Modern Times (film)
1936 comedy film by Charles Chaplin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Modern Times is a 1936 American part-talkie comedy film produced, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. In Chaplin's last performance as the iconic Little Tramp, his character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film also stars Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford and Chester Conklin.
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Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
Produced by | Charlie Chaplin |
Starring | Charlie Chaplin Paulette Goddard Henry Bergman Tiny Sandford Chester Conklin |
Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan Roland Totheroh |
Edited by | Charlie Chaplin Willard Nico |
Music by | Charlie Chaplin |
Production company | Charles Chaplin Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
Budget | $1.5 million[1] |
Box office | $1.8 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[2] |
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Modern Times has won many awards and honors, and is widely considered one of the greatest films ever. It was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".