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©2014
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2 videodiscs (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Blu-ray disc (76 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet
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Criterion collection #703
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1925
Though he dreams of being a big man on campus, the freshman's careful plans inevitably go hilariously awry, be it on the football field or at the Fall Frolic. But he gets a climactic chance to prove his mettle, and impress the sweet girl he loves, in one of the most famous sports sequences ever filmed. This crowd-pleaser is a gleeful showcase for Lloyd's slapstick brilliance and incandescent charm
Special features. New 4K digital transfer from a 1998 restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive; n.ew orchestral score, composed and conducted by Carl Davis, presented in uncompressed stereo on the Blu-ray. Audio commentary featuring director and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll, film historian Richard Bann, and film critic Leonard Maltin. On-camera introduction to The Freshman by Lloyd and a clip reel, both from Harold Lloyd's Funny Side of Life (1966). Three newly restored Lloyd shorts: The Marathon (1919), with a new piano score by Gabriel Thibaudeau, and An Eastern Westerner and High and Dizzy (both 1920), with new orchestral scores by Davis. Harold Lloyd: Big Man on Campus, a new visual essay on the film's locations by Lloyd author John Bengtson. Conversation between Correll and film historian Kevin Brownlow. Footage from a 1963 Delta Kappa Alpha tribute to Lloyd, featuring comedian Steve Allen, director Delmer Daves, and actor Jack Lemmon. Lloyd's 1953 appearance on the television show What's My Line? A booklet featuring an essay by critic Stephen Winer
Photography, Walter Lundin ; film editor, Allen McNeil ; new music composed and conducted by Carl Davis
Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict
DVD: NTSC, region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray: region A ; requires Blu-ray player ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio
Silent film, subtitles in English