Casablanca (Ultimate Collector’s Edition)

Posted by DVDCollector

August 19, 2008

Warner Home Video have announced the U.S. Blu-ray Disc release of Casablanca (Ultimate Collector’s Edition) on December 2^nd. Considered one of the greatest Hollywood classics of all-time and the quintessential romance film. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are incomparable as the star-crossed lovers who’ll “always have Paris” – and Casablanca is the most eminently quotable film you’ll watch again and again “as time goes by.” ‘Casablanca‘ debuts on Blu-ray Disc as a premium giftset this Christmas priced at $64.99 SRP.

All of the content of the Special Edition DVD and HD DVD editions are featured alongside a documentary on the life of Jack Warner - 1993 documentary: Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul - in this set that is elegantly housed in an beautifully laser-cut Moroccan design and will include collectibles including: reproductions of executive memos and props, a branded passport holder, luggage tag, photo book and mail-in offer for a movie poster.

Extras (presented in Standard Definition)…

Disc 1:

Behind the Story

Introduction by Lauren Bacall
Commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
Commentary by film historian/author Rudy Behlmer
1988 TCM special: Bacall on Bogart [Laurel Bacall’s candid and moving reminiscences about her husband’s life and career]
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to Casablanca [Bacall hosts this spellbinding backstage tour]
As Time Goes By: The Children Remember [Stephen Bogart and Pia Lindstrom remember their parents, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman]
Production history gallery

Additional Footage

Deleted scenes
Outtakes
Who Holds Tomorrow? Premiere episode from the 1955 Warner Bros. Presents series, starring Charles McGraw
1995 WB Cartoon: Carrotblanca