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Limelight (Blu-ray) (1952)
The masterpiece of laughter and tears from the master of comedy!Director: Charles Chaplin
OVERALL: Blu-ray A-
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Extras:"Chaplin’s Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy" video essay by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson (21:10)
Interviews:
- actress Claire Bloom (15:53)
- actor Norman Lloyd (14:53)
"Chaplin Today: Limelight" 2002 documentary on the film (26:42)
Outtake (4:31)
Archival audio recording of Chaplin reading two short excerpts from his novella Footlights (2:16)
Two short films by Chaplin:
- "A Night in the Show" (1915; 25:06)
- the uncompleted "The Professor" (1919; 6:27)
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Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with an essay by critic Peter von Bagh and excerpts from an on-set piece by journalist Henry Gris
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Extras:
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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Extras:introduction by Chaplin biographer David Robinson (5:42)
"Chaplin Today" featurette (26:53)
Two extracts from the novel "Footlights" (2:25)
Deleted Scene (4:25)
"The Professor" 1918 short film fragment (6:25)
Home Movie Footage (16:15)
2 Trailers (4:25)
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English LPCM 2.0 dual mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
DISC TWO (DVD)
* The Film
Introduction by Chaplin biographer David Robinson (5:42)
"Chaplin Today: Limelight" documentary (26:39)
Deleted Scene (4:27)
"Footlights" - two short extracts from 'Footlights', the novel written by Chaplin as a basis for Limelight (2:22) -
Subtitles:No
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Deleted scene is not mentioned on the cover.
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OVERALL: Blu-ray A
The Criterion release for the extras (including a longer interview with biographer Robinson), although do note the region B releases have a 5.1 track.
This has also been released in:
- France by mk2
- Mexico by Zima
- Spain by DeAPlaneta
- Spain by Savor
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (137:51)
- Blu-ray B Scandinavia- Soul Media - No cuts (137:44).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Artificial Eye - No cuts (137:34).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Park Circus - No cuts (137:44).
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Comparison added by Markus_Lang on 23/12/11
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 29/09/15UPDATE LOG:
23/12/11: Initial entry.
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30/12/14: Added UK release.
21/04/15: Added US release.
30/09/15: Added UK Artificial Eye, DVDBeaver.
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