Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and fiscal conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in Chaplin's view, by the efficiencies of modern industrialization. The movie stars Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Stanley Sandford and Chester Conklin.
Modern Times was deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress in 1989, and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Fourteen years later, it was screened "out of competition" at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
| Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
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| Produced by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Starring | Charlie Chaplin Paulette Goddard Henry Bergman Stanley Sandford Chester Conklin |
| Music by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan Roland Totheroh |
| Edited by | Williard Nico |
| Distributed by | United Artists (1930s-2003), MK2 Editions (2003-2010), Janus Films/Criterion (2010-present) |
| Release dates | February 5, 1936 |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million |
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