Man vs. machine! And the winner is every comedy fan when Charlie Chaplin's Tramp confronts assembly line woes in this classic. The Little Tramp punches in and wigs out inside a factory where gizmos like an employee feeding machine may someday make the lunch hour last just 15 minutes. Bounced into the ranks of the unemployed, he teams with a street waif (Pauline Goddard) to pursue bliss and a paycheck, finding misadventures as a roller-skating night watchman, a singing waiter whose hilarious song is gibberish, a jailbird and more. In the end, as tramp and waif walk arm in arm into an insecure future we know they've found neither bliss nor a paycheck but, more importantly, each other. The times and satire remain timeless in Modern Times.
DVD EXTRAS
'Chaplin Today - Modern Times' (26 mins) documentary by Philippe Truffault with the participation of Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne. Introduction by David Robinson (6 mins). Deleted scenes (5 mins). Karaoke (3 mins). 'Smile' by Liberace (1956) (4 mins). 'Behind the scenes in the Machine Age' (1931) (42 mins) U.S. government-sponsored educational film. 'Symphony in F' (1940) (9 mins) musical film commissioned by Ford. 'Por primera vez'/'For the First Tim'e (1967) (10 mins) Cuban documentary short on peasants watching their first movie, a travelling projectionist showing Modern Times. Photo gallery - 250 preparatory sketches. Poster gallery. Theatrical trailers (6 mins). Scenes from the films in the Chaplin Collection (23 mins).
Soundtrack Languages
Dolby Digital Mono: English
Dolby Digital 5.1: English
Technical Details
Certification: U
Duration: 85 mins
Format: DVD
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 Full Screen
Cat. No: D037651(WARNER HOME VIDEO)
Category: Comedy:General
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