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Title: Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca: Bogart, Bergman, and World War II by Aljean Harmetz ISBN: 1-56282-761-8 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: December, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book on the best film of the 1940s
Comment: Aljean Harmetz's "Round Up the Usual Suspects" is one of the best books on the making of what is probably the best film of the 1940s (and possibly of all time). Harmetz explains almost every aspect of the story--often sounding more like fiction than fact--of the making of this all-time winner. These aspects include who was behind the camera, the actors, and the writers. She provides many details about life behind the WB shield--which collaborates the view of Jack Warner as a jerk seen in a fine book,"Hollywood Be Thy Name"--the fights on who wrote the screenplay, and how they all meshed together to create an enduring classic. She also explains how the film escaped the propanganda machine of later 1940 films. If you love this film, you should read this book! Let us hope that it returns to print witht he release of the special DVD edition of "Casablanca".
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Read on the Making and Success of Casablanca
Comment: This book is a great read. Although heavily documented, the "characters" come alive throughout--the characters being actual actors, the Warner brothers of Warner Bros., the director, writers, even the lighting director and sound men on the set.
It wonderfully describes the studio system, the differences between the studios and how "properties" were loaned out, and how WW II affected everybody in the movie business.
Two quotes had me laughing until I was in tears. It is a great book. Additionally, the hardcover with translucent dustjacket is most gorgeous. This is a winner and a keeper for movie history buffs.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best MAKING OF A MOVIE book I have ever read!
Comment: "Round Up the Usual Suspects" provided many behind-the-scenes tidbits about CASABLANCA that I've never heard before - Murray Burnett's lawsuits against Howard Koch, the feud between Jack Warner and Hal Wallis and a precise picture of the Warner Brother house style. Ms. Harmetz provided an excellent and detailed account of Hollywood moviemaking in the early 40s. After reading this and her books on GONE WITH THE WIND and THE WIZARD OF OZ, she just may well be one of the foremost historians of Hollywood's Golden Age.
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Title:Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition) ASIN: B00009W0WM Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $19.99 |
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Title: The Casablanca Companion: The Movie Classic and Its Place in History by Richard E. Osborne ISBN: 096283243X Publisher: Riebel-Roque Publishing Company Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Casablanca: Script and Legend by Howard Koch ISBN: 0879513195 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Nature Via Nurture : Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human by Matt Ridley ISBN: 0060006781 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush's America by Lou Dubose, Molly Ivins ISBN: 0375507523 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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