Rent The Circus (1928)

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Synopsis:
The Little Tramp is hired by a circus and soon becomes the main attraction when his comedic blunders drive the crowd wild. Yet he himself is unaware of this newly acquired eminence due to his tunnel vision of love for the ringmaster's daughter. 'The Circus' features one of the most memorable appearances by the Little Tramp where Chaplin delivers a whirlwind of visual gags that are quite literally show stopping.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Charles Chaplin
Writers:
Charles Chaplin
Studio:
Warner
Genres:
Classics, Comedy, Romance
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BBFC:
Release Date:
22/09/2003
Run Time:
69 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, English Dolby Digital 5.1, Silent
Subtitles:
Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
B & W
Bonus:
  • Introduction by David Robinson - Chaplin's biographer discusses the historical and cinematic context of the film
  • Chaplin Today: The Circus - Documentary by Francois Ede with the participation of the awrd-winning director Emir Kusturica
  • Deleted Sequence - Chaplin, the bareback rider and the tightrope walker go on an accident-filled dinner date
  • October 7-13, 1926 - Outtakes from a week of shooting on The Circus
  • Mountbatten Home Movies - Three home movies from the archives of Lord Louis 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 a beach, with Chaplin as King of a South Sea Island
  • The Hollywood Premiere (1928) - Reportage of the star-studded premiere of The Circus in Los Angeles
  • Camera A, Camera B - Shots made simultaneously from the two cameras consistently used in shooting The Circus
  • 3-D Test Footage by Roland Totheroh - A 3-D Experiment by Chaplin's chief cameraman
  • 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
  • Photo Gallery - Production photos, deleted scene, designers' sketches, sets, Merna Kennedy
  • Film Posters
  • Trailers
  • The Chaplin Collection
Disc 1:
This disc includes the main feature
Disc 2:
This disc includes special features
BBFC:
Release Date:
27/07/2015
Run Time:
76 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Mono, Silent
Subtitles:
None
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
B & W
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Chaplin Today - The Circus
  • Introduction by David Robinson
  • Extracts from the Films in the Chaplin Collection
  • Rushes from 'The Circus'
  • Outtakes
  • Trailers

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More Chaplin - The Circus review by RJ

Spoiler Alert
28/08/2019

I've been working my way through the blu-ray box set of Chaplin's features and have made it as far as The Circus.

As I've said in my reviews of his previous features, I have not yet completely warmed to Chaplin. I should also say that this is the fourth review I've written of Chaplin's films in the last hour so I am flagging slightly and running out of things to say.

Very much like his previous film, The Gold Rush, this is often quite funny, occasionally quite touching, a bit sentimental.... it's a Chaplin film, what else can I say?

I definitely have Chaplin fatigue now. I think the rest of the box set will have to wait a little while.

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