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City Lights AKA City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime (Blu-ray) (1931)
The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with.Director: Charles Chaplin
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Audio commentary with Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
"Chaplin Today: City Lights" documentary [1080i60] (26:48)
"Chaplin Studios: Creative Freedom by Design" featurette (16:14)
"From the Set of City Lights" archival footage:
"The Tramp Meets the Flower Girl" with optional audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran (8:35)
"Stick Stuck in the Grate" (7:25)
"Window Shopping Rehearsal" (1:24)
"The Duke" (1:14)
"Chaplin the Boxer":
"The Champion" excerpt [1080i60] (9:22)
"Boxing Stars Visit the Studio" raw footage (4:40)
Theatrical Trailers (8:47)
DISC TWO (DVD Copy) -
Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.19:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Music LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Unless otherwise stated, extras are 1080p24.
Includes a booklet featuring essay by critic Gary Giddins and archival interview with Charlie Chaplin.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
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Extras:"Chaplin Today: City Lights" documentary [1080i60] (26:48)
"Chaplin Studios: Creative Freedom by Design" featurette (16:14)
"From the Set of City Lights" archival footage:
"The Tramp Meets the Flower Girl" with optional audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran (8:35)
"Stick Stuck in the Grate" (7:25)
"Window Shopping Rehearsal" (1:24)
"The Duke" (1:14)
"Chaplin the Boxer":
"The Champion" excerpt [1080i60] (9:22)
"Boxing Stars Visit the Studio" raw footage (4:40)
Theatrical Trailers (8:47) -
Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.19:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Music LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Unless otherwise stated, extras are 1080p24.
Includes a booklet featuring essay by critic Gary Giddins and archival interview with Charlie Chaplin. -
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Extras:Introduction by David Robinson (5:26)
"Sound in City Lights" 2019 featurette by Emmanuel Dreux (25:34)
"Chaplin Today: City Lights" documentary (27:02)
Deleted Scenes (7:07)
Outtakes (1:22)
"Winston Churchill Visits" (1:55)
Trailers (8:14) -
Subtitles:French for English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.19:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Music DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
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Case type:Digipak
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Extras:Introduction by David Robinson (5:25)
"Chaplin Today: City Lights" documentary (26:47)
The Tramp (1:10)
Outtake Scene (7:00)
Trailers
6 Galleries
"Chaplin ABC" documentary (30:00) -
Subtitles:German (FORCED) for English Intertitles
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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):Music DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:German title: Lichter der Gro฿stadt.
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Extras:
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish for English Intertitles
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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):Music DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [24-bit]
Music LPCM 2.0 mono [2304 kbps, 24-bit] -
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Extras:"Chaplin Today: City Lights" a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring Aardman Animations cofounder Peter Lord (26:46)
The Shoot (2:41)
Deleted Scene (7:06)
Introduction by David Robinson (5:04)
"The Dream Prince" Unedited Scene (1:09)
"Winston Churchill Visits" (1:59)
Trip to Bali (9:57)
Extracts from the Films in the Chaplin Collection (10:44)
Trailers for the film (8:24) -
Subtitles:English Intertitles
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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):Music LPCM 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
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Extras:"Chaplin Today: City Lights" documentary [1080i60] (26:48)
"Chaplin Studios: Creative Freedom by Design" featurette (16:14)
"From the Set of City Lights" archival footage:
"The Tramp Meets the Flower Girl" with optional audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran (8:35)
"Stick Stuck in the Grate" (7:25)
"Window Shopping Rehearsal" (1:24)
"The Duke" (1:14)
"Chaplin the Boxer":
"The Champion" excerpt [1080i60] (9:22)
"Boxing Stars Visit the Studio" raw footage (4:40)
Theatrical Trailers (8:47) -
Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.19:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Music LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Unless otherwise stated, extras are 1080p24.
Includes a booklet featuring essay by critic Gary Giddins and archival interview with Charlie Chaplin. -
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
DISC TWO (DVD)
* The Film (83:27)
Introduction by David Robinson (5:26)
"Chaplin Today: City Lights" featurette (26:48)
Outtakes (7:07)
"Winston Churchills Visit to the Set" footage (1:59)
Photo Gallery -
Subtitles:English Intertitles
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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):Music DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The DVD is region 2 PAL.
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OVERALL: Draw
The US/Canada/UK Criterion have the most extras with the original mono soundtrack.
The French release has an exclusive featurette and the original mono soundtrack.
Note that the German and Park Circus/Artifical Eye UK editions have slightly different selections of extras, and the Park Circus/Artifical Eye UK release has an optional 5.1 track
This has also been released in:
- Brazil by Classic Line
- France by mk2
- Japan by Kadokawa
- Mexico by Zima
- South Korea by Plain Archive -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (86:47).
- Blu-ray A Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts (86:47).
- Blu-ray B France- Potemkine Films - No cuts (86:45)
- Blu-ray B Germany- Kinowelt Home Entertainment - No cuts (87:00).
- Blu-ray B Scandinavia- Soul Media - No cuts (87:01).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Artificial Eye - No cuts (86:54)
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Criterion Collection - No cuts (86:47).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Park Circus - No cuts (87:02).
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Comparison added by Markus_Lang on 11/11/12
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 24/02/23UPDATE LOG:
11/11/12: Initial entry.
Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
27/10/13: Added USA release.
10/11/13: Added UK release.
16/12/14: Updated disc specs of the UK release.
19/08/15: Added AE release.
10/10/16: Added UK Park Circus run times.
24/02/23: Added Canada, France, UK Criterion.
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