The Kid (2 Disc Special Edition)
by Charles Chaplin, Robin Lough
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Actor: Antony Sher, Carl Miller, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie CooganDirector: Charles Chaplin, Robin Lough
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Charles Chaplin
Writer: Charles Chaplin
Writer: Antony Sher
Producer: Pádraig Cusack
Producer: Robert Marshall
Writer: Primo Levi
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: AC-3, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Silent, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 68 minutes
Published: 2004-03-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 37645
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- For the first time as a filmmaker, Chaplin stepped into feature-length storytelling with this tale of the down-but-never-out Tramp (Chaplin) and the adorable ragamuffin (6-year-old Jackie Coogan) who, rescued as a foundling and raised in the School of Hard Knocks by the Tramp, is his inseparable sidekick. Memorable scenes include a lesson in table manners, the bully brawl and the Tramp's angelic d
Movie Reviews of The Kid (2 Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: One of the most beautifully touching and ultimately complete films I have ever seen...
Summary: 5 Stars
I'll admit to having shed a few tears when watching the extremely tender and movie film, but I'm not ashamed for this film is one that should reach any fathers heart. I am new to the Chaplin fan club (as I made obvious within my review of `City Lights') and this film has got to be, not only my favorite Chaplin film, but one of my favorite films of all time. Honestly, it is one of the purest expressions of human love and devotion I've seen in a long time, and what makes the film so moving is that it never reaches the saccharine levels of sentiment that so many films feel the need to broach today. Instead, `The Kid' allows your heartstrings to swell from the realness of each and every scene, capturing the love between this man and boy with a natural and realistic (never forced) air.
`The Kid' tells the story of the Tramp who stumbles upon an abandoned baby, a young boy who is left by his mother who is not able to care for him. The Tramp, who is barely able to care for himself, feels sorry for you infant and decides to take him in. The film progresses forward to when the boy is a few years old and is living with the Tramp as father and son. The Tramp is very protective of the boy and very caring of him.
Then events take place that place their relationship in jeopardy when the authorities attempt to separate the two.
The film works brilliantly in creating an attachment with the audience, making us a part of the Tramp and kid's family, moving us to tears at the thought of their separation. The performances by both Chaplin and his `mini-me' Jackie Coogan are utterly fantastic, both of them completely convincing in their respective roles. Little Coogan is a perfect costar for Chaplin, matching him gag for gag, appearing natural and adorable in the process, and Chaplin is so invested in this character (tragic events involving the death of his own child most likely inspiring this very inspired performance) that he reaches the very pit of the audiences soul with his emotional connection. Edna Purviance also delivers a nice performance as the boy's mother who has a change of heart after she has made a name for herself and wishes to reconnect with her long lost son.
`The Kid' is one of those classic films that must be seen and admired by everyone. I don't see how anyone could find their heart not moved by the film and its emotional connective powers, for there are few films made that have the strength this one has. Chaplin was a masterful storyteller, and `The Kid' is truly one of his finest stories.
Summary of The Kid (2 Disc Special Edition)
The Kid is one of the purest expressions of Charlie Chaplin's art on film. It unites Chaplin with a boy he had spotted in a vaudeville act, 6-year-old Jackie Coogan--whose life would lead to the child-protective Coogan Act and a role as Uncle Fester on TV. The story has the Tramp adopting an abandoned waif and teaching him streetwise survival skills. The gags are flawless, but for Chaplin the huge advance (other than a running time longer than his two-reelers) was the exploration of a rich vein of sentiment; the emotionally wrenching separation of the Tramp and the Kid is probably the most Dickensian sequence ever captured on film. Chaplin drew on his own rough childhood for the material (and may have been inspired by the death of an infant son immediately before beginning the project). Jackie Coogan's gift for mimicry allowed him to replicate Chaplin's exacting direction, making him the perfect Chaplin co-star. "--Robert Horton"Similar DVD Movies
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