Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Casablanca

In the early years of World War II, Rick Blaine's nightclub becomes a safe haven for refugees in Casablanca. When an ex-lover and her boyfriend turn up at his door, Rick is left to face an impossible challenge. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are electric in this classic old Hollywood tale.

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The More You Know

  • In the movie 'The Hangover', no effects or prosthetics were created for Stu's missing tooth. Actor Ed Helms never had an adult incisor grow, and his fake incisor was taken out for the parts of filming where Stu's tooth is missing.
  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
  • The idea that a man should spend two months salary on an engagement ring was popularized by De Beers' ad agency.
  • Tarantula bites are about as painful as bee stings.
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