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After the box-office failure of his first dramatic film, A Woman of Paris, Charlie Chaplin brooded over his ensuing comedy. "The next film must be an epic!" he recalled in his autobiography. "The greatest!" He found inspiration, paradoxically, in stories of the backbreaking Alaskan gold rush and the cannibalistic Donner Party. These tales of tragedy and endurance provided Chaplin with a rich vein of comic possibilities. The Little Tramp finds himself in the Yukon, along with a swarm of prospectors heading over Chilkoot Pass (an amazing sight restaged by Chaplin in his opening scenes, filmed in the snowy Sierra Nevadas). When the Tramp is trapped in a mountain cabin with two other fortune hunters, Chaplin stages a veritable ballet of starvation, culminating in the cooking of a leathery boot. Back in town, the Tramp is smitten by a dance-hall girl (Georgia Hale), but it seems impossible that she could ever notice him. The Gold Rush is one of Chaplin's simplest, loveliest features; and despite its high comedy, it never strays far from Chaplin's keen grasp of loneliness. In 1942, Chaplin reedited the film and added music and his own narration for a successful rerelease. --Robert Horton
Special Features
Disc 1 has the 69-minute reissue version of the film, prepared by Chaplin in 1942, with his own musical score and narration; disc 2 has the 96-minute silent original (some Chaplin fans prefer it silent). Along with photo gallery, posters, and trailers, there's a half-hour documentary that includes Burkina Faso filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo's comments. --Robert Horton
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By Donna
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The DVD I was sent was a bootleg-style version named "The Gold RUCH".
It was also NOT THE FAMOUS SILENT MOVIE - this is a later version in which a man's voice-over narrates and describes the action in the scenes.
These details were not made clear in the description, or before payment.
The description did say this DVD wouldn't arrive in the original case, so I wasn't expecting that, and that was just fine.
It was also NOT THE FAMOUS SILENT MOVIE - this is a later version in which a man's voice-over narrates and describes the action in the scenes.
These details were not made clear in the description, or before payment.
The description did say this DVD wouldn't arrive in the original case, so I wasn't expecting that, and that was just fine.
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
How could I dare review the funniest man that ever lived? Gold Rush is classic that can never be repeated. Tremendous joy! The CD works fine. Thanks!
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By A Customer
Format:DVD
I agree with one of the reviews above. Go right to the second disc and see the film as it originally appeared. Fantastic! (The first disc with the narration is very nice, but the narration is totally unnecessary). The film still holds up beautifully and the prints of this whole collection are amazing. Particulary if you've never seen this film, the best one to watch is the second disc original release. You won't be sorry!!!
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2.0 out of 5 stars
"Fate guided them to a spot where all was calm."
Charlie Chaplin's "The Gold Rush" is a mixed bag. The film itself is uneven as it is entertaining for certain stretches and just adequate in others. Read more
Published on Mar 18 2004 by Steven Y.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Tramps Suffering is eased with Brilliant Comedy...
Gold Rush is one of Charlie Chaplin's legendary films about the Tramp who seeks fortune and a better life in Klondike, Alaska, during the gold rush. Read more
Published on Jan 7 2004 by Kim Anehall
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not normally a Chaplin-ite....
To be honest, I've never really been a fan of Chaplin. Too much pathos, too mush sentiment, too clever by half. Read more
Published on Oct 28 2003 by Tony Hughes
5.0 out of 5 stars
Still makes me cry! and i am 13!
This movie is beautiful! The dvd is great! I read other reviews and they do not talk about the dvds that much (thank you for those who have) but the dvd is outstanding! Read more
Published on Sep 16 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
Five stars, please!
Amazons "average customers review" of 4 stars is an average for 3 DIFFERENT editions of this great, GREAT film:
1) A very poor, Public Domain reprint of the 1925... Read more
1) A very poor, Public Domain reprint of the 1925... Read more
Published on Sep 3 2003
3.0 out of 5 stars
Frustrating!!!
With two DVDs and a high budget at their disposal, the producers of this DVD should have been able to give us the film as it was originally intended to be seen. Read more
Published on July 29 2003 by D. Mok
5.0 out of 5 stars
At last, the REAL Gold Rush is on DVD
The real news here isn't the second video release of Chaplin's 1942 talkie reissue of the 1925 film, with narration in his plummy later voice detracting from much of the fun. Read more
Published on July 22 2003 by Michael Gebert
4.0 out of 5 stars
Please take off your boot, we're hungry
"The Gold Rush" has been delighting audiences for almost 80 years -- it's one of the flat-out funniest films made in the silent era or any other. Read more
Published on July 18 2003 by Flipper Campbell
4.0 out of 5 stars
classic Chaplin
The Gold Rush is a silent Charlie Chaplin film from 1925. The version that I watched on this DVD was a reissue of the film where Chaplin himself adds narration to the film. Read more
Published on July 15 2003 by Joe Sherry
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rush to get
This 2003 release of The Gold Rush, part of "The Chaplin Collection," is a wonderful package and a good deal besides! Read more
Published on July 15 2003 by Profguy
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