Criterion Collection: Speedy (1928) BR
Speedy was the last silent feature to star Harold Lloyd (Safety Last!)—and one of his very best. The slapstick legend reprises his “Glasses Character,” this time as a good-natured but scatterbrained New Yorker who can’t keep a job. He finally finds his true calling when he becomes determined to help save the city’s last horse-drawn trolley, which is operated by his sweetheart’s crusty grandfather. From its joyous visit to Coney Island to its incredible Babe Ruth cameo to its hair-raising climactic stunts on the city’s streets, Speedy is an out-of-control love letter to New York that will have you grinning from ear to ear.
DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration
• Musical score by composer Carl Davis from 1992, synchronized and restored under his supervision
• Audio commentary featuring Bruce Goldstein, director of repertory programming at New York’s Film Forum, and Turner Classic Movies program director Scott McGee
• In the Footsteps of “Speedy,” a new short documentary by Goldstein about the film’s New York locations
• Selection of rare archival footage of baseball legend Babe Ruth, who has a cameo in the film, presented by David Filipi, director of film and video at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio
• New visual essay featuring stills of deleted scenes from the film and narrated by Goldstein
• Selection of Lloyd’s home movies, narrated by his granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd • Bumping into Broadway, a 1919 Lloyd two-reeler, newly restored and with a 2004 score by Robert Israel
• PLUS: An essay by critic Phillip Lopate
Year 年份 | 1928 |
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Country 國家 | USA |
Director 導演 | Ted Wilde |
region 地區碼 | 1 |
format 影音格式 | DVD |
Subtitles 字幕 | 未定義 Undefined |