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Modern Times (1936)
You'll never laugh as long and as loud again as long as you live! The laughs come so fast and so furious you'll wish it would end before you collapse!Director: Charles Chaplin
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:"David Raksin and the Score" interview (17:04)
Never-before-seen original story notes, shooting log and production reports for the "feeding machine" sequence in slideshow format (33:06)
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Subtitles:English and French
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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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:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
Audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson
"Modern Times: A Closer Look" featurette (16:53)
"Silent Traces: Modern Times" featurette (15:06)
"A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte" featurette (20:02)
"David Raksin and the Score" interview (15:48)
Movie excerpt with isolated music score (8:38)
"Crossing the Street" outtake (1:49)
"Nonsense Song" ["Complete version of Gibberish Song"] outtake (4:16)
DISC TWO
"Home Movie: All at Sea" featurette (17:39)
Interview with Alistair Cooke's daughter, Susan Cooke Kettleridge (13:00)
"The Rink" short by director Charles Chaplin (24:13)
"Por Primera Vez" featurette (9:10)
"Chaplin Today - Modern Times" documentary (27:25)
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Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a 40-page booklet containing credits, stills, an essay on Chaplin's career by film historian Saul Austerlitz and an essay about Chaplin 1931-1932 world tour by film scholar Lisa Stein.
The "Modern Times: A Closer Look" featurette is in both English and French, with English subtitles when french is spoken. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"Introduction by David Robinson" featurette (~6min)
"Behind The Scenes In The Machine Age" documentary (~42min)
"Chaplin Today - Modern Times" documentary (~26min)
Deleted scenes (~5min)
"Karaoke: the mystery of Charlie's nonsense song" featurette (~3min)
"Smile" music video by Liberace (~4min)
"Symphony In F" featurette (~9min)
"Por Primera Vez" featurette (~10min)
"Preparatory Sketches" art gallery (250 pictures)
Poster gallery
Theatrical trailer (~6min)
"Scenes from the films in the Chaplin Collection" movie excerpts (~23min) -
Subtitles:Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 1.0 -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:PAL to NTSC transfer
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"Introduction by David Robinson" featurette (6:07)
"Chaplin Today - Modern Times" documentary (26:15)
"Crossing the Street" outtake (1:42)
"Nonsense Song" outtake (4:14)
"Karaoke: Nonsense Song" outtake (4:06)
"Documents":
- "Behind The Scenes In The Machine Age" documentary (42:26)
- "Symphony In F" featurette (9:58)
- "Smile" music video by Liberace (4:00)
- "Por Primera Vez" featurette (9:12)
US, French and German thearical trailers (7:16)
Photo galleries:
- "The Factory"
- "From Jail to Paradise"
- "Factories Reopen"
- "Back Again!"
- "Outtakes"
- "Sets and Production Sketches"
- "Searching for Locations"
- "Paulette Goddard"
Posters gallery
"Scenes from the films in the Chaplin Collection" movie excerpts:
- "The Kid" (2:16)
- "A Woman of Paris" (1:58)
- "The Gold Rush" (1:46)
- "The Circus" (2:13)
- "City Lights" (2:39)
- "Modern Times" (1:50)
- "The Great Dictator" (2:32)
- "Monsieur Verdoux" (2:46)
- "Limelight" (2:33)
- "A King in New York" (2:37) -
Subtitles:Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, English HoH, French, French HoH, German, Italian, Italian HoH, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Also available in the "Charlie Chaplin 4 DVD" boxset containing "The Great Dictator", "Modern Times", "The Gold Rush" and "Limelight".
Also available in the "Charlie Chaplin 10 DVD" boxset containing "The Kid", "A Woman of Paris", "The Gold Rush", "The Circus", "City Lights", "Modern Times", "The Great Dictator", "Monsieur Verdoux", "Limelight" and "A King in New-York".
Also available in a Limited Edition containing 6 photos and a 24-page booklet in a special cardboard case. -
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Extras:"Introduction by David Robinson" featurette (6:07)
"Chaplin Today - Modern Times" documentary (26:15)
Outtake (1:43)
"Nonsense Song" (4:14)
Photo Gallery (55:20)
Trailer (3:10)
Bonus Trailers -
Subtitles:German
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
German Dolby Digital 1.0 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"Introduction by David Robinson" featurette (6:07)
"Chaplin Today - Modern Times" documentary (26:15)
Outtake (1:42)
"Nonsense Song" (4:14)
"Karaoke" - The Nonsense Song with karaoke subtitles (4:06)
Documents:
- "Behind the Scenes in the Machine Age" 1931 documentary (42:46)
- "Symphony in F" 1940 short film (9:58)
- "Smile" performed by Liberace (1956) (4:00)
- "For the First Time" 1967 short film (9:12)
Photo Gallery
- The Factory
- From Jail to Paradise
- Factories Reopen
- Back Again!
- Outtakes
- Sets and Production Sketches
- Searching for Locations
- Paulette Godard
Film Posters
Trailers (7:16)
"The Chaplin Collection" Trailers
- The Kid (2:16)
- A Woman of Paris (1:58)
- The Gold Rush (1:46)
- The Circus (2:13)
- City Lights (2:39)
- Modern Times (1:50)
- The Great Dictator (2:32)
- Monsieur Verdoux (2:46)
- Limelight (2:33)
- A King in New York (2:37) -
Subtitles:Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, German, German HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish and Turkish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
German Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"Introduction by David Robinson" featurette (6:07)
"Chaplin Today - Modern Times" documentary (26:15)
"Crossing the Street" outtake (1:42)
"Nonsense Song" outtake (4:14)
"Karaoke: Nonsense Song" outtake (4:06)
"Documents":
- "Behind The Scenes In The Machine Age" documentary (42:26)
- "Symphony In F" featurette (9:58)
- "Smile" music video by Liberace (4:00)
- "Por Primera Vez" featurette (9:12)
US, French and German thearical trailers (7:16)
Photo galleries:
- "The Factory"
- "From Jail to Paradise"
- "Factories Reopen"
- "Back Again!"
- "Outtakes"
- "Sets and Production Sketches"
- "Searching for Locations"
- "Paulette Goddard"
Posters gallery
"Scenes from the films in the Chaplin Collection" movie excerpts:
- "The Kid" (2:16)
- "A Woman of Paris" (1:58)
- "The Gold Rush" (1:46)
- "The Circus" (2:13)
- "City Lights" (2:39)
- "Modern Times" (1:50)
- "The Great Dictator" (2:32)
- "Monsieur Verdoux" (2:46)
- "Limelight" (2:33)
- "A King in New-York" (2:37) -
Subtitles:Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, German, German HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish and Turkish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Coded R2/R4/R5.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"Introduction by David Robinson" featurette (6:07)
"Chaplin Today - Modern Times" documentary (26:15)
Outtake (1:42)
"Nonsense Song" (4:14)
"Karaoke" - The Nonsense Song with karaoke subtitles (4:06)
Documents:
- "Behind the Scenes in the Machine Age" 1931 documentary (42:46)
- "Symphony in F" 1940 short film (9:58)
- "Smile" performed by Liberace (1956) (4:00)
- "For the First Time" 1967 short film (9:12)
Photo Gallery
- The Factory
- From Jail to Paradise
- Factories Reopen
- Back Again!
- Outtakes
- Sets and Production Sketches
- Searching for Locations
- Paulette Godard
Film Posters
Trailers (7:16)
"The Chaplin Collection" Trailers
- The Kid (2:16)
- A Woman of Paris (1:58)
- The Gold Rush (1:46)
- The Circus (2:13)
- City Lights (2:39)
- Modern Times (1:50)
- The Great Dictator (2:32)
- Monsieur Verdoux (2:46)
- Limelight (2:33)
- A King in New York (2:37) -
Subtitles:Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, English HoH, French, French HoH, German, Italian, Italian HoH, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
French Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Includes a 16 page booklet.
DISC TWO includes optional Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish subtitles.
DISC TWO is region 2/4/5.
Also included in the 5-film "The Chaplin Collection Volume 1" box set.
Also include in the 11-film "The Chaplin Collection". -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"Introduction by David Robinson" featurette (6:07)
"Chaplin Today - Modern Times" documentary (26:15)
Outtake (1:42)
"Nonsense Song" (4:14)
"Karaoke" - The Nonsense Song with karaoke subtitles (4:06)
Documents:
- "Behind the Scenes in the Machine Age" 1931 documentary (42:46)
- "Symphony in F" 1940 short film (9:58)
- "Smile" performed by Liberace (1956) (4:00)
- "For the First Time" 1967 short film (9:12)
Photo Gallery
- The Factory
- From Jail to Paradise
- Factories Reopen
- Back Again!
- Outtakes
- Sets and Production Sketches
- Searching for Locations
- Paulette Godard
Film Posters
Trailers (7:16)
"The Chaplin Collection" Trailers
- The Kid (2:16)
- A Woman of Paris (1:58)
- The Gold Rush (1:46)
- The Circus (2:13)
- City Lights (2:39)
- Modern Times (1:50)
- The Great Dictator (2:32)
- Monsieur Verdoux (2:46)
- Limelight (2:33)
- A King in New York (2:37) -
Subtitles:Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, German, German HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish and Turkish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
German Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
The Criterion edition has the best overall extras, including an audio commentary, but the Warner ones have some exclusive extras and a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack.
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts (87:24 NTSC).
- R0 Scandinavia- Soul Media - No cuts (83:11).
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (87:17 NTSC).
- R1 America- Warner Home Video - No cuts (83:04 PAL->NTSC).
- R2 France- Warner Home Video - No cuts (83:10 PAL).
- R2 Germany- Arthaus - No cuts (83:19 PAL)
- R2 Germany- Warner Home Video - No cuts (83:10 PAL)
- R2 Scandinavia- Warner Home Video - No cuts (83:10 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No cuts (83:10 PAL)
- R4 Australia- Warner Home Video - No cuts (83:10 PAL)
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 18/09/03
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 17/07/15UPDATE LOG:
10/12/10: Addition of R2 Scandinavia.
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10/12/10: Addition of the US Criterion edition.
06/10/11: Addition of the Scandinavian R0 edition
17/07/15: Updated PAL runtimes, removed Spanish subs from Australian, Scandinavian Warner releases, updated Image US, added German x2, ASINs
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