Great Scene: “Casablanca”
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Jun 23, 2021
One of the most memorable movie scenes ever… but have you read the script?
When you think about it, screenwriting is really about scene-writing. If a typical script is 120 pages and the average scene is 2 pages, then that means we write about 60 scenes per screenplay. Clearly, a writer needs to understand how to craft effective, engaging scenes in order to write a good script.
Hence, the Great Scene series. And what better scene to explore today than the ending of the classic 1941 movie Casablanca from the screenplay credited to Julius & Philip Epstein and Howard Koch.
Here is the scene from the movie in two parts:
For more articles in the Great Scene series, go here.
