Safety Last! - The Criterion Collection

The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. Chaplin was the sweet innocent, Keaton the stoic outsider, but Lloyd-the modern guy striving for success-is us. And with its torrent of perfectly executed gags and astonishing stunts, Safety Last! is the perfect introduction to him. Lloyd plays a small-town bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, who finds employment as a lowly department-store clerk. He comes up with a wild publicity stunt to draw attention to the store, resulting in an incredible feat of derring-do on his part that gets him started on the climb to success. Laugh-out-loud funny and jaw-dropping in equal measure, Safety Last! is a movie experience par excellence, anchored by a genuine legend.Special Features:New 2K digital film restorationMusical score by composer Carl Davis from 1989, synchronized and restored under his supervision and presented in uncompressed stereo on the Blu-ray editionAlternate score by organist Gaylord Carter from the late 1960s, presented in uncompressed monaural on the Blu-ray editionAudio commentary featuring film critic Leonard Maltin and director and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard CorrellIntroduction by Suzanne Lloyd, Lloyd's granddaughter and president of Harold Lloyd EntertainmentHarold Lloyd: The Third Genius, a 104-minute documentary from 1989 Three newly restored Lloyd shorts: Take a Chance (1918), Young Mr. Jazz (1919), and His Royal Slyness (1920), with commentary by Correll and film writer John BengtsonLocations and Effects, a new documentary featuring Bengtson and special effects expert Craig BarronNew interview with DavisPLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Ed Park