Charlie Chaplin, long time silent film star/writer/producer released his first spoken film (and his most commercially successful film) in October of 1940: The Great Dictator (Wikipedia).
**Spoiler Alert** (LOL)
At the end, Chaplin’s character, a Jewish barber, is mistaken for the recent conquering dictator (a satire of Hitler) who was also played by Chaplin. The barber immediately addresses the nation and revokes all the anti-semetic policies put in place by Adenoid Hynkel (Adolf Hitler). It is a very moving speech, made more so, considering the timing (America was still at peace with Nazi Germany and Chaplin was already under close scrutiny) and the fact that this is the first time Chaplin’s audience could hear him on the screen.
Below is a mashup between the speech, the soundtrack from Inception and some clips from the Star Wars franchise, posted to YouTube by TenkanOriginals.
Enjoy.
-SnowytheGeek [via GaS]