casablanca

By the time most viewers today see Casablanca they'll have already seen most of the scenes ripped-offed, parodied, homaged, or referenced.

There is also a section on Casablanca and how his laziness cost him his crown to Alekhine, who was Botvinnik's predecessor.

Its a direct quote from the movie Casablanca (one of the all time classics).

The story of Casablanca slums just don't apply (watch Horses of God if you're interested!), in my experience and opinion, to Europe.

Interestingly, I use Casablanca as my go to example of a classic that younger audiences find boring, predictable and cliché.

For example there is one via Casablanca and Montreal.

The quotes from Casablanca are nearly as good.

I would use the word hypocritical rather than ironic, because (and you allude to this with your Casablanca reference) they are firmly in the know.

Hey lipster,I am not right now in Casablanca but I am originally from that town so if you have any questions I'll be glad to help!

And Hollywood could have pulled the prediction of Casablanca to avoid upsetting Germany and the pro Nazi german americans - and there was serious pressure put on Hollywood to do this.

Per the historical record, that "academy award winning movie from 1943" was 'Casablanca'.

Like 'Casablanca' for many, 'Shawshank Redemption' is "my movie' of sorts to keep quoting from -- at least in terms of being uplifting.

That way, you can also filter out issues from known troublestarters as noise, and, much like in Casablanca, it's a "round up the usual suspects" thing.

Eventually, my uncle would pick up the phone, dial a random number and say, "Hi there, you wouldn't happen to know who directed Casablanca would you?"

Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and Blade Runner.

The joke above references the movie Casablanca.

Just FYI, we managed to make it out of Casablanca.