The circus /
A tramp fleeing the police takes refuge in a circus, becomes a clown by accident, and falls for an equestrienne.
| Uniform Title: | Circus (Motion picture) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , , |
| Other Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned (bonus material not closed-captioned). Silent film with English intertitles and music (title music sung in English by Charlie Chaplin), with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai and Korean. |
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[France?] :
MK2 Editions ;
[2003]
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| Edition: | Standard version. |
| Series: | Chaplin collection (Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.))
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| Summary: | A tramp fleeing the police takes refuge in a circus, becomes a clown by accident, and falls for an equestrienne. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released by United Artists as a motion picture in 1928. Dual-layer format. All-new digital transfer from Chaplin family vault picture and audio elements. Special features (disc 2.): Introduction by David Robinson: Chaplin's biographer discusses the historical and cinematic context of the film (6 min.) -- Chaplin today : the circus: documentary by François Ede with the participation of the award-winning director Emir Kusturica (26 min.) -- Deleted sequence: Chaplin, the bareback rider and the tightrope walker go on an accident-filled dinner date (10 min.) -- October 7-13, 1926: outtakes from a week of shooting on The circus (26 min.) -- Mountbatten home movies: three home movies from the archives of Lord Louis Mountbatten: Chaplin on the set of The circus ; Chaplin visits Doulgas Fairbanks on the set of The gaucho ; The sacrifice: an improvised comedy on a beach, with Chaplin as King of a South Sea island (7 min.) -- The Hollywood premiere: reportage of the star-studded premiere of The circus in Los Angeles (1928, 6 min.) -- Camera A, camera B: shots made simultaneously from the two cameras consistently used in shooting The circus (1 min,) -- 3-D test footage by Roland Totheroh: a 3-D experiment by Chaplin's chief cameraman (2 min.) -- Circus day with Jackie Coogan--excerpts: the young co-star of The kid plays the lead in this adaptation of a favorite children's book about the adventures of little Toby Tyler in a traveling circus (12 min.) -- Photo gallery: production photos, deleted scenes, designers' sketches, sets, Merna Kennedy -- Film posters -- Trailers (8 min.) -- The Chaplin collection (12 min.). Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (69 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital, Dolby surround 5.1 and mono. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: G. Bonus material not rated. |
| Awards: | Academy Award, 1927/28: Special Award To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing 'The circus.' [Note: The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing 'The circus.' The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself. (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)] |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Rollie H. Totheroh ; music composed by Charlie Chaplin. |
| ISBN: | 0790771616 |