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The Gold Rush (1925)

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Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 29  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.9/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Synopsis: This Chaplin classic finds Charlie in the Klondike searching for gold. Maintains a careful balance of masterful slapstick, romantic tenderness, and wry social satire. Also contains the celebrated "dancing dinner rolls" gag. Re-release in 1942 featured sound narration. Academy Award... This Chaplin classic finds Charlie in the Klondike searching for gold. Maintains a careful balance of masterful slapstick, romantic tenderness, and wry social satire. Also contains the celebrated "dancing dinner rolls" gag. Re-release in 1942 featured sound narration. Academy Award Nominations: 2, Best Sound Recording, Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Georgina Hale, Mack Swain

Director: Charlie Chaplin
Screenwriter: Charlie Chaplin

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 7, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • 2-Disc Set
  • Digi-Pack
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

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Mercifully, it lacks the pretentious moralising of [Chaplin's] later work, and is far more professionally put together.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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5/5

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11/15/03
Rich Cline
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5/5

It's easy to see why this has consistently entertained generations of audiences.

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08/31/03
Scott Russon
Empire Magazine
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5/5

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11/15/07
Cole Smithey
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The blend of slapstick and pathos is seamless, although the cynicism of the final scene is still surprising. Chaplin's later films are quirkier and more personal, but this is quintessential Charlie, and unmissable.

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06/27/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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The Gold Rush is a distinct triumph for Charlie Chaplin from both the artistic and commercial standpoints, and is a picture certain to create a veritable riot at theatre box offices.

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06/27/07
Variety Staff
Variety
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Chaplin said that it was the movie he most wanted to be remembered for, and damn if he didn't get his wish.

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04/14/06
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com
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Here is a comedy with streaks of poetry, pathos, tenderness, linked with brusqueness and boisterousness.

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03/25/06
Mordaunt Hall
New York Times
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City Lights might be Chaplin's most exquisite achievement, but he never made a funnier or more beloved film than his own personal favorite, Gold Rush.

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02/11/06
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide
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Curiously melancholy yet packed with laughs, the picture's funniest moments aren't even the famous ones.

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08/11/05
Rob Blackwelder
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06/18/05
Emanuel Levy
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4/5

One of Chaplin's very funniest movies; not as indelibe as Modern Times, but close.

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07/27/04
Nick Davis
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06/29/04
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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The Gold Rush was one of [Chaplin's] purest comedy-fantasies, with some brilliant set-pieces including Charlie changing into a chicken and the 'dance of the dinner rolls.'

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06/21/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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From the famous shoe-eating dinner to the dance of the dinner rolls, Chaplin’s effortless mining of comedy and pathos is pure gold.

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02/24/04
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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Chaplin balances every funny sequence with a sense that humor is our last resort against suffering.

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02/16/04
Mike Pinsky
Daily-Reviews
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07/29/03
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
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The Gold Rush has been delighting audiences for almost 80 years -- it's one of the flat-out funniest films made in the silent era or any other.

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07/26/03
Glenn Abel
Hollywood Reporter
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5/5

Vários momentos clássicos de Chaplin estão neste filme.

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07/25/03
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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8/10

...quintessential Chaplin: sweet, semi tragic, comforting, and most of all funny.

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06/24/03
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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