This Charlie Chaplin masterpiece tells a bittersweet tale about a blind girl who is restored to sight with the help of that quintessential urban misfit, the Tramp, who falls in love with her. One of Chaplin's best.
CITY LIGHTS was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1991.
DVD Features:
2-Disc Set
Region 1
Digipak
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Mono - English
Cinematographer
Rollie Totheroh: American Director of Photography/Chaplin
Review 1:
"...One of cinema's all-time weepers....Hilarious but also poignant..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C8 05/30/2003
Review 2:
"If only one of Charlie Chaplin's films could be preserved, CITY LIGHTS would come the closest to representing different notes of his genius..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.5 12/21/1997
Review 3:
"Chaplin's greatest picture..."
Source: Premiere
p.96 04/01/2004
Review 4:
"CITY LIGHTS opens with one of the funniest scenes in Charlie Chaplin's career and ends with his most sublime..."
Source: USA Today
p.11E 02/18/2000