Chaplin From:Robert Downey Jr. , Geraldine Chaplin , Paul Rhys , John Thaw , Moira Kelly , Richard Attenborough , Lions Gate ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780784011683
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Letterboxed
Format: Widescreen
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 0784011680
Label: Lions Gate
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 60 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 750 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 25 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 530 hundredths-inches
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1998-05-20
Running Time: 143 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 1993-01-08
Product Description:
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 Keogh
Customer Reviews:
 Wonderful Chaplin, 2008-12-16
I can't really say much. Robert Downey, Jr. was wonderful as Chaplin. The movie is a must see for any fan of Chaplin or Downey.
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