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

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 37943 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Summary language: Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai Original language: English Series: Chaplin collection (Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.))Publication details: [S.l.] : MK2 âEditions ; Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003]Description: 2 videodiscs (83 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0790780631
  • 9780790780634
  • 0790771683
  • 9780790771687
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00452
Contents:
Disc 1. Modern times: the film -- Disc 2. Modern times: special features.
Production 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.
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DVD DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) CM DVD 00452 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000040194

DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono. or 5.1.

English or French soundtrack, English intertitles, and optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, and Korean. Menu in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Closed-captioned.

Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard.

Photography, Rollie Totheroh, Ira Morgan ; music composed by Charlie Chaplin.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.

MPAA rating: G.

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.

Special features include: documentary: "Chaplin today, modern times" by Philippe Truffault; introduction by David Robinson; 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 peasants watching Modern times, their first movie; photogallery, poster gallery, theatrical trailers, and deleted scenes.

Disc 1. Modern times: the film -- Disc 2. Modern times: special features.

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