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Article: `Casablanca' gets colorized, but don't play it again, Ted
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 30, 1988
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It's still the same old story,
A fight for love and glory. . .
On the night of Nov. 9, Ted Turner will present a colorized
version of "Casablanca" on cable television. And that will be one of
the saddest days in the history of the movies. It is sad because it
demonstrates that there is no movie that Turner will spare, no
classic however great that is safe from the vulgarity of his
computerized graffiti gangs.
Ingrid Bergman: Do you remember Paris?
Humphrey Bogart: I remember every detail. The Germans wore
gray. You wore blue."
And so they will know to color her dress blue, and also her
eyes, and probably the wallpaper behind her and maybe a few other
items here and there. And ...