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		Points of View Joe Kirkish June 28, 2005  Guest Column © 2005 Joe Kirkish Reprinted with Permission

Club Indigo to present Casablanca July 8

By Joe Kirkish

HOUGHTON -- Mu Beta Psi music fraternity brings the July Club Indigo to the Calumet Theatre with the greatest romance of all times on Friday, July 8. It's the movie everybody loves -- the movie called the most romantic film ever seen.

Casablanca is set at the height of World War II -- a timely movie about refugees from Europe seeking asylum in the notorious Moroccan city. There they wait and hope for a passage to freedom. They focus on Rick's Café américain, an equally notorious place, where deals are made and hopes spring eternal. Into this caliginous atmosphere a triangular love affair is played out with now familiar twists and turns to a final satisfying result. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid head a stellar cast with Otto Preminger at the helm as director and producer. The movie is famous, not only for its unusual plot and quotable dialog, but also for its memorable song, "As Time Goes By." Something less than successful when it first came out, the film is now relegated to the lofty classification of a "classic" by critics and audiences of all ages.

Movie begins at 7:15 p.m. (with a vintage Loony Toon included); an all Mediterranean buffet from the Keweenaw Co-op precedes it at 6 p.m. Cost is $15; movie alone, $5. Children, half price. To make reservations for the buffet, call the Calumet Theatre at 337-2610.

Casablanca is sponsored by Mu Beta Psi and the Mariner North restaurant and motel, Copper Harbor.

Editor's Notes: Guest columnist Joe Kirkish recently celebrated his 80th birthday. Happy Birthday, Joe, from Keweenaw Now! Read more about Joe Kirkish -- photographer and film critic -- on his updated contributor page. Visit the Keweenaw Now discussion forums to comment on this article. Views expressed by our guest columnists are not necessarily the views of Keweenaw Now.