CRITERION: The Great Dictator - Standard & Blu in May
More Chaplin is on the way from Criterion as they have announced The Great Dictator in both standard & Blu-Ray for release on May 24th.
The SD release will be a 2-disc set, while the Blu-Ray will be a single disc. Bonus features are below.
BONUS FEATURES:
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New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin historians Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran
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The Tramp and the Dictator (2001), a documentary narrated by filmmaker Kenneth Branagh and featuring interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and a host of others
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Two new visual essays, by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
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On-set, color production footage shot by Chaplins half-brother, Sydney
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Deleted scene from Chaplins 1919 film Sunnyside
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Theatrical trailer
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PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Wood and a 1940 article by Chaplin on the film