Charlie Chaplin film Limelight arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in March
Tuesday, 1st March 2011, 12:45

LIMELIGHT Blu-ray & DVD:
28 MARCH 2011

A FILM BY
CHARLES CHAPLIN

STARRING
CHARLES CHAPLIN
CLAIRE BLOOM
BUSTER KEATON
SYDNEY CHAPLIN

BAFTA Awards 1953
Most Promising Newcomer to Film: Claire Bloom
ACADEMY AWARDS 1973 – Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

Synopsis:

Limelight tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's efforts to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. The highlight of this moving, Academy Award-winning film is the classic duet with Chaplin's only real artistic film comedy rival, Buster Keaton. The Blu-ray version features the film restored in HD (in both BD and DVD formats) and the following extras (on the DVD disc).

EXTRAS
• Introduction by David Robinson
• Chaplin Today: Limelight documentary
• Deleted scene
• Footlights - excerpts from the original novel, read by Chaplin

RUNNING TIME : 132 minutes
CAT NO DVD – PC0022 BD – PCB0022
BARCODE 5060203340247, 5060203340223
RRP DVD – £15.99, BD - £19.99
CERT U

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