New Arrival The Gold Rush (#615)

Charlie Chaplins comedic masterworkwhich charts a prospectors search for fortune in the Klondike and his discovery of romance (with the beautiful Georgia Hale)forever cemented the iconic status of Chaplin and his Little Tramp character. Shot partly on location in the Sierra Nevadas and featuring such timeless gags as the dance of the dinner rolls and the meal of boiled shoe leather,The Gold Rushis an indelible work of heartwarming hilarity. This special edition features both Chaplins definitive 1942 version, for which the director added new music and narration, and a new restoration of the original 1925 silent film.

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Film Info

• United States
• 1942
• 72 minutes
• Black & White
• 1.33:1
• English
• Spine #615

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New high-definition digital restoration of the 1942 sound version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• New 2K digital transfer of the reconstructed original 1925 silent film, restored in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with a newly recorded adaptation of director Charlie Chaplins score, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio
• New audio commentary for the 1925 version by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
• Three new programs:Presenting The Gold Rush,which traces the films history and features filmmaker Kevin Brownlow and Vance;A Time of Innovation: Visual Effects in The Gold Rush,featuring effects specialist Craig Barron and Chaplin cinematographer Roland Totheroh; andMusic by Charles Chaplin,featuring conductor and composer Timothy Brock
• Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush(2002), a short documentary featuring filmmaker Idrissa Oudraogo
• Four trailers
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: A new essay by critic Lucy Sante and James Agees review of the 1942 rerelease

  New cover by Patrick Leger