The circus

DVD 2019

In the last film he made during the silent era, Charlie Chaplin shines as director, composer, and star. A gag-packed comedy full of audacious set pieces, it showcases silent cinema's most popular entertainer and ranks among Chaplin's finest. This is Chaplin's 1969 rerelease with an original score by Chaplin himself.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Circus Fiction

Clowns Fiction

Tramps Fiction

More in this Genre:

Comedy films Feature films Fiction Silent films Slapstick comedy films Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 996 Criterion collection ; 996 DVD

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ISBN:

9781681436418

Edition:

DVD special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (72 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical
video file DVD video region 1
monochrome
NTSC

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Ontario Film Rating: G

Notes:

Title from container
Aspect ratio 1.33:1
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1928, rereleased in 1969 with new original score
Special features: New 4K digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin's 1969 rerelease version of film, featuring an original score by Chaplin, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New audio commentary featuring Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance; Interview with Chaplin from 1969; New interview with Chaplin's son Eugene Chaplin; In the Service of the Story, a new program on the film's visual effects and production design by film scholar Craig Barron; Chaplin Today: "The Circus," a 2003 documentary on the film featuring filmmaker Emir Kusturica; Excerpted audio interview from 1998 with Chaplin musical associate Eric James; Unused café sequence with new score by composer Timothy Brock, and related outtakes with narration by comedy choreographer Dan Kamin; Newly discovered outtakes featuring the Tramp and the circus rider; Excerpts from the original recording session for the film's opening song "Swing Little Girl"; Footage of the film's 1928 Hollywood premiere; Rerelease trailers; PLUS, an essay critic Pamela Hutchinson
Photography by Rollie H. Totheroh ; music, Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Al Ernest Garcia (as Allan Garcia), Harry Crocker, George Davis, Henry Bergman, Stanley J. Sanford, John Rand, Steve Murphy
DVD; NTSC, region 1, aspect ratio 1.33:1 presentation; monaural
For private home use only
Silent film with English intertitles and added musical score

Control Number:

2784783

UPC:

715515235112

Other Authors:

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, screenwriter, film producer, film director, actor, composer (expression)
Charles Chaplin Film Corporation, production company
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Garcia, Al Ernest, actor
Kennedy, Merna, 1908-1944, actor

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