Casablanca: Ultimate Collectors Edition Comes Back to DVD and Blu-Ray on December 2nd

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By Brian Gallagher

Published Aug 11, 2008

Here are the details on this huge holiday release of the classic film.

A cinematic classic is set for a huge new release this December. Casablanca: Ultimate Collectors Edition will be released on December 2. The new set will be packaged in a new Morrocan design and will contain such collectibles as reproductions of executive memos and props**, a branded passport holder, luggage tag, photo book and mail-in offer for a movie poster. The standard edition Ultimate Classic Edition will be priced at $59.98 SRP and the Blu-Ray edition will be priced at $64.99 SRP. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid.

Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if you're wanted by the Nazis. Such a man is Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one - especially Victor's wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the ex-lover who broke his heart. Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's transport out of the country and bitter Rick must decide what counts more - personal happiness or countless lives hanging in the balance.

Special Features

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