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Welcome to a new series that highlights pre-1980 films in sort of a Book club format that's available on a streaming service.

For Episode 4, Paul Escarcega is joined by Drew Stewart as they review Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times (1936)".


WHERE CAN WE WATCH: HBO MAX

DIRECTED BY: Charlie Chaplin (Gold Rush, The Great Dictator, City Lights)

WRITTEN BY: Charlie Chaplin 

STARS: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman

PREMISE: The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

IMDB RATING: 8.5

BOX OFFICE: Budget: $1.5 Million, Grossed just under $450k

Modern Times has won many awards and honors. It was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2003, it was screened "out of competition" at the Cannes Film Festival.

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