Ipiyano esetshenziswe kufilimu yakudala ethi "Casablanca" ithengiswe ngaphezudlwana kuka-$600,000 ngomhla ka-Dec 14, ishoda kakhulu ngezibikezelo zokuthi ingase ibize u-$1 million noma ngaphezulu.
Ipiyano enokhiye abangu-58 lapho umlingisi nomculi u-Dooley Wilson acula khona “As Time Goes By,” ingoma yesiginesha yabathandi befilimu ka-1942 ababenqamula izihlabani eyadlalwa u-Humphrey Bogart no-Ingrid Bergman, edayiswe eSotheby's ngo-$602,500 kuhlanganisa nekhomishini.
Indlu yendali yabele isixhaso esiyisakhiwo sodumo isilinganiso sokudayiswa kwangaphambili sika-$800,000 kuya ku-$1.2 wezigidi, uma kubhekwa izintengo ezimangazayo ezitholwe yizikhumbuzo zefilimu eminyakeni yamuva nje.
Kule filimu, umlingiswa uSam (Wilson) udlala ingoma yesiginesha ethi “Njengoba Isikhathi Sihamba” phakathi nezigcawu ze-flashback eziseParis, kanye nasekilabhini kaBogart eCasablanca, lapho yena noBergman bavuselela uthando lwabo.
Imigqa ekhumbulekayo kaBergman yayihlanganisa nokuncenga: “Yidlale, Sam. Dlala 'Njengoba Isikhathi Sihamba.'”
I-Sotheby's yayidayise upiyano, okwakuyilelo elalisetshenziswa ngesikhathi semidlalo yase-Paris, kumqoqi wase-Japan ngo-1988, owakhokha u-$154,000, okungenye yezintengo eziphakeme kakhulu ezake zakhokhwa nge-prop yefilimu ngaleso sikhathi.
Le filimu, eyasungulwa eMorocco phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili, yawina Izindondo ezintathu ze-Academy okuhlanganisa nesithombe esihle kakhulu, ukubhala okuhle kakhulu kanye nomqondisi ongcono kakhulu kaMichael Curtiz.
Indawo endalini ayimkhombanga umthengi.
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