Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'

6.7
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 26 min
  • Premiere: 2003. May 14.

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Lights would not be a talking picture, but it would have a soundtrack. Chaplin personally composed a musical score and sound effects for the picture. With Peter Lord, the famous co-creator of Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, we see how Chaplin became the king of slapstick comedy and the superstar of the movies.

Discover

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Directing

Serge Bromberg

Director

Editing

Production

Nicole Pham

Production Manager

Martine Saada

Executive Producer

Marie-Laure Lesage

Executive Producer

Sound

Léon Rousseau

Sound Mixer

José Padilla

Original Music Composer

Directing

Serge Bromberg

Director

Editing

Production

Nicole Pham

Production Manager

Martine Saada

Executive Producer

Marie-Laure Lesage

Executive Producer

Sound

Léon Rousseau

Sound Mixer

José Padilla

Original Music Composer