Great Scene: “Casablanca”
One of the most memorable movie scenes ever… but have you read the script?
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.