"This special edition features both Chaplin's definitive 1942 version, for which the director added new music and narration, and a new restoration of the original 1925 silent film"--Publisher's Web site.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1925; reedited and released with sound in 1942.
Special features include: new audio commentary for the 1925 version by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance ; featurettes: Presenting "The gold rush," which traces the film's history and features filmmaker Kevin Brownlow and Vance ; A time of innovation : visual effects in "The Gold Rush," featuring effects specialist Craig Barron and Chaplin cinematographer Roland Totheroh ; and Music by Charles Chaplin, featuring conductor and composer Timothy Brock ; Chaplin Today : "The gold rush" (2002), a short documentary featuring filmmaker Idrissa Ouédraogo ; four trailers.
Booklet in English includes essay by critic Luc Sante and James Agee's review of the 1942 rerelease.
Music, Charles Chaplin ; photography, R.H. Totheroh and Jack Wilson ; film editor, Harold McGhan.
Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Georgia Hale, Betty Morrissey, Malcolm Waite, Henry Bergman, Charles Chaplin.
Blu-ray; region A; DTS-HD Master Audio; mono (1942 version); 5.1 surround (1925 version); full screen (1.33:1).
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Silent version with English intertitles.
National Film Registry selection, 1992.
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