Modern Times (1936) - (The Criterion Collection - #543) [DVD9 + DVD5] [2010]

Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin’s last outing as the Little Tramp, puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a gorgeous gamine (Paulette Goddard). With its barrage of unforgettable gags and sly commentary on class struggle during the Great Depression, Modern Times—though made almost a decade into the talkie era and containing moments of sound (even song!)—is a timeless showcase of Chaplin’s untouchable genius as a director of silent comedy.





MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Charlie Chaplin
COUNTRY: USA
YEAR: 1936

Cast & Credits

Cast
A factory worker Charlie Chaplin
A gamine Paulette Goddard
Café proprietor Henry Bergman
Big Bill and worker Stanley J. Sandford
Mechanic Chester Conklin
Burglars Hank Mann, Louis Natheaux
The gamine’s father Stanley Blystone
President, Electro Steel Corp. Allan Garcia
Cell mate Dick Alexander
Prison chaplain Dr. Cecil Reynolds
Chaplain’s wife Myra McKinney
J. Widdecombe Billows Murdoch McQuarrie
Billows’s assistants Mr. Ainsley, Ted Oliver
Juvenile officer Wilfred Lucas
Sheriff Couler Edward LeSainte
Turbine operator Sam Stein
Woman with buttoned bosom Juana Sutton
Warden John Ince
Workers Jack Low, Walter James
Angry café patron Lloyd Ingraham
Workman Heinie Conklin
Convict John Rand
Head waiter Fred Malatesta
The gamine’s sisters Gloria DeHaven, Gloria Delson


Credits
Director Charlie Chaplin
Writer Charles Aznavour
Producer Charlie Chaplin
Photography Roland Totheroh and Ira Morgan
Assistant director Carter DeHaven
Art directors Charles D. Hall and Russell Spencer
Music Charlie Chaplin
Music arrangement Edward Powell and David Raksin
Musical director Alfred Newman
Music recording Paul Neal and Frank Maher
Visual effects Bud Thackeray
Production manager Alfred Reeves






DVD:
DVD RELEASE: November 16, 2010
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 543
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
BLACK & WHITE
AUDIO: English Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 87 minutes


EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO) + MDS file
FILE SIZE: 11.76 GB (7.83 GB + 3.93 GB)
SCANS HQ PDF(800 DPI): 62 MB






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Disc Features

New, restored 2K-resolution digital transfer, created in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson
Two new visual essays, by Chaplin historians John Bengtson and Jeffrey Vance
New program on the film’s visual and sound effects, with experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt
Interview from 1992 with Modern Times music arranger David Raksin, plus a selection from the film’s original orchestral track
Two segments cut from the film
All at Sea (1933), a home movie by Alistair Cooke featuring Chaplin and actress Paulette Goddard, with a new score by Donald Sosin and a new interview with Cooke’s daughter, Susan Cooke Kittredge
The Rink (1916), a Chaplin two-reeler
For the First Time (1967), a short Cuban documentary about first-time moviegoers seeing Modern Times
Chaplin Today: “Modern Times” (2003), a program with filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Three theatrical trailers
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Saul Austerlitz and a piece by film scholar Lisa Stein that includes excerpts from Chaplin’s writing about his 1930s world tour