The great dictator [videorecording (DVD)] / directed, written, produced and scored by Charles Chaplin.
Contributor(s): Chaplin, Charlie [cast,, writing,, direction,, production,, music.]
| Goddard, Paulette [cast.] | Oakie, Jack [cast.] | Warner Home Video (Firm) | MK2 Productions | United Artists Corporation.
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BookSeries: Chaplin collection.Publisher: Paris : Burbank, CA : MK2 Editions ; Warner Home Video, 2003Description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (132 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 p.).Subject(s): Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 | Feature films | Comedy filmsDDC classification: 791.43 CHA | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library DVD | 791.43 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00193752 |
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DVD release of the 1940 motion picture.
Special features include: a 55-minute documentary, directed by film historian Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft, narrated by Kenneth Branagh and coproduced by the BBC. The Tramp and the Dictator goes seriously in-depth to explore the parallels between the world's most loved and hated men, drawing on many interviews and remarkable rare footage, including colour sequences of the making of The Great Dictator shot by Chaplin's brother, Sydney. Next comes the complete 25 minutes of that home-movie footage, including coverage of the original abandoned ending, and a seven-minute deleted scene from Sunnyside (1918), which inspired the barber scene. Finally there is a poster gallery and a scene from Monsieur Verdoux (1947) concerning the rise of Hitler and fascism.
Director, writer, producer, composer, Charles Chaplin.
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie.
Come heil or high water, Charles Chaplin is in the fight! The U.S. was not yet in World War II when Chaplin leveled his comedy arsenal at Der Fuhrer by playing the dual roles of Hitler-like Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber who is a dead-ringer look-alike for der Nutsie. Puns, sight gags and slapstick abound as Chaplin skewers fascism, balancing his attack with poignant scenes of a ghetto in the clutches of storm-trooping terror. Immortal bits include Hynkel s besotted dance with a globe, the upside-down flight and Hynkel and a Mussolini-like Jack Oakie madly cranking their barber chairs higher and higher. Great comedy meets great filmmaking passion in The Great Dictator.
DVD, Dolby digital.