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Modern Times|Charlie Chaplin

Modern Times

Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard
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Overview

Charlie Chaplin bid farewell to silent comedy with this funny and poignant masterpiece. Here Chaplin stars as a factory worker fed-up with the job and his tyrannical boss (who keeps an eye on all his employees via a big-brother TV monitor). When he meets and falls in love with an orphaned street waif, the two dream of a nice suburban existence...but the cops are never far behind, chasing the vagabond couple.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Charles Chaplin - Director
Charlie Chaplin - Director
Charlie Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Henry Bergman
Charles Chaplin
Stanley Sandford
Chester Conklin
Hank Mann
Dick Alexander
Myra McKinney
Bobby Barber

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD
  • Color Format: B&W
  • UPC: 715515064811
  • Genre: COMEDIES
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Release Date: November 2010

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
Charlie Chaplin bid farewell to silent comedy with this funny and poignant masterpiece. He stars as a factory worker fed-up with the job and his tyrannical boss (who keeps an eye on all his employees via a big-brother TV monitor). When he meets and falls in love with an orphaned street waif, the two dream of a nice suburban existence... but the cops are never far behind, chasing the vagabond couple...

Notes:
MODERN TIMES was an original selection to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1989. Costar Henry Bergman also served as assistant director of this film. This was Chaplin's final "silent film" (although he does sing a song consisting of some "nonsense syllables"); it was made when virtually all others had abandoned the form for sound. Because Chaplin had total financial control of his films, as well as a totally devoted audience, he could do exactly as he liked -- even if it wasn't in fashion.

Reviews:
"...[A] delight with its abundance of famously hilarious set pieces..." - 07/18/2003 Entertainment Weekly, p.61


"[Chaplin added] a layer of tart political commentary to sequence after sequence of inspired physical comedy." -- Grade: A - 12/22/2010 A.V. Club

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