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When his boss demands more speed and efficiency, Chaplin goes crazy from his repetitious assembly line job. Primarily a silent film with music and sound effects, but occasional voices emanate from radios and television screens.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 (Composer, Screenwriter, Director, Actor)
Other Authors:	De Haven, Carter, 1886-1977 (Director), Totheroh, Roland H., 1890-1967 (Cinematographer), Morgan, Ira, 1889-1959 (Cinematographer), Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990 (Actor), Bergman, Henry, 1870-1946 (Actor), Sandford, Stanley, 1894-1961 (Actor), Conklin, Chester, 1888-1971 (Actor), Mann, Hank, 1887-1971 (Actor), Blystone, Stanley, 1894-1956 (Actor), Garcia, Allan, 1887-1938 (Actor), Alexander, Richard, 1902-1989 (Actor), Reynolds, Cecil, 1880-1947 (Actor), McKinney, Mira (Actor), MacQuarrie, Murdock, 1878-1942 (Actor), Lucas, Wilfred, 1871-1940 (Actor), LeSaint, Edward (Actor), Malatesta, Fred (Actor), Stein, Sam, 1905-1966 (Actor), Sutton, Juana (Actor), Oliver, Ted, 1892-1957 (Actor), Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970 (Conductor), Powell, Edward B. (Arranger), Raksin, David (Arranger), Neal, Paul (Sound designer), Maher, Frank (Sound designer), Hall, Charles, 1899-1959 (Set designer), Spencer, J. Russell (Set designer), Robinson, David, 1930- (Commentator), Vance, Jeffrey, 1970- (Commentator), Barron, Craig (Commentator), Burtt, Ben (Commentator), Bengtson, John, 1957- (Commentator), Cooke, Alistair, 1908-2004 (Cinematographer, Director), Cortázar, Octavio, 1935- (Director), Truffault, Philippe (Director), Austerlitz, Saul, Haven, Lisa Stein, 1960-
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Edition:	DVD ed.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 543.
Subjects:	1929 Factories > Employees > Drama. Working class > Drama. Depressions > 1929 > Drama. Tramps > Drama. Depressions. Factories > Employees. Tramps. Working class. Comedy films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Silent films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	When his boss demands more speed and efficiency, Chaplin goes crazy from his repetitious assembly line job. Primarily a silent film with music and sound effects, but occasional voices emanate from radios and television screens.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1936. Special features: Disc 1. Commentary by Chaplin biographer David Robinson; "Modern times: a closer look" visual essay by Chaplin historian Jeffrey Vance; "A bucket of water and a glass matte" visual and sound effects experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt discuss techniques used in Modern times; "Silent traces: Modern times" visual essay by John Bengtson; "David Raksin and the score" interview with composer David Raksin; "Two bits" deleted scenes; Trailers. Disc 2. "All at sea" 8mm film of weekend voyage with Charlie Chaplin by Alistair Cooke; "Susan Cooke Kittredge" interview with Cooke's daughter; "The rink" Charlie Chaplin's eight film (1916); "For the first time" documentary film by Octavio Cortazar (1967); "Chaplin today: Modern times" documentary by Philippe Truffault (2003). Booklet: "Exit the Tramp" by Saul Austerlitz; "Chaplin sees the world" by Lisa Stein.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Playing Time:	01:27:00
Format:	DVD; region 1, NTSC ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Production Credits:	Music composed by Charlie Chaplin ; conducted by Alfred Newman ; arranged by Edward Powell, David Raksin ; recorded by Paul Neal, Frank Maher ; settings by Charles D. Hall, Russell Spencer ; assistant director, Carter DeHaven ; photography by Rollie Totheroh, Ira Morgan.
ISBN:	9781604653526 1604653523
Access:	For face-to-face teaching only, no public performance license.