One of the most anticipated titles to Blu-ray has been announced and is listed.
Significant in that it is initially available on Pre-order for a $20 savings!:
Casablanca [Blu-ray] 2-disc - Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Michael Curtiz, 1942) Warner
‘Casablanca: Ultimate Collector’s Edition,’ the two-Blu-ray set comes housed in deluxe laser-cut Moroccan outer packaging, containing various collectibles including a collectible booklet, reproductions of executive memos and props, a branded passport holder with luggage tag, and a mail-in offer for a movie poster reproduction.
Extras shared between the Blu-ray and DVD re-issue are extensive, including a pair of audio commentaries (with critic Roger Ebert and historian Rudy Behlmer), the TCM movie special “Bacall on Bogart,” a pair of featurettes (“You Must Remember This: A Tribute to Casablanca,” “As Time Goes By: The Children Remember”), additional footage, outtakes, rare radio broadcasts, scoring sessions, multiple still galleries, a WB cartoon short, and a pair of original theatrical trailers.
The second disc in the set will include the 1993 full-length documentary “Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul.”
Specifics:
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
Outtakes
Who Holds Tomorrow? Premiere episode from the 1955 Warner Bros. Presents series, starring Charles McGraw
1995 WB Cartoon: Carrotblanca
Audio
Scoring Stage Sessions
Knock on Wood Alternate Version, Wilson with Piano
As Time Goes By Part One Alternate Take, Wilson with Piano
As Time Goes By Part One Film Version, Wilson with Piano
Rick Sees Ilsa Instrumental Medley
As Time Goes By Part Two Alternate Take, Wilson with Piano
As Time Goes By Part Two Film Version, Wilson with Piano
At La Belle Aurore Instrumental Medley
Dat’s What Noah Done Outtake, Wilson with Piano
April 26,1943 Screen Guild Players Radio Broadcast
Trailers
Theatrical trailer
1992 re-release trailer
Disc 2
1993 documentary: Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul