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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790771663
Feature: Charles Chaplin's Limelight is a glimmering homage to what was, a proud look at a bygone entertainment era; and a bittersweet tale of an artist passing the torch to a new generation. Chaplin portrays Calvero (the "Tramp Comedian" per an old theatrical poster in his room), who rescues a distraught ballerina (Claire Bloom) from suicide and mentors her to success. Among the film's comedy highlights i
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0790771667
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoFrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledPortugueseSubtitledGeorgianSubtitledThaiSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 37649
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 01, 2003
Running Time: 137 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1952
Features:- Charles Chaplin's Limelight is a glimmering homage to what was, a proud look at a bygone entertainment era; and a bittersweet tale of an artist passing the torch to a new generation. Chaplin portrays Calvero (the "Tramp Comedian" per an old theatrical poster in his room), who rescues a distraught ballerina (Claire Bloom) from suicide and mentors her to success. Among the film's comedy highlights i
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Charles Chaplin's Limelight is a glimmering homage to what was a proud look at a bygone entertainment era; and a bittersweet tale of an artist passing the torch to a new generation. Chaplin portrays Calvero (the "Tramp Comedian" per an old theatrical poster in his room) who rescues a distraught ballerina (Claire Bloom) from suicide and mentors her to success. Among the film's comedy highlights is a musical routine that's anything but routine in the hands of legend Chaplin and stone-faced Buster Keaton.Running Time: 132 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 085393764920
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Certainly, Charlie Chaplin at this point in his career (1952) had earned the right to reflect on his years as an entertainer, and could make his film as overlong and soppy and sentimental as he darn well pleased. But that doesn't mean the rest of us have to abet this kind of melodramatic indulgence. Chaplin stars as Calvero, a fading clown who helps a paralyzed dancer regain the use of her legs and achieve great fame, but of course at grave cost to Calvero. The film is famous for featuring the only onscreen teaming of Chaplin with the other legendary comic of the silent era, Buster Keaton, and is equally infamous for Chaplin having allegedly cut out most of Keaton's best bits in their sequence together. How much Chaplin sabotaged his own movie to keep Keaton from shining has been much debated, but consider: In Keaton's autobiography, he calls Chaplin the greatest screen comic of all time. In Chaplin's autobiography, he never mentions Keaton. --David Kronke
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In LIMELIGHT, Charlie Chaplin's character is a music hall star who's fallen on hard times due in part to failing health. To be funny on-stage this man always relied upon alcohol, but after a near-fatal heart attack the liquid key to his career success can now also be the cause of his earthly demise.
Yet, we first meet Calvero while he staggers home in a state of supreme intoxication. He's not too drunk however to smell gas coming from a first floor apartment. Calvero breaks down the ... Read More
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This is another one of those works of art that is all the more delightful for entirely overturning one's expectations that it's going to be awful. By 1951, when he made Limelight, Chaplin has aged into a fey, bitter, and self-impressed shell of his former self, and Limelight has all the reason to be simply wretched as a consequence. It also includes some of the worst dialogue ever written. (Sample: "I thought you hated the theatre." "I do. I also hate the sight of blood, but it's in my veins.") But, ... Read More
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This video was in excellent condition and I have watched it numerous times! I would purchase from here again!
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This review is just for the film itself, not this particular DVD.
I love this film so much that I could actually call it my favorite of all time.
For all the great philosophies of the world and all the current media on "The Law of Attraction," etc., "Limelight" offers the same substance delivered, in just a little over two hours, with such tremendous artistic efficacy that all the truths worth knowing in life are conveyed directly to the heart. Moreover, the film's transcendent ... Read More
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This is not by any means a dispassionate review because, personally, LIMELIGHT is one of the very best movies I've ever seen. It never ceases to delight and amaze me. You can say what you like about it, everybody does. Stilted? Self-indulgent? Antiquated? Well, when it comes to authentic masterpieces, we have to remember that all of them bear the chisel marks of the master creator, and like all others, this one certainly does.
LIMELIGHT is as authentic and as personal as was Chaplain ... Read More
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