Casablanca (1942)

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Wikidata Q132689, film, IMDb tt0034583, TMDB 289: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Ingrid Bergman as actress (Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag); 5 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

In the store as #580, Casablanca (1942).

Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Casablanca ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca.
    “The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Good German: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (homage): Casablanca ⇒ The Good German (the host's read). The Good German is an exercise in post-Casablanca style filmmaking.
    “It is a kind of exercise in a post-Casablanca style of filmmaking.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:56:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)

Connected to

A Minecraft Movie: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Casablanca. Sean concedes Minecraft is no classic but is something newish.
    “Minecraft is not Casablanca, and I'm not trying to say that it is.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:12:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Citizen Kane: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Citizen Kane → Casablanca. Younger viewers resist classics because they feel they must watch five canonical films first; a recent episode showed they refuse Citizen Kane even on streaming.
    “we just went through a whole episode where people refuse to watch Citizen Kane on streaming.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:50:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Come On, Come On: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Come On, Come On → Casablanca. The framing in clean single shots is like Casablanca.
    “It's like, it's like out of Casablanca or something.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 1:21:59 · Mike Mills (0.90 sure it was them)

Evil Dead: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (foundational influence): Evil Dead → Casablanca. Evil Dead has been ripped off so many times it is foundational, like Casablanca.
    “it's like Casablanca at this point.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:33:55 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Home Alone: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Home Alone → Casablanca. For a kid in 1990, Home Alone was as monumental as Casablanca or the Wizard of Oz.
    “for me, at this time, Home Alone was Casablanca”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:18:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Casablanca. Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca.
    “The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sullivan's Travels: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Casablanca → Sullivan's Travels. Casablanca still means something to the American moviegoer, while a Preston Sturges carousel on HBO Max would mean nothing to most.
    “is there a carousel on HBO Max that says the Preston Sturgis collection? And does that mean anything to anyone?”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:51:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

The Good German: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (homage): The Good German → Casablanca. The Good German is an exercise in post-Casablanca style filmmaking.
    “It is a kind of exercise in a post-Casablanca style of filmmaking.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:56:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)

The Shining: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (much copied): Casablanca → The Shining. Casablanca and The Shining are both so copied that first-time viewers find them corny.
    “like every movie copied it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:13:58 · Tim Simons (0.45 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Casablanca. Sean concedes Minecraft is no classic but is something newish.
    “Minecraft is not Casablanca, and I'm not trying to say that it is.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:12:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Casablanca → Sullivan's Travels. Casablanca still means something to the American moviegoer, while a Preston Sturges carousel on HBO Max would mean nothing to most.
    “is there a carousel on HBO Max that says the Preston Sturgis collection? And does that mean anything to anyone?”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:51:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Come On, Come On → Casablanca. The framing in clean single shots is like Casablanca.
    “It's like, it's like out of Casablanca or something.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 1:21:59 · Mike Mills (0.90 sure it was them)

lineage (3)

  1. lineage (foundational influence): Evil Dead → Casablanca. Evil Dead has been ripped off so many times it is foundational, like Casablanca.
    “it's like Casablanca at this point.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:33:55 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (homage): The Good German → Casablanca. The Good German is an exercise in post-Casablanca style filmmaking.
    “It is a kind of exercise in a post-Casablanca style of filmmaking.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:56:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Casablanca. Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca.
    “The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Citizen Kane → Casablanca. Younger viewers resist classics because they feel they must watch five canonical films first; a recent episode showed they refuse Citizen Kane even on streaming.
    “we just went through a whole episode where people refuse to watch Citizen Kane on streaming.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:50:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Home Alone → Casablanca. For a kid in 1990, Home Alone was as monumental as Casablanca or the Wizard of Oz.
    “for me, at this time, Home Alone was Casablanca”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:18:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (much copied): Casablanca → The Shining. Casablanca and The Shining are both so copied that first-time viewers find them corny.
    “like every movie copied it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:13:58 · Tim Simons (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Casablanca: Producer Bobby admits he saw it once in college and it is not important to him; the hosts hold a gentle on-air intervention.
    “I think I watched it once in college, but it's not important to me.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:51:29 · Bobby Wagner (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Casablanca: Sean tells Bobby to watch it and text him when they start singing La Marseillaise.
    “And then when they start singing the Marseilles, just text me like you were right.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:52:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Casablanca: Casablanca is said to host a famous movie set: Scooby-Doo 2.
    “Scooby-Doo 2 monsters on leash.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:25:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.