Modern Times
The Criterion Collection (1936)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Collection
#894
0*
Seen ItYes
715515064811
IMDB   8.5
87 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Charlie Chaplin A Factory Worker
Paulette Goddard A Gamin
Henry Bergman Cafe Proprietor
Tiny Sandford Big Bill
Chester Conklin Mechanic
Hank Mann Burglar
Stanley Blystone Gamin's Father
Al Ernest Garcia President of the Electro Steel Corp.
Richard Alexander Prison Cellmate
Cecil Reynolds Minister
Mira McKinney Minister's Wife
Murdock MacQuarrie J. Widdecombe Billows
Wilfred Lucas Juvenile Officer
Edward LeSaint Sheriff Couler
Fred Malatesta Cafe Head Waiter
Sammy Stein Turbine Operator
Juana Sutton Woman with Buttoned Bosom
Ted Oliver Billows' Assistant
Norman Ainsley Billows' Silent Assistant
Bobby Barber Worker
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Producer Charlie Chaplin
Writer Charlie Chaplin
Cinematography Roland Totheroh
Ira H. Morgan
Musician Charlie Chaplin


The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Edition Details
Edition 2 DVD Special Edition
Distributor Criterion Collection
Release Date 11/16/2010
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 - Interactive Menu - Scene Selection - Commentary by Charlie Chaplin Biographer David Robinson - Two Visual Essays by Chaplin Historians John Bengtson and Jeffrey Vance - Featurette 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 Soundtrack - Two Segments Cut from the Film - Three Theatrical Trailers - '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 movie goers seeing 'Modern Times' - 'Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times'' (2003, a program with Filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne