10 Alternative Version Of Movies You Didnt Know About
3. Casablanca: Colorised Edition
No film in cinema history has been more bitterly embroiled in a "colour controversy" than Casablanca, which was colorised in the 1980s by media mogul Ted Turner at the cost of $450,000, and aired on TBS in 1988.
Roger Ebert famously panned the very idea of Casablanca being colorised, and though its original airing received some scattered praise for the sheer technical feat of it, enthusiasm was generally muted among critics and audiences alike.
Turner, for his part, claimed he colorised the unassailable masterpiece to "protect [his] investment," a phrase which couldn't seem much more laughable 30+ years on, where black-and-white classics continue to thrive among film enthusiasts.
The colorised version was released on VHS in 1989, though there haven't been any official releases since. That hasn't stopped fans creating their own versions, the results of which are at once impressive and offputting.