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Unknown
Chaplin
(1983)

A&E Home Video
2005 DVD edition

Unknown Chaplin (1983), black & white and color, 163 minutes, not rated.

A&E Home Video, AAE-71907,
UPC 7-33961-71907-9, ISBN 0-7670-8616-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: 29 November 2005.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.

This long-awaited DVD edition of one of the best documentaries on Charles Chaplin focuses on the working methods of the moody genius, illustrated with outtake footage from the Estate of Charles Chaplin.

The three parts are accompanied by wonderful music by Carl Davis.

Highly recommended but hard-to-find thse days.

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