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Title Modern times [videorecording] / written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.

Imprint Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video ; [France] MK2 S.A., 2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl DVD Collection  DVD Modern    ---  Available
Description 2 videodiscs (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Series Chaplin collection ; v. 1
Note DVD release of the 1936 motion picture.
Dolby digital mono. or 5.1.
Special features include: documentary: "Chaplin today, modern times" by Philippe Truffault; introduction by David Robinson; deleted scenes; karaoke version of Chaplin's nonsense song; theme song "Smile", performed by Liberace; government sponsored educational film "Behind the scenes in the Machine Age" (1931); Ford's promotional musical film "Symphony in F" (1940); Cuban documentary "Por primera vez" or "For the first time" (1967) on reaction of peasants watching Modern times, their first movie; photo gallery, poster gallery, and theatrical trailers.
Credits Photography, Rollie Totheroh, Ira Morgan ; music composed by Charlie Chaplin.
Cast Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard.
Summary A devastating satire on the effects of mass production on the lives of factory workers. Shows Charlie as a factory worker, jailbird, night watchman, and a singing waiter. Primarily a silent film with music and sound effects, but voices emanate from TV sets and radios.
System Details DVD.
Language English or French soundtrack, English intertitles, and optional subtitles in English, English for the hearing-impaired, French, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese, Thai, and Korean. Menu in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
Subject Mass production -- Drama.
Feature films.
DVD-Video discs.
Added Author Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990.
United Artists Corporation.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
ISBN 0790780631
0790771683
Standard No. 085393794323
Music No. 37651 Warner Home Video

 
    
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