The Criterion Collection
The Great Dictator
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Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Year: 1940
Time: 125 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 565
Release Date: May 24 2011
MSRP:
$39.95
Blu-ray
1 Disc | BD-50
1.33:1 ratio
English 1.0 PCM Mono
Subtitles: English
Region A
New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin experts Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran
The Tramp and the Dictator (2001), Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft’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 Chaplin’s half-brother Sydney
Barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin’s 1921 film King, Queen, Joker
Deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin’s 1919 film Sunnyside
Rerelease trailer
A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Michael Wood, Chaplin’s 1940 New York Times defense of his movie, a reprint from critic Jean Narboni on the film’s final speech, and Al Hirschfeld’s original press book illustrations