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Casablanca: Script and Legend Howard Koch

In this unusual publication, assembled by Howard Koch, not only is the entire EpsteinsKoch 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 Casablancas timelessness, and Richard Corliss, Editorin 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 Awardwinning film is included, as well as the views of a younger generation of American filmgoers Chris Hansen