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The Great Dictator (#565)

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The Great Dictator (#565)

In his controversial masterpieceĀ The Great Dictator,Ā Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish ā€œTomainianā€ dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns,Ā The Great Dictator,Ā boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.ā€™s official entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and slapstick that culminates in Chaplinā€™s famously impassioned speech.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
  • New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin experts Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran
  • The Tramp and the DictatorĀ (2001), Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloftā€™s documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, including interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and others
  • Two new visual essays, one by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and one by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
  • Color production footage shot by Chaplinā€™s half-brother Sydney
  • Barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplinā€™s 1921 filmĀ King, Queen, Joker
  • Deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplinā€™s 1919 filmĀ Sunnyside
  • Rerelease trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Michael Wood, Chaplinā€™s 1940Ā New York TimesĀ defense of his movie, a reprint from critic Jean Narboni on the filmā€™s final speech, and Al Hirschfeldā€™s original press book illustrations

Cover design by Olly Moss

In his controversial masterpieceĀ The Great Dictator,Ā Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish ā€œTomainianā€ dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns,Ā The Great Dictator,Ā boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.ā€™s official entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and slapstick that culminates in Chaplinā€™s famously impassioned speech.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
  • New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin experts Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran
  • The Tramp and the DictatorĀ (2001), Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloftā€™s documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, including interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and others
  • Two new visual essays, one by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and one by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
  • Color production footage shot by Chaplinā€™s half-brother Sydney
  • Barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplinā€™s 1921 filmĀ King, Queen, Joker
  • Deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplinā€™s 1919 filmĀ Sunnyside
  • Rerelease trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Michael Wood, Chaplinā€™s 1940Ā New York TimesĀ defense of his movie, a reprint from critic Jean Narboni on the filmā€™s final speech, and Al Hirschfeldā€™s original press book illustrations

Cover design by Olly Moss

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Description

In his controversial masterpieceĀ The Great Dictator,Ā Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish ā€œTomainianā€ dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns,Ā The Great Dictator,Ā boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.ā€™s official entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and slapstick that culminates in Chaplinā€™s famously impassioned speech.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
  • New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin experts Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran
  • The Tramp and the DictatorĀ (2001), Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloftā€™s documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, including interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and others
  • Two new visual essays, one by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and one by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
  • Color production footage shot by Chaplinā€™s half-brother Sydney
  • Barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplinā€™s 1921 filmĀ King, Queen, Joker
  • Deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplinā€™s 1919 filmĀ Sunnyside
  • Rerelease trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Michael Wood, Chaplinā€™s 1940Ā New York TimesĀ defense of his movie, a reprint from critic Jean Narboni on the filmā€™s final speech, and Al Hirschfeldā€™s original press book illustrations

Cover design by Olly Moss

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