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The Circus - The Criterion Collection

£27.99

Released: 4th December 2023. SPECIAL FEATURES New 4K digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin’s 1969 rerelease version of the film, featuring an original score by Chaplin, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray New audio commentary featuring Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance Interview with Chaplin from 1969 New interview with Chaplin’s son Eugene Chaplin In the Service of the Story, a new program on the film’s visual effects and production design by film scholar Craig Barron Chaplin Today: “The Circus,” a 2003 documentary on the film featuring filmmaker Emir Kusturica Excerpted audio interview from 1998 with Chaplin musical associate Eric James Unused café sequence with new score by composer Timothy Brock, and related outtakes with narration by comedy choreographer Dan Kamin Newly discovered outtakes featuring the Tramp and the circus rider Excerpts from the original recording session for the film’s opening song, “Swing Little Girl” Footage of the film’s 1928 Hollywood premiere Rerelease trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson   New cover by Mark Chiarello  

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  • Details

    Released:
    4th December 2023
    Category:
    Classic
    Studio:
    Criterion Collection
    Format:
    Blu-ray
    Certification:
    Universal – Suitable for all
    Barcode:
    5060952890963

  • Description

    SPECIAL FEATURES
    • New 4K digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin’s 1969 rerelease version of the film, featuring an original score by Chaplin, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
    • New audio commentary featuring Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
    • Interview with Chaplin from 1969
    • New interview with Chaplin’s son Eugene Chaplin
    • In the Service of the Story, a new program on the film’s visual effects and production design by film scholar Craig Barron
    • Chaplin Today: “The Circus,” a 2003 documentary on the film featuring filmmaker Emir Kusturica
    • Excerpted audio interview from 1998 with Chaplin musical associate Eric James
    • Unused café sequence with new score by composer Timothy Brock, and related outtakes with narration by comedy choreographer Dan Kamin
    • Newly discovered outtakes featuring the Tramp and the circus rider
    • Excerpts from the original recording session for the film’s opening song, “Swing Little Girl”
    • Footage of the film’s 1928 Hollywood premiere
    • Rerelease trailers
    • PLUS: An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson
     

    New cover by Mark Chiarello
     
    Region Code:
    Region B
    Duration:
    72 minutes
    Extras:
    Language(s): Silent, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:1.33, Bonus Footage, Commentary: Jeffrey Vance (Chaplin biographer), Deleted Scenes, Documentaries: 'In the Service of the Story'; 'Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'', Interviews: Charlie Chaplin; Eugene Chaplin (Chaplin's son); Eric James (Chaplin musical associate), 4K digital restoration of Chaplin's 1969 re-release, with an original score by Chaplin; Essay by Pamela Hutchinson (critic); Footage of the 1928 Hollywood premiere; Excerpts from the original recording session for 'Swing Little Girl', Outtakes, Trailers

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