The great dictator [videorecording] / United Artists ; written, produced & directed by Charles Chaplin.
2003
PN1997 .G7434 2003
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Title
The great dictator [videorecording] / United Artists ; written, produced & directed by Charles Chaplin.
Edition
Standard version.
ISBN
0790771675
9780790771670
9780790771670
Publication Details
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video/MK2 Editions, c2003.
Language
English
Language Note
In English, French, and Spanish; subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, Korean.
Closed-captioned.
Closed-captioned.
Description
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
085393766026
Call Number
PN1997 .G7434 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.4372
Distributor No.
37944 Warner Home Video/MK2 Editions
Summary
Chaplin plays the double role of the persecuted Jewish barber and Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania. The barber is imprisoned, escapes, and is finally mistaken for the dictator at which point he makes an impassioned, humanistic speech which amazes the dictator's followers.
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.
Additional material includes The tramp and the dictator, a documentary by Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft (55 min.), the production filmed in color by Sydney Chaplin (25 min.), a seven-minute sequence shot in 1918 for Sunnyside that inspired the famous barber scene in The Great Dictator (7 min.), scene from Monsieur Verdoux (3 min.), scenes from films in the Chaplin collection (23 min.), poster gallery.
Additional material includes The tramp and the dictator, a documentary by Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft (55 min.), the production filmed in color by Sydney Chaplin (25 min.), a seven-minute sequence shot in 1918 for Sunnyside that inspired the famous barber scene in The Great Dictator (7 min.), scene from Monsieur Verdoux (3 min.), scenes from films in the Chaplin collection (23 min.), poster gallery.
Access Note
Authorized for private home use only.
Credits
Directors of photography, Karl Strauss, Roland Totheroh; film editor, William Nico; musical direction, Meredith Willson.
Performer
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert.
Cast
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert.
Audience
MPAA rating: G.
System Details Note
DVD; dual-layer format; Dolby digital.
Added Author
Added Corporate Author
Series
Chaplin collection.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
disc 1. The film (120 min.)
disc 2. Special features (113 min.).
disc 2. Special features (113 min.).