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The Circus DVD

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At the first Academy Award, Charles Chaplin was honoured with a first statuette “for versatility and genius in writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus”. And, it went with out saying, for again bringing laughter to packed movies across America.

When we first meet Chaplin’s Tramp in the comic gem, he’s in typical straits: broke, hungry, destined to fall in love and just as sure to lose the girl. Mistaken for a pickpocket and pursued by a policeman into a circus tent, the tramp becomes a star when delighted patrons think his escape from John Law is an act. Classic Highlights include a frenetic fun-house sequence, the Trmp turning a magic skit into mayhem and his teetering tightrope walk while onkeys cling to his head. This is comedy without a net!
The Circus

  • All-new digital transfer from Chaplin family vault picture and audio elements..
  • Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 as well as Original *1.0 Mono.
  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access
  • Languages: English (5.1), French, Italian (1.0)
  • Subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Romanian, Dutch

Special Features:

  • Chaplin Today The Circus 26 mins. Documentary by François Ede with the participation of the award winning director Emir Kusturica.
  • Introduction by David Robinson 6 mins.
  • Deleted sequence 10 mins. Chaplin, the bareback rider and the tightrope walker go on an accident-filled dinner.
  • October 7-13, 1926. Outtakes from a week of shooting on The Circus
  • Mountbatten home movies. Three Home Movies from the house of Mountbatten.
  • Chaplin on the set of The Circus
  • Chaplin visits Douglas Fairbanks on the set of the Gaucho.
  • The Sacrifice, an improvised comedy shot on the beach, with Chaplin as King of South Sea Island.
  • The Hollywood premiere (1928). Reportage on the star studded premiere of The Circus in Los Angeles.
  • Camera A, Camera B. Shots made simultaneously from the tow cameras consistently used in shooting The Circus
  • 3D test footage by Roland Totheroh. 2mins. A 3D experiment by Chaplin’s chief cameraman.
  • Circus day with Jackie Coogan: Excerpts 12 mins. The young co-star of The Kid plays the lead role in his adaptation of a favourite children’s book about the adventure of little Toby Tyler in a travelling circus.
  • Photo Gallery.
  • Trailers 6 Mins.
  • Scenes from films in the Chaplin Collection. 12 mins.