948)
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Disc #1, Side B -- Mrs. Miniver
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      Mr. Blabbermouth
      For the Common Defense
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   Commentary by Patricia Ward Kelly With Aruthur Freed, Gene Kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Alan Jay Lerner, Saul Chaplin, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Michael Feinstein, Johnny Green, Preston Ames and Irene Sharaff
   Paris on Parade
   Symphony in Slanc
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   Miserable With You
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   Commentary by Jeanine Basinger With Leslie Caron
   The Million Dollar Nickel
   The Vanishing Duck
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   Subtitles: English (For the Hearing Impaired)
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