Modern Times

Starring:Richard Alexander, Henry Bergman, Stanley Blystone, Chester Conklin, Gloria DeHaven, Al Ernest Garcia, Paulette Goddard, Edward LeSaint, Jack Low, Wilfred Lucas, Murdock MacQuarrie, Fred Malatesta, Hank Mann, Mira McKinney, Ted Oliver, Cecil Reynolds, Tiny Sandford, Sammy Stein, Juana Sutton
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Charlie Chaplin is in glorious form in this legendary satire of the mechanized world. As a factory worker driven bonkers by the soulless momentum of work, Chaplin executes a series of slapstick routines around machines, including a memorable encounter with an automatic feeding apparatus. The pantomime is triumphant, but Chaplin also draws a lively relationship between the Tramp and a street gamine. She's played by Paulette Goddard, then Chaplin's wife and probably his best leading lady (here and in The Great Dictator). The film's theme gave the increasingly ambitious writer-director a chance to speak out about social issues, as well as indulging in the bittersweet quality of pathos that critics were already calling "Chaplinesque." In 1936, Chaplin was still holding out against spoken dialogue in films, but he did use a synchronized soundtrack of sound effects and his own music, a score that includes one of his most famous melodies, "Smile." And late in the film, Chaplin actually does speak--albeit in a garbled gibberish song, a rebuke to modern times in talking pictures. --Robert Horton
Description
One of the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest Films. In "Modern Times," The Little Tramp battles it out with technology, unemployment, jail, burglars, demanding customers, bosses and "The Gamin." He wins some and loses more but, at the end, walks undaunted into the sunrise. Although it is known as Charlie Chaplin's last silent film, "Modern Times" is remarkably unsilent. From the opening notes of the rich orchestral score to the first and last time the voice of The Little Tramp is heard near the end of the film, the effect is of a film that speaks with a clear, well-rounded voice.

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Tired Tired Tired

Richard Simmons - Disco Sweat

You're Gonna Sweat

Lots of fun, Energetic troop

Burn, baby BURN!

Richard Simmons - Disco Sweat
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Release Date: 2002-04-09

Customer Reviews:

Tired Tired Tired.......2007-06-11

This exercise video was very tired. I did not enjoy it. Too much moving around to keep up.

Richard Simmons - Disco Sweat.......2007-05-30

Since I bought this for my younger sister, who grew up during the 70's, I'm not the one to review this product. I did watch it briefly with my sister to make sure this is the one she wanted. I'll think she will like it once she gets into it so far I haven't heard a yah or a nay.

You're Gonna Sweat.......2007-05-13

I find this to be an excellent aerobic workout. The first few times I did it, I couldn't make it through the whole thing. There is an excellent ab workout at the end. It's a little bit long, but with the dvd, you have the option of skipping to another part if you don't have the time (or energy) to do the whole thing. Richard Simmons makes it fun, and the old Disco songs are great to workout to.

Lots of fun, Energetic troop .......2007-04-15

The dancers/pupils are very energetic,charged and SMILE a lot, which makes this excercise Motivational and fun. Even if you're just watching it for the fun of it.
It'll put a smile on your face, maybe have you go out and buy some hip clothes too.

Burn, baby BURN!.......2007-02-23

I bought this when I was like 14 or something, not knowing who Richard Simmons was and saw it in the infomercial program. It came in a set with the Tone video or something I forgot. But I couldn't follow it so I decided to let it dust away in the cupboard.

Now I'm 23 and I've gotten fat and wanna lose weight so I decided to exercise again. Since I love dancing so much (I was a dancer in my skinny years lol) I tried those hip hop dance workouts but non can make me really SWEAT without aching my body! The moves are fun yet cheesy and looking at 'large' people dancing in the background energetically motivates me even more because if they can do, so can I! Unlike all other workout videos that I own, they have skinny dancers and I couldn't follow their hardcore workout when I'm fat and heavy.

Unfortunately I own the VHS version so the picture is grainy and looks like it was shot with a cheap camera, and sound is quite bad...but still bearable. I'm so happy there's a DVD version now.

Some people that complaints about Simmons not instructing the steps and such, chill. After you workout a few times, you'll get the steps and you won't even realize it. For me, I didn't have problems at all because I'm a dancer but even if I wasn't, it's still not that hard to follow because when you've 'mastered' the steps you wouldn't want to listen to Simmons instructing over and over again like you're a beginner. You just wanna keep grooving and sweating and just keep going! Trust me, my other hip hop workout videos have instructions and when I've mastered the steps, those instruction becomes annoying!

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Amazing.
Funny.
Timeless
"Modern Times" Attacked American Capitalism
Charlie the rebel, Charlie the poet, Charlie the invincibly human...

Modern Times (2 Disc Special Edition)
Starring: Richard Alexander , Henry Bergman , Stanley Blystone , Chester Conklin , and Gloria DeHaven
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ASIN: B000096IBI
Release Date: 2003-07-01

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Charlie Chaplin is in glorious form in this legendary satire of the mechanized world. As a factory worker driven bonkers by the soulless momentum of work, Chaplin executes a series of slapstick routines around machines, including a memorable encounter with an automatic feeding apparatus. The pantomime is triumphant, but Chaplin also draws a lively relationship between the Tramp and a street gamine. She's played by Paulette Goddard, then Chaplin's wife and probably his best leading lady (here and in The Great Dictator). The film's theme gave the increasingly ambitious writer-director a chance to speak out about social issues, as well as indulging in the bittersweet quality of pathos that critics were already calling "Chaplinesque." In 1936, Chaplin was still holding out against spoken dialogue in films, but he did use a synchronized soundtrack of sound effects and his own music, a score that includes one of his most famous melodies, "Smile." And late in the film, Chaplin actually does speak--albeit in a garbled gibberish song, a rebuke to modern times in talking pictures. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews:

Amazing........2007-06-26

Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)

I've spent the past few decades assiduously overlooking old film comedies, mostly because of my dislike for the contemporary comedy shorts (the Three Stooges, the Little Rascals, et al.). I decided earlier this year that I was going to stop doing that; after all, they can't all be that bad. One of the earliest stops on this new journey of mine was Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin's 1936 extravaganza that makes it into critics' 100-best lists with almost alarming regularity.

The basic idea is that Chaplin, a factory worker, and Paulette Goddard, a homeless waif, team up after Chaplin gets laid off when the factory closes (it's the Depression, remember) and try to make their way in the world. This leads both through a succession of jobs (and a rickety homestead), as well as more than one brush with the law.

I know there's a great deal of social commentary to be found here; I've read more than enough articles on the film to have missed that. But my mind is a sieve, and I can't remember terribly much about those articles. What I found important, and enjoyable, about the film is that it's a wonderfully-choreographed piece, a remnant of the silent era in the age of talkies (there is very little actual speech in the film), and an excellent showcase for Chaplin's talent for physical comedy. Add to this the eye-popping beauty of Paulette Goddard, a pitch-perfect sense of pace, and an array of sets that rivals most of what gets turned out seventy years later, and you have the recipe for a truly classic film. And Modern Times surely is that. **** ½

Funny........2007-04-10

Good laughs. My favorite scene is that with the feeding machine. Even my boyfriend who hates old black and white movies was laughing out loud. Genius.

Timeless.......2007-02-19

Modern Times is among the Best 100 American movies of all time (#81), and it is among the Best 1000 Movies on DVD by Peter Travers. I rate this movie 5 stars or 9 over 10. This movie is timeless, a masterpiece, a pleasure to watch and watch over and over again. It was the last silent movie Chaplin did and the last to feature the Little Tramp (beautiful ending with the two lovers walking arm and arm into a sunset.) The theme of the movie is how technology alienates the human being. Accidentally converted into a working class hero, Chaplin spends some time in jail, where he'd like to stay forever. There we watch one of the funniest scenes of the movie, the lunch with some "white powder". I couldn't stop laughing! In the times of the Great Depression, Chaplin portraits the unemployed and the hunger. Trying to find a steady job, he ends up in a Caffe where he waits on tables and sings. Yes! He does. The nonsense song (with Chaplin original voice in there) stands as one of the best moments in movie history. I can't quit this song off of my mind ... Paulette Goddard, Chaplin's wife at the time, appears here in what's considered her best and liveliest leading lady. This DVD is beautifully repackaged for the Chaplin Collection (a wonderful collection, thanks Warner!) It includes an all-new digital transfer and a soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 as well as original mono. The second DVD comes full loaded with many speacial features, like a documentary about "Chaplin today", deleted scenes, an introduction by Chaplin biographer David Robinson, a Karaoke of the nonsense song, the wonderful song Smile, sung by Liberace, a Behind the Scenes in the Machine Age 42 minutes documentary, and lots of more extras!
I recommend this DVD to everybody, you will not be disapointed, and I would say it's a MUST for movie collectors. A classic, a masterpiece, a timeless movie!
P.S. If you like my review vote YES. You can read all my other reviews if you wish to. I modestly write them to help people form an opinion about movies, music and books, but if nobody reads them (if you don't vote I do not know if you did) there is no point in writing them

"Modern Times" Attacked American Capitalism.......2007-01-14

Charlie Chaplin was minimally a Communist fellow traveler. A staunch supporter of the Soviet Union, he once told an interviewer with the "Daily Worker" that we should "Thank God for Communism." At the very best, Chaplin could be described as a naive utopian. "Modern Times" was a not so subtle attack against American capitalism. Chaplin's Little Tramp is presented as a victim of a social system which victimizes the working class. The modern world is alienating human beings from their authentic selves. A class war exists between the haves and the have-nots. Employers exploit their workers and deserve to be sabotaged and ripped off. Factories allegedly turn the individual into a robotic creature to be pitied. Chaplin focussed exclusively on the negative aspects of the "Modern Times" of the early twentieth Century---and never paid the slightest attention to its overwhelming benefits. Aesthetically speaking, I also fail to appreciate Chaplin's slapstick brand of humor. It seems too over the top. Paulette Goddard, for instance, portrays Chaplin's impoverished romantic interest. Still, her hair and lipstick always look perfect. The unsophisticated audiences of over seventy years ago were much easier to please. Charlie Chaplin would be a nonentity in 2007.

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Charlie the rebel, Charlie the poet, Charlie the invincibly human..........2007-01-08

"Modern Times" begins with a shot of sheep going down a runway followed by a shot of workers entering a factory... Charlie is set down in the midst of industrial civilization, which is dominated by machinery and in which men are organized into mechanical units, Capital and Labor... Charlie's real enemies are no longer the Cop or the Boss, with whom he can always enter into some human relation, but a vast impersonality, invisible and invulnerable...

"Modern Times" offered a variety of minor attractions: it featured Chaplin's wife, Paulette Goddard; it had wonderful gags; it indulged in tricks of sound which came to the very edge of being dialog... But what did the picture mean, what was it trying to say? Because Chaplin charged his usual enormous percentage for it, and because of foreign receipts, "Modern Times" made money, but exhibitors were not happy at the limited audience turnout... For the majority, the new Charlie was too serious; for the minority, not serious enough...

Since the picture seemed to be about the dehumanizing effect of machinery, intellectuals called upon Chaplin to join them in reorganizing machine culture to some more human scale of things...

Off the screen, Chaplin said nothing... On the screen, his anarchic hostility for any kind of machine culture expressed itself in scenes like that in which Charlie is fed by a machine and that in which, crazed by the assembly line, he runs into the street, his arms moving convulsively like two pistons... Charlie the rebel, Charlie the poet, Charlie the invincibly human, had been turned into a machine...

The Chaplin Collection, Vol. 1 (Modern Times / The Great Dictator / The Gold Rush / Limelight)

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The chaplin masterpiece collection
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The Chaplin Collection, Vol. 1 (Modern Times / The Great Dictator / The Gold Rush / Limelight)
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Charles Spencer Chaplin, the London ragamuffin who became the most popular man of his era, gets his proper due with this deluxe package of four classics. Each two-disc set begins with an excellent new digital transfer of the picture and remastered sound. The Gold Rush, Chaplin's 1925 masterpiece, puts the Little Tramp into the snowy Yukon; it includes such celebrated sequences as the "Dance of the Rolls" and Chaplin's uncanny metamorphosis into a large chicken. Both the original silent version and Chaplin's re-edited 1942 release (for which he added his own musical score and narration) are included. A documentary on "Chaplin Today" looks at the film through the eyes of Burkina Faso director Idrissa Ouedraogo. Modern Times (1936) is Chaplin's peerless take on the machine age; his ballet on the assembly line remains one of the great images of modern man driven mad by mechanization. The DVD extras include a couple of (somewhat extraneous) vintage promotional films about the wonderful world of mass production, the famous Chaplin composition "Smile" performed by Liberace (huh?), and penetrating comments on the film by the Belgian filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne.

The Great Dictator is Chaplin's comic undressing of Hitler, boldly released in 1940. An absorbing documentary, "The Tramp and the Dictator," details production of the film, and color footage shot on the set provides fascinating behind-the-scenes material. Limelight (1952), in which he plays a fading vaudevillian, is Chaplin's magnificent elegy on his own career. Extras include a deleted scene, the entire Oscar-winning score, and Bernardo Bertolucci on the film's emotional impact: "I don't cry often, but here my tears flow." Each film has a loving introduction by Chaplin biographer David Robinson--but newcomers to Chaplin should watch the movies first, as the extras give away endings and the best jokes. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews:

great films and a great collection.......2006-12-30

What can i say, If you are a fan of Chaplin, then you cannot go without this collection. for every film you get a whole second DVD with extras. Every film is remastered, and although some are in black and white, still look amazing.

The chaplin masterpiece collection.......2006-12-15

In my view every chaplin movie is good, and if your a chaplin fan like I am then you will love this lovely collection.

You can't do the impossible..........2006-08-05

Although this set tries to do the impossible, it cannot. But it is a very good collection of Chaplin films.

So, to start with, let me cover what is great in this set.

First, the films are as clearly presented as possible, with great sound, pretty good mastering, and good clarity of image. The speed of projection, a subjective topic at best, is quite carefully handled, and seems to be quite good for the most part. (This only affects the silent Gold Rush, btw.)

The restoration of the original silent Gold Rush is excellent, and a welcome addition to the canon. I don't bother arguing over which version is better, silent or sound, because they both exist in our world and such arguments end up amounting to mere preferences.

Which brings me to the first impossibility. It is IMPOSSIBLE to present a "definitive" version of most any Chaplin film, due to the cuts and changes he made in them over the years, and the variation in the editions originally issued. In addition, there are some bits from the original release which simply don't exist in a quality comparable to the quality of the current versions, and which could not be edited in without comprimising the quality.

The Chaplin family made a decision, and stuck to it. They decided to issue the films in the final approved versions, with cuts intact. They also decided to include all cuts as additional material, so that we don't lose what was taken out. I'm not sure how I feel about this, but sometimes a decision must simply be made and stuck with, and the Chaplin family went with this. Not everybody will be satisfied, but the choice has been made.

The additional materials are often good, but equally often pointless. The good stuff includes the Great Dictator documentary, lots of home movies and still, and various sequences from older films that are relevent to the title. The bad stuff includes the truly boring "Chaplin Today" documentaries, which are a great example of material trying to prove a point but instead shooting itself in the foot. I regard these documentaries as another example of doing the impossible - by trying to argue that Chaplin is relevent today (and I think he is), the directors end up proving otherwise. Some things can't be won through argument, but only through experience.

One troubling aspect of this set is that, instead of tranferring the movies fresh from film to NTSC video, the films were transferred from film to PAL video, and then converted. This changes film speed a bit, and introduces unavoidable artifacts and degrades the video quality. While not as bad as the HORRENDOUS "Phantom of the Opera" fiasco, it's a shame that we cannot see these films in their top quality without getting imported dvds from overseas in the original PAL format.

That all said, we have here four (or five) Chaplin films in possibly the best quality possible in a neat package with lots of goodies. There are plenty of quibbles with this set and it's companion, but the fact is that this is as good as it might ever get, until an even better format comes along. The films are wonderful, and it's nice to have a good edition of them again.

Satisfied .......2006-02-21

The collection arrived on time, it was in good condition. Worth watching ... Enjoy

I became a Chaplin Lover.......2006-01-07

I at first decided to look into it, so I went to my school Library which had this collection. All I did was watch a couple films, one from each set(They have 2 sets). I loved both of those films, City Lights and Modern Times. So that determinded my purschase. I recommend it and the pictures are good. They also have music and subtitles set up and even lots of special features. Worth learning something and you can't get that by other sets for that price. Get IT!!!

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A Workout That Surprised me
Funny Workout
Fun workout
Fun and easy! IMO: You get out of it what you put into it
awesome workout

The Firm - Cardio Dance Slim Down
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Release Date: 2006-09-05

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The FIRM Cardio Dance Slim Down DVD DESCRIPTION Dance Workouts have never been hotter and now The FIRM delivers a fat-burning, cardio workout featuring FIRM master instructor Allie DelRio Pointer.

Customer Reviews:

A Workout That Surprised me.......2007-05-19

I have to admit, I was disappointed in this workout at first. It's not your typical FIRM fare. It's very dancey and badly cued. But the dancey fun of it probalby why I kept at it. I find myself reaching for this workout when I'm so sick of my fanny lifter/transfimer that I could toss it across the room. If for no other reason than to kick the boredome factor, this workout belongs on my shake it up/do something different shelf alongside of my "so-hokey-you-gotta-love-them" Yoga Booty Ballet DVD's.

Funny Workout.......2007-04-22

I love the Firm and Allie is my favorite instructor. As most people have said the video consist of a warm-up and three dance segments: hip-hop-, salsa and disco. It is not the traditional Firm carido and strength training. There are no weights or toning at all. Each segment is done in an add-on fashion. Each time you go through the routine you add on another step.

I didn't expect to learn how to dance from this video. I expected a cardio workout with a dance-flavor and that's what this is. I think it's a nice short (40 minute) workout that is great on days when I don't do the strength training. I thought it was a lot of fun and didn't find it boring at all.

If you are looking for strength training or a more traditional Firm video, this is not it. If you are looking for a light to moderate cardio workout and a nice change of pace, I think you'll enjoy it.

Fun workout.......2007-03-31

This is a fun workout to throw in and do on those days you can't make it to the gym or get out for a vigorous walk. It's a good 45 min workout, not too challenging.

Fun and easy! IMO: You get out of it what you put into it .......2007-03-20

First i have to say that I'm a little confused at some of the reviews of this DVD. I bought it about 3-4 weeks ago and find i really look forward to it on the days when i don't elliptical/treadclimber train or weight-train! I admitt--if one doesn't put any extra effort into it, it might seem simple and a little slow, but I wear my heart monitor and find that if i put some extra "umph!" into these moves--and let my arms move and my usual dance-"flava" thru, my heart rate stays right up there in my fat-burning zone. I love her simple cues and even enjoy the non-club music. I have many, many dance DVD's--and have been disapointed by MOST of them. This one i enjoy enough to recommend to anybody who likes to dance. Tho i have to admitt--like other reviewers, i probably wouldn't use any of these moves out at the club. They're a little antiquated and kind of cheesy at times, but still fun! Compared to the obnoxious cueing on Cardio-Abs and some other hip-hop dance/workout DVD's tho-- Allie's dance DVD has become one of my favorites!

awesome workout.......2007-03-12

I love this dvd. It's so much fun; the time just flies by. And it's a really great workout. It keeps your heart rate going the entire workout. People who like to dance or are tired of the step aerobics craze (or their knees are)will definitely enjoy this dvd. The instructor is peppy and cheerful.

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La Strada (Import, all region DVD)

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It is a cliche that 'La Strada' is Fellini's most Chaplinesque film, not just in the excess of sentimentality or the heroine's mugging, but in the film's very structure, which, like 'Modern Times' and so many others, is rooted in the circle: people circling around Gelsomina as she leaves; the circus; the narrative as a series of sketches, beginning, ending, beginning again; the return, over and over, to the beach. But this is in many ways an anti-Chaplin film, the circle and the road leading not to renewal, continuity or hope, but inertia and death. This is a film that should not work - the central figure, part-Little Tramp, part-Holy Fool, is mawkishly unconvincing; the film's misogynistic morality is slightly dubious - and yet it is frequently magnificent, full of the grotesquerie and hysteria that is not supposed to be in the pre-'La Dolce Vita' films; the rough style is heartstoppingly reminiscent of the nouvelle vague; the harrowing neo-realism is laced with surrealism and epiphany. Best sequence? Either the wedding, or Richard Baseheart on a tightrope. ++++ This officially licensed South Korean NTSC all-region release provides 4:3 (fullscreen) display, Dolby Digital 5.1 audio - ITALIAN, with optional Korean subtitles - PLEASE NOTE: There are NO ENGLISH Subtitles on this release.

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WITHOUT A DOUBT!
This is it! Eric Jerardi is one bad man!

Troubled Places, Troubled Times
Starring: Eric Jerardi Band
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WITHOUT A DOUBT!.......2006-02-06

Greetings,

As a fan of guitar driven blues rock I consider myself to be uniquely qualifed to render a decision concering the Eric Jerardi Band and this incredible DVD. I am on a first name basis with Eric, Jon the bass player and Joe the drummer. Since I reside in Columbus, OH I am only about 80 minutes from Dayton, OH the homebase for EJB. I have seen the band 15-20 times and I attend the shows as often as possible.
Without a doubt, Eric is the best guitar player that I have ever heard. It took me about 5 years to come to this conclusion. I am a big fan of SRV and Hendrix but I think that Eric is better, at least to my ears. This dude can play anything and he writes his own music which is even more amazing. He can lay a beautiful instrumental on you (like She) or he can get "in your face" with tunes like "Tomorrow", "Easy to Love, Easy to Hate" and "Let it Ride." These tunes just flat out rock.
If you have never seen this band live you have got to get to Dayton, OH. If fact, let me know you are coming in town and I will see to it that you have a good time!
I will stop rambling now. If you can't catch this dude live then buy this DVD. If you really don't like it, let me know and I will buy it from you and give it to friends and future fans who would be estatic to have this live show on DVD.
Best wishes to Eric and the Boys for what they do, and how they do it with class, hard work, and an ever ending desire to "master their craft."
Long live Blues Rock and the Eric Jerardi Band.
Brian M. Reid
Columbus, OH

This is it! Eric Jerardi is one bad man!.......2005-11-11

I first saw Eric Jerardi on the cover of Blues Matters- a magazine in England....Naturally- I can't see him in the USA- so when this DVD came out- I ordered it. Eric- you are one bad mother on the guitar- this DVD has not come out of the player in 2 weeks now! Great songs- I love the new ones....and seeing your guitar set-up in the extra scenes- I could not believe you walked us through how you get your amazing tone. If your a guitar geek or just want to see someone who has the chops- buy this DVD! I'm a bigger fan of EJB after this!!!

Modern Marvels - Times Square (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)

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Modern Marvels - Times Square (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)
Starring: Modern Marvels
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Modern Marvels - The Empire State Building (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)
Modern Marvels - Las Vegas (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)
Empires of Industry - Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel (History Channel)
Modern Marvels - Brooklyn Bridge (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)
Modern Marvels - The Telephone (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)

ASIN: B0007WFUJW
Release Date: 2005-04-26

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"Modern Times" Attacked American Capitalism
Charlie the rebel, Charlie the poet, Charlie the invincibly human...

Modern Times
Starring: Richard Alexander , Henry Bergman , Stanley Blystone , Chester Conklin , and Gloria DeHaven
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: 630577241X
Release Date: 2000-03-14

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One of the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest Films. In "Modern Times," The Little Tramp battles it out with technology, unemployment, jail, burglars, demanding customers, bosses and "The Gamin." He wins some and loses more but, at the end, walks undaunted into the sunrise. Although it is known as Charlie Chaplin's last silent film, "Modern Times" is remarkably unsilent. From the opening notes of the rich orchestral score to the first and last time the voice of The Little Tramp is heard near the end of the film, the effect is of a film that speaks with a clear, well-rounded voice.

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Amazing........2007-06-26

Funny........2007-04-10

Good laughs. My favorite scene is that with the feeding machine. Even my boyfriend who hates old black and white movies was laughing out loud. Genius.

Timeless.......2007-02-19

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Modern Times - Chaplin Collection (Limited Edition Collector's Set)

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Modern Times - Chaplin Collection (Limited Edition Collector's Set)
Starring: Norman Ainsley , Richard Alexander , Bobby Barber , Henry Bergman , and Stanley Blystone
Manufacturer: Creative Design Art
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000096IBA
Release Date: 2003-07-01

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Customer Reviews:

Amazing........2007-06-26

Funny........2007-04-10

Good laughs. My favorite scene is that with the feeding machine. Even my boyfriend who hates old black and white movies was laughing out loud. Genius.

Timeless.......2007-02-19

"Modern Times" Attacked American Capitalism.......2007-01-14

Charlie the rebel, Charlie the poet, Charlie the invincibly human..........2007-01-08

UFO 101 - A Complete Overview of the UFO Phenomenon From Ancient times to the Modern Age

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UFO 101 - A Complete Overview of the UFO Phenomenon From Ancient times to the Modern Age

Manufacturer: Customflix
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Stunning UFO footage and pictures from around the World
This lecture provides deep understanding of this subject historically, politically and culturally
Ancient UFO cave paintings going back 30,000 years, Native American petroglyphs, artwork from France, Japan, China, Mexico and more
Rob Simone has been named one of the worlds "Top Ufologists" by Fate Magazine
This DVD is considered a "college course" in Ufology and offers a well rounded perspective of the UFO field and contains never seen before images and audio clips

ASIN: B000M12WF8
Release Date: 2007-05-02

Product Description

This lecture gives a complete overview of UFOs from ancient and medieval art, Roswell and today from acclaimed radio/TV host and researcher Rob Simone. With actual audio clips of Presidents Ford, Jimmy Carter and Dick Cheney talking about UFOs! The lecture incorporates stunning pictures and footage of never before seen UFO footage from around the world... Rob Simone hosts a talk show on 104.4 FM London and was recently was included in FATE Magazine's "Top 100 Ufologists" list along with Zecharia Sitchin and Steven Spielberg Rob is founder of A.I.R., The Association of Independent Researchers and has been featured in UFO Magazine, FATE Magazine, Japan's Nippon TV, China's CCTV and recently on the 2-hour History Channel program "Decoding The Past"

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