Casablanca (1942)
- Presented By: Tampa Theatre
- Dates: August 24, 2025
- Time: 3:00 PM
- 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602
- Price: $7-$10
Tampa Theatre
Summer Classics Film Series
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1h 42m / Not Rated / Drama, Romance, War
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Casablanca lands so routinely in listings of the top movies of all time, it’s become almost boring to call it great. It’s the definition of a timeless Hollywood masterpiece. But just because it’s obvious doesn’t make the critics wrong. Casablanca manages to be original while also synthesizing well-worn pieces of many of its contemporaries: a wartime setting, a hero with shades of grey in his past, a female lead who wants something she can’t have, humor and tragedy and parody and sacrifice. And, of course, doomed love. Good art tells us stories; great art makes demands of us. Casablanca demands we break our own hearts like Rick, make dangerous choices like Ilsa, sing like Sam and scheme like Louis. It implores us to remember. And the movie remains timeless because, thankfully, we still do.
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VIEW the full Summer Classics series, showing June 1 – August 31 at https://tampatheatre.org/movie-categories/summer-classics/.
The Summer Classics Movie Series is presented by Bank of America, series sponsor since 2015. Promotional support for the series is provided by WEDU PBS and Axios Tampa Bay.