Episode 73: CASABLANCA (1942)

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." Releasing theatrically on January 23, 1943 -  we celebrated the 80th anniversary of one of the greatest Romance films in Hollywood history this week on The Seat Struck Movie Podcast. We chat in detail about this classic film and then give our final scores. Before that, we run through our newest watchlist entries and discuss what we watched this week. We will be back next week for a special recap of the John Carpenter Watch Series. Where did our movies rank? How did they compare to our personal rankings? Which films are we itching to revisit? Tune in to find out. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction Watchlist 00:03:14 Nosferatu In Venice (Curtis) 00:04:04 Heaven Knows What (Curtis) 00:04:13 Skinamarink (Curtis) 00:04:50 Boston Strangler (Curtis) 00:05:04 Jeremiah Johnson (Quinn) 00:06:18 Gummo (Quinn) 00:07:09 The Iron Lady (Quinn) 00:07:55 Inside [2023] (Quinn) 00:09:09 The Beach Bum (John) 00:09:56 Idiocracy (John) 00:10:55 Rolling Thunder Review: A Bob Dylan (John) What we watched this week 00:11:40 Hell's Kitchen [TV] (Quinn) 00:13:08 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune [Video Game] (John) 00:14:57 Crime Scene: Texas Killing Fields [Netflix] (John) 00:16:45 Marquis De Sade's Justine [1969] (John) 00:17:49 Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (John) 00:20:47 Babylon [2022] (John) 00:24:39 Autopsy of Jane Doe (John) 00:26:40 The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari [Netflix]  (Curtis) 00:28:20 M3GAN (Curtis) 00:29:15 Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre [Season One] (Curtis) 00:31:12 The Last of Us [Episode One] (Curtis) 00:32:18 Turkey Shoot [1982] (Curtis) 00:33:24 That 90s Show [Episode One] (Curtis) 00:34:48 CASABLANCA Discussion 01:00:00 Scores 01:03:15 Coming Up Next! CREDITS AND PLUGS Intro: As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson Outro: La Marseillaise - Scene from 'Casablanca' Quinn: @seatstruckreviews Curtis: https://curtisrunstedler.ca/ https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' John: johnnycakes.substack.com @johnnycakes on Letterboxd Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.