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thucythucy

(8,742 posts)
19. Well, it's a hugely common mistake,
Sat Apr 27, 2024, 09:59 PM
Apr 2024

hence my diatribe, so I wouldn't feel bad about it.

Another poster on this thread tracked down an actual copy of the script posted as a PDF on-line. I checked it out and yes, it's "Weygand."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_Weygand

Ebert though should have known better. That said, I very much liked his show and columns, even if I didn't always agree with how he directed his thumb.

Also the Letters of Transit.. Permanut Apr 2024 #1
I don't mind that. thucythucy Apr 2024 #11
Just some more information, not a reply. LiberalLoner Apr 2024 #2
Yes, and I think this gives the film an added poignancy. nt thucythucy Apr 2024 #12
I always heard it as De Gaulle myself ... Auggie Apr 2024 #3
Same peeves about it as you have! 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2024 #4
I always thought he said General De Gaulle too, but just now grumpyduck Apr 2024 #5
I don't think Lorre made a mistake. thucythucy Apr 2024 #13
I didn't realize that Casablanca was a documentary. I thought it was just a movie Deuxcents Apr 2024 #6
Actually, as Hollywood movies of that era go, thucythucy Apr 2024 #14
"Signed by General DeGaulle" Frasier Balzov Apr 2024 #7
Nope, he's saying "Weygand," thucythucy Apr 2024 #15
You're right. Frasier Balzov Apr 2024 #18
Well, it's a hugely common mistake, thucythucy Apr 2024 #19
Splendid piece. Thanks for sharing on my favorite film. I too feel the renewed wound when "Sam", Dooley Wilson's... brush Apr 2024 #8
I don't know if I could categorize it as film noire, thucythucy Apr 2024 #16
Again an excellent read. And I have to dispute your last sentence... brush Apr 2024 #20
Thank you for all your kind words. thucythucy Apr 2024 #21
"Is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?" Frasier Balzov Apr 2024 #9
I think the issue is different in Huckleberry Finn. thucythucy Apr 2024 #17
It might as well have been made in 1939 with social attitudes like that reflected in the movie ZonkerHarris Apr 2024 #10
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