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Modern Times (1936)
8.5
Ratings: 8.5/10 from 55,480 users
Metascore:
96/100
Reviews: 149 user | 92 critic | 4 from Metacritic.com The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman. Director:Charles ChaplinWriter:Charles Chaplin |
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Cast
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| Charles Chaplin | ... |
A Factory Worker
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| Paulette Goddard | ... | ||
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Henry Bergman | ... | |
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Tiny Sandford | ... |
Big Bill
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Chester Conklin | ... | |
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Hank Mann | ... | |
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Stanley Blystone | ... | |
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Al Ernest Garcia | ... |
President of the Electro Steel Corp.
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Richard Alexander | ... |
Prison Cellmate
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Cecil Reynolds | ... | |
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Mira McKinney | ... |
Minister's Wife
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Murdock MacQuarrie | ... |
J. Widdecombe Billows
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Wilfred Lucas | ... | |
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Edward LeSaint | ... |
Sheriff Couler
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Fred Malatesta | ... |
Cafe Head Waiter
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Storyline
Chaplins last 'silent' film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital... When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again. We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out. Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
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You'll never laugh as long and as loud again as long as you live! The laughs come so fast and so furious you'll wish it would end before you collapse! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
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Tiempos modernos See more »Filming Locations:
Hollywood Boulevard & Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,500,000 (estimated)Gross:
$163,245 (USA) (24 October 2004)Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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A factory worker: Buck up - never say die. We'll get along.
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Music from the traditional folk song "Revive Us Again" See more »
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Goofs
Continuity: After a brick hits the police officer all the officers go over to the tramp. The gate he is in front of is open at first with a wheelbarrow in the gate opening. This position of the gate and wheelbarrow occur for two or so scenes. In the last scene the gate is suddenly closed and the wheelbarrow has been moved to outside of the gate. See more »Quotes
A gamin: [Last lines] What's the use of trying?A factory worker: Buck up - never say die. We'll get along.
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"Hallelujah, I'm a Bum"(uncredited)
Music from the traditional folk song "Revive Us Again" See more »
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