Chaplin
by Richard Attenborough
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Actor: Geraldine Chaplin, John Thaw, Moira Kelly, Paul Rhys, Robert Downey Jr.Director: Richard Attenborough
Producer: Diana Hawkins
Writer: Diana Hawkins
Writer: Bryan Forbes
Writer: Charles Chaplin
Writer: David Robinson
Writer: William Boyd
Writer: William Goldman
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 143 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-05-20
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Chaplin
Movie Review: Little Tramp not so silent.....
Summary: 5 Stars
The film goes beyond the peek and tell.....it is still amazing that RD,Jr. didn't receive an Oscar for this performance. He has proven, up to the present, that he is one of America's foremost actors, regardless of the off the screen craziness that dragged him down for so long. The film is very interesting to watch, but it's Downey with his seemingly bottomless bag of talent that lulls the viewer into the false sense of watching a film WITH Chaplin, rather than about him. The gods of comedy and tragedy have given Mr. Downey a plethora of gifts and it feels good to sit and watch him use these gifts so brilliantly.
I would say this anniversary edition has information and insights that only add to the value of the purchase.
Summary of Chaplin
Sir Richard Attenborough's biographical film of the life and times of Charles Chaplin is a little thin as a narrative, but it is so charmingly creative and ultimately moving, it's hard to care about any deficits. Robert Downey Jr. does an excellent job re-creating Chaplin's graceful slapstick and getting inside the silent-film superstar's head over many years of triumph, defeat, scandal, official persecution, exile, and inner peace. A huge cast portray the allies, friends, lovers, and enemies in Chaplin's life, including Moira Kelly as his final, longtime wife, Oona, Kevin Kline as Douglas Fairbanks, Geraldine Chaplin as Charlie's mother, and James Woods as a prosecutor working hard to nail Chaplin for anti-American sentiments. Attenborough declines to tell the story in a flat, linear way, employing such clever techniques as detailing one chapter in Chaplin's life as a silent comedy. The climactic scene set at an Oscar tribute for Chaplin will get the tears flowing. --Tom KeoghArt House & International DVD Video
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