Rent Charlie Chaplin: The Mutual Comedies (1917)
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5h 41min
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- Synopsis:
Charlie Chaplin entered the film industry in 1914. By 1916 he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world after signing a contract with the Mutual Film Corporation for a salary of $670,000. Mutual built Chaplin his very own studio and allowed him total freedom to make 12 two-reel films during a 12-month period. Chaplin subsequently recognised that time as the most inventive and liberating of his career. These 12 films, brought together for the first time in this newly remastered release, demonstrate the breadth of Chaplin's abilities as both a physical entertainer and a subtle, endearing character actor. Amongst the classics included here are 'The Immigrant', which endures as a comic masterpiece, and Easy Street, a watershed moment in Chaplin's career. - Actors:
- Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin, Charlotte Mineau, Leo White, Henry Bergman, Frank J. Coleman, Bud Jamison, James T. Kelley, Tom Nelson, John Rand, Wesley Ruggles, Tiny Sandford, Phyllis Allen, Leota Bryan, Eva Thatcher, Loyal Underwood, William Gillespie
- Directors:
- Charles Chaplin
- Producers:
- Henry P. Caulfield, Charles Chaplin, John Jasper
- Writers:
- Charles Chaplin, Vincent Bryan, Maverick Terrell
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Classics, Comedy, Romance
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/05/2015
- Run Time:
- 356 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo, Silent
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Scores by Carl Davis on all 12 films
- Alternative scores for each film by a range of composers, including Neil Brand, Antonio Coppola and Stephen Home
- Audio commentaries for all films by Frank Scheide, Glenn Mitchell, Dan Kamin, Hooman Mehran, Bryony Dixon, Michael J Hayde and Carl Davis
- Chaplin Signs the Mutual Contract (1916, 25 secs): documentary short
- Charlie on the Ocean to England (1921, 5 mins): Topical Budget newsreel
- An Interview with Carl Dauis (2003, 9 mins): the composer discusses Chaplin
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
- The Floorwalker
- The Fireman
- The Vagabond
- One A. M.
- The Count
- The Pawnshop
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
- Behind The Screen
- The Rink
- Easy Street
- The Cure
- The Immigrant
- The Adventurer
- Special Features
