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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"The movie Casablanca was first released in 1942, just two weeks after the city itself surrendered to American troops led by General Patton. The film won Oscars for best picture, best director, and best screenplay, and would go on to enjoy more revival screenings than any other movie in history, and become firmly ensconced in the American cultural imagination. Through extensive research and interviews with filmmakers, critics, family members of the...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
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A Los Angeles Times bestseller
A New York Times Book Review "Editor's Choice" Selection
"Even the die-hardest Casablanca fan will find in this delightful book new ways to love the movie they were certain they could never love more." —Sam Wasson, best-selling author of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
Casablanca is "not one movie," Umberto Eco once quipped; "it is 'movies.'" Film historian Noah Isenberg's We'll
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"A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2021" "Longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Award, Moving Image Category" "Longlisted for the National Translation Award, American Literary Translators Association" Billy Wilder (1906–2002) wrote and directed Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment, among other films. Over the course of his career, he won seven Academy Awards. Noah Isenberg is the George...
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