Casablanca: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray

In March, Warner Home Entertainment will bring the 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition of Casablanca to Blu-ray. This romantic drama follows Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), an American expatriate who finds his protestations of neutrality during the Second World War tested when his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman, Spellbound) re-enters his life looking for someone to help her husband, the heroic Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid, Night Train to Munich).

Director Michael Curtiz's film features an all-star cast that includes Peter Lorre (M), Claude Rains (Notorious), Conrad Veidt (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), Sydney Greenstreet (The Maltese Falcon), and Dooley Wilson (Stormy Weather) as Sam, Rick's loyal piano man.

One of cinema's most beloved films, Casablanca won three Academy Awards - Best Original Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, & Howard Koch; Best Director: Michael Curtiz; and Best Picture - after its release in 1942 and was more recently honored with the American Film's Institute's distinction as the second greatest American film ever made.

Warner's new 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition presents an all-new 4K restoration of Casablanca. The exact technical specifications are still unknown for this three-disc set, but the package contains a number of bonus supplements, many of which were not available on Warner's previous Casablanca Ultimate Collector's Edition.

• Introduction by Lauren Bacall
• Two audio commentaries:
- Film critic Roger Ebert
- Film historian Rudy Behlmer

• Roster for Warner's A Night at the Movies viewing mode:
- Theatrical trailer for Now Voyager
- Vintage newsreel
- Vaudeville Days short feature
- The Bird Came C.O.D. short feature
- The Squawkin' Hawk short feature
- The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall short feature

• Eight behind-the-scenes documentaries:
- Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
- Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
- The Brothers Warner
- Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
- Great Performances: Bacall on Bogart
- You Must Remember This: A Tribute to Casablanca
- As Time Goes By: The Children Remember

• Deleted scenes
• Outtakes
• Who Holds Tomorrow? feature
• Carrotblanca Looney Tunes cartoon
• Scoring the Casablanca stage sessions
• Two vintage Casablanca radio broadcasts:
- 4/26/43: Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater
- 11/19/47: Vox Pop

Warner has also included collectible media inside the Blu-ray box.

• Full size reproduction of the original 1942 film poster
• Sixty-two-page production art book that includes never-before-seen photos, personal memos, and archival documents about the production
• Four collectible drink coasters

The 70th Anniversary Edition of Casablanca streets on March 27th.