"Everything matters," the critics write about the 1942 film directed by Michael Curtiz. "Every word uttered in this film has wit. Every gesture, every turn of the head has import. 'Casablanca' is that rare movie miracle, a film with not one inconsequential frame, not one insignificant line of dialogue."
According to , the famous closing line of the film, "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" wasn't originally in the script 鈥 Hal Wallis, a producer, thought of it.