Modern Times
Man vs. machine! And the winner is every comedy fan when Charlie Chaplin's Tramp confronts assembly-line woes in this classic chosen in 1998 as one of the American Film Institute's Top-100 American Films. The Little Tramp punches in and wigs out inside a factory where gizmos like an employee-feeding machine may someday make the lunch hour last just 15 minutes. Bounced into the ranks of the unemployed he teams with a street waif (Paulette Goddard) to pursue bliss and a paycheck finding misadventures as a roller-skating night watchman a singing waiter whose hilarious song is gibberish a jailbird and more. In the end as Tramp and waif walk arm and arm into an insecure future we know they've found neitherbliss nor a paycheck but more importantly each other. The times and satire remain timeless in Modern Times.
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- Introduction by David Robinson
- Behind The Scenes In The Machine Age
- Chaplin Today - Modern Times
- Deleted Scenes
- Karaoke: the mystery of Charlie's nonsense song
- "Smile" Music Video by Liberace
- Symphony In F
- Por Primera Vez
- Preparatory Sketches
- Theatrical Trailer
- Photo Gallery