Film

The Tramp's New World

2021 · 1h 2m · Science Fiction · History · Drama

In 1948 the James Agee wrote a scenario for his lifelong hero, Charlie Chaplin. Deeply disturbed by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Agee imagined New York destroyed. In the ruins, Chaplin's Little Tramp builds a shack in Central Park. Gradually a small community of the dispossessed grows up around him. For Agee, his story was a thought experiment about how one might start again in the aftermath of disaster, to go beyond capitalism and just how hard that is in the face of our modern technological world. The film focuses on his imaginative journey and what it might mean for us today.

Diana DeLaCruz

Beatriz Valdes

Steven Rattazzi

James W. Fay

Alison Cimmet

Lois Grenadine

Adebowale Adebiyi

Construction worker

Aaron Kingsley Adetola

Child

Manuel Cabrero

Subway rider

Eli Lehan Dew

James Agee as a child

Steve Espinola

News photographer

Steve French

Chaplin (voice)

Marcel McAlpin

Child

Cameron Pow

George La Monte

Rebecca Rivera

Subway rider

Gunnar Theel

News cameraman

Anju Vallares

Child

Sky Vega

Child

Barrett Martin

James Agee

• Zoe BeloffDirector · Producer · Editor
• James AgeeWriter
• Eric MuzzyEditor
• Jennifer Peralta-AjemianCasting

Release date

August 4, 2021

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 2m

Genres

Science Fiction, History, Drama, Animation