The Great Dictator (Blu-ray)

The Great Dictator
New high-defintion digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; The Tramp and the Dictator (2001), Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft's documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, including interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, screenwriter Budd Schulberg and others; Two new visual essays, one by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and one by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance; Color production footage shot by Chaplin's half-brother Sydney; Barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin's 1921 film King, Queen, Joker; Deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin's 1919 film Sunnyside; Rerelease trailer; Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Wood, Chaplin's 1940 New York Times defense of his movie, a reprint from critic Jean Narboni on the flm's final speech, and Al Hirschfeld's original press book illustrations