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The circus

Uniform Title
Circus (Motion picture : 1928 :. Sound version)
Title
The circus / a comedy, written, directed and produced by Charlie Chaplin.
ISBN
9781681436418
1681436418
Publication
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
stamping
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1928, rereleased in 1969 with new original score.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
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.
Silent film with English intertitles and added musical score.
Summary
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.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Added to Catalog
October 08, 2019
Series
Criterion collection ; 996.
The Criterion collection ; 996
Credits
Photography by Rollie H. Totheroh ; music, Charlie Chaplin.
Cast
Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Al Ernest Garcia (as Allan Garcia), Harry Crocker, George Davis, Henry Bergman, Stanley J. Sanford, John Rand, Steve Murphy.
System details note
DVD; NTSC, region 1, aspect ratio 1.33:1 presentation; monaural.
Audience
Rating: G.
Videorecording number
CC3072DDVD The Criterion Collection
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Silent films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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