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.