Classic Films

brush

(53,776 posts) Mon Mar 21, 2016, 09:04 PM Mar 2016

Anybody wish that "Casablanca" had been made in the sequel age?

I'd love to know what happened to Rick, Louie, Ilsa and Victor afterwards.

I'm sure a sequel would have been made, maybe even a prequel.

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Anybody wish that "Casablanca" had been made in the sequel age? (Original Post) brush Mar 2016 OP

well, knowing the history of the movie hollysmom Mar 2016 #1

We're talking about a sequel. IMO a sequel would've been made just for the money it would make brush Mar 2016 #2

see,I don't like sequels that affect my feelings toward the original movie hollysmom Mar 2016 #3

Oh, now yes. I agree. I was thinking about a sequel back then when they could've . . . brush Mar 2016 #5

Not actually a sequel Cartoonist Mar 2016 #4

I'm actually all right with leaving it all to the viewers' imaginations. CBHagman Mar 2016 #6

I just watched The Maltese Falcon again, four times. longship Mar 2016 #9

Within the next 20 years Califonz Mar 2016 #7

Hmm . . . you think that will be possible, in B&W or color? brush Mar 2016 #8

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)

1. well, knowing the history of the movie

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Mar 21, 2016, 09:24 PM

Mar 2016

where they pretty much wrote it on the fly and filmed multiple endings including one where Rick got on the plane, probably not. they could never have captured the magic.
Apparently no one liked the script once the movie started filming and it was changed again and againCasablanca Facts

In the 1980s, this film's script was sent to readers at a number of major studios and production companies under its original title, Everybody Comes To Rick's. Some readers recognized the script but most did not. Many complained that the script was "not good enough" to make a decent movie. –IMDB

So, no I don't think they could make a sensible film out of it.

brush

(53,776 posts)

2. We're talking about a sequel. IMO a sequel would've been made just for the money it would make

Reply to hollysmom (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 21, 2016, 09:29 PM

Mar 2016

I'm intrigued. Rick and Louie's story could have been the first "buddy movie.

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)

3. see,I don't like sequels that affect my feelings toward the original movie

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 21, 2016, 09:43 PM

Mar 2016

Tremors - have a sequel and is not as funny, doesn't cheapen the original movie because it was just a rip off and I can ignore it, but in this case, a cheap sequel would annoy me. sorry, just an opinion.

brush

(53,776 posts)

5. Oh, now yes. I agree. I was thinking about a sequel back then when they could've . . .

Reply to hollysmom (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 21, 2016, 11:07 PM

Mar 2016

gotten all the actors, writers and everyone back together.

Cartoonist

(7,316 posts)

4. Not actually a sequel

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Mar 21, 2016, 10:07 PM

Mar 2016

But they made a movie with the same cast. I think it was called Action in the North Atlantic. Wasn't very good. Lightning doesn't strike twice.

CBHagman

(16,984 posts)

6. I'm actually all right with leaving it all to the viewers' imaginations.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Mar 21, 2016, 11:30 PM

Mar 2016

Also, given what Aljean Harmetz has written about the making of the movie, which other DUers echo in this thread, it seems Casablanca stands as one of those wonders of timing, trial and error, and talent.

There have been efforts to recreate it, and there's more story to tell, but as far as I'm concerned, no one should touch it. Let it stand.

Besides, not only won't there be another Claude Rains or Humphrey Bogart, there will never be another S.Z. Sakall, Peter Lorre or Sydney Greenstreet, either.

longship

(40,416 posts)

9. I just watched The Maltese Falcon again, four times.

Reply to CBHagman (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:32 AM

Mar 2016

Got the DVD from NetFlix. It has been years, but I couldn't stop watching it over and over.

The cast is brilliant, the script, crackling! Thankfully Huston stuck close to Hammett's dialog.

But Lorre and Greenstreet help make the movie what it is. Plus, Eliza Cook Jr. and Mary Astor. A better ensemble cast one could not beg for. It justly deserves its reputation.

And Bogie at his best.

Califonz

(465 posts)

7. Within the next 20 years

Reply to brush (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:20 AM

Mar 2016

There will be a sequel, with computer-generated actors indistinguishable from live actors.

brush

(53,776 posts)

8. Hmm . . . you think that will be possible, in B&W or color?

Reply to Califonz (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:32 AM

Mar 2016

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