Modern Times Movie Review 1936

This "mostly" silent film finds Chaplin playing a factory worker who goes crazy from his repetitious job on an assembly line and his boss's demands for greater speed and efficiency. Ultimately encompassing the tyranny of machine over man, this cinematic masterpiece has more relevance today than ever. Chaplin wrote the musical score which incorporates the tune "Smile." Look for a young Gloria De Haven as one of Goddard's sisters; she's the real-life daughter of Chaplin's assistant director.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 87 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Great Depression, Technology--Rampant, Silent Films, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Charlie Chaplin

Cast

Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Stanley Sandford, Gloria De Haven, Chester Conklin

Cinematography

Ira Morgan, Roland H. Totheroh

Director

Charlie Chaplin

Music

Charlie Chaplin

Producer

United Artists

Awards

AFI 1998: Top 100, Natl. Film Reg. 1989.