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Lets Talk about Films This scene is from a film. Do you know it?

If you do, what is it about?

If you dont. When do you think it was made? What kind of film is it?

Listen to the films summary. Complete the missing words. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. It has a star-studded cast that includes Humphrey o!art and In!rid er!man. "he film #as based on Murray urnett and $oan Alison%s then-unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's. &arner ros. bou!ht the play for '2()((() #hich #as the most anyone in Holly#ood had e*er paid for an unproduced play. It is ++++.. durin! &orld &ar II and focuses on a man torn bet#een) in the #ords of one character) lo*e and *irtue. He must choose bet#een his lo*e for a #oman) and helpin! her and her husband escape from the ,ichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca so that her husband can continue his +++++.. a!ainst the -azis. Althou!h it #as an A-list film) #ith established stars and firstrate #riters) no one in*ol*ed #ith its production ++++++++ Casablanca to be anythin! out of the ordinary. It #as .ust one of hundreds of pictures produced by Holly#ood e*ery year. "he film #as a ++++++++ success in its initial run and did #ell at the bo/ office. "he mo*ie #on three Academy A#ards in 1944) includin! est 0icture. Its characters) dialo!ue) and music ha*e become +++++++.) althou!h one of the lines most closely associated #ith the film 1 20lay it a!ain) 3am2 1 is a mis4uotation5 er!man%s character actually says6 20lay it) 3am. 0lay 'As Time Goes By'.2 "he film consistently ran7s near the top of lists of the ++++++++ films of all time. Match these definitions to words from the text.

Including a lot of famous eo le. !ad".#

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$sed for referring to the numbers of tickets a film, lay or erformer has sold in order to show how successful they are !noun# Watch a scene from the film. Answer these questions. Where were they &' years ago? What does she com are the cannons sound to? (o they know each other )ery well? Where do they arrange to meet? What does he ro ose they should do? Why do they ha)e to run away? Why cant she meet him? % wrongly re orted line !noun#

Now watch the following scene and answer these questions. What does he re roach her? Whats her e* lanation?

Lines from the film. Who said them, Rick (R) or lsa ( ) ! "o #ou remem$er!

Who are you really? %nd what were you before? What did you do and what .. did you think? +uh?

We said ,no -uestions

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.. +eres looking at you, kid. .. % franc for your thoughts. ..

Why Im so lucky. Why I should find you waiting for me to come along. .. Why there is no other man in my life? .. $h, huh. .. Thats easy. There was. +es dead. .. Im sorry for asking. I forgot we said ,no -uestions, .. Well, only one answer can take care of all our -uestions. ..

With the whole world crumbling, we ick this time to fall in lo)e. ..

.iss me, kiss me, as if it were the last time. ..