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Author: Charlie ChaplinPaulette GoddardDavid RobinsonLiberaceMK2 Productions.All authors
Publisher: [S.l.] : MK2 Éditions ; Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003]
Series: Chaplin collection (Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.))
Edition/Format:   DVD video : English : Full screen formatView all editions and formats
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An imaginative, often slapstick satire on the alienating and disruptive effects of mass production and automation. Charlie Chaplin, in his last portrayal of his famous character the Tramp, goes from a factory worker to jailbird to night watchman to singing waiter, beset on all fronts by bad luck, misunderstandings, and unfortunate circumstances beyond his control. Befriended only by a lovely but wild street waif, he  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Feature films
Comedy films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Drama
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Charlie Chaplin; Paulette Goddard; David Robinson; Liberace; MK2 Productions.; Warner Home Video (Firm)
ISBN: 0790780631 9780790780634 0790771683 9780790771687
OCLC Number: 52537659
Language Note: In English or dubbed French soundtrack, with English intertitles, and optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, and Korean. Menu in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Closed-captioned.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
Special features (disc 2): Introduction by film critic David Robinson (6 min.); "Chaplin today" documentary short (27 min.); outtake (2 min.); "Nonsense song" excerpt (5 min.); "Karaoke" sing-along version of Chaplin's nonsense song (5 min.); "Behind the scenes in the machine age" government sponsored educational film (42 min., 1931); "Symphony in F", Ford Motor Company promotional factory film (10 min., 1940); "Smile", film theme song performed by Liberace (4 min.); "For the first time / Por primera vez" Cuban documentary short featuring villagers watching Modern times (10 min., 1967); theatrical trailers (7 min.); photogallery of 250 production and promotional stills and documents; poster gallery; "The Chaplin Collection" excerpted scenes from Chaplin films (23 min.).
Credits: Photography, Rollie Totheroh, Ira Morgan ; music composed by Charlie Chaplin.
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: G.
Description: 2 videodiscs (83 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD 1, single-layer; DVD 2, dual-layer; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, Dolby digital mono.
Contents: Disc 1. Modern times: the film --
Disc 2. Modern times: special features.
Series Title: Chaplin collection (Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.))
Other Titles: Chaplin today.
Behind the scenes in the machine age.
Symphony in F.
For the first time.
Modern times (Motion picture)
Responsibility: written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.
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An imaginative, often slapstick satire on the alienating and disruptive effects of mass production and automation. Charlie Chaplin, in his last portrayal of his famous character the Tramp, goes from a factory worker to jailbird to night watchman to singing waiter, beset on all fronts by bad luck, misunderstandings, and unfortunate circumstances beyond his control. Befriended only by a lovely but wild street waif, he labors against all odds to make a life for himself. Primarily a silent film with music, sound effects, and some spoken and sung dialogue.

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