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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Lions Gate
Salesrank: 8497
Released: October 14, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. captures the essence of comic genius Charlie Chaplin in a compelling, nuanced performance that earned him Oscar(r) and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor. Director Richard Attenborough's well-crafted portrait traces Chaplin's impoverished London upbringing, extraordinary success as an actor and director, his troubled marriages, scandalous affairs, shocking exile to Switzerland and his triumphant return to Hollywood. The huge star-studded cast includes KEVIN KLINE, DAN AYKROYD, MILLA JOVOVICH, DIANE LANE and GERALDINE CHAPLIN (as her own grandmother), and Downey's astonishing mimicry of Chaplin's gait, gestures and accents complete a dazzlingly authentic portrait of one of cinema's first pop culture icons.
Description of Chaplin (15th Anniversary Edition):
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
Chaplin (15th Anniversary Edition) Reviews:
Perfect 
2009-08-30 - Tne movie came in a timely manner and was intact whenit arrive. Had no problems playing theDVD. I will be going back to this vendor also.
A piece of history worth recollecting 
2009-07-28 - A lot can be said as to how authentic the passages in the movie were but it takes nothing away from the excellent acting and the important recollection of early movie history. For many later generations (my own included) Chaplin has stood as a mere comedian, Buster Keatons 'successor' who bridged the gap into the talking movies etc. There was so much more to the man not the least his increasing political statements that in the end led to him being expelled from the US during the Communist witch hunt haydays......
I certainly learned a lot from this movie and while being mesmorized by particularly Robert Downey Jr's performance I gained an appetite for learning more about this remarkable little English man, all the while I was thoroughly entertained.
To me a big 4 stars (which you will realise from the body of my reviews is very very rare)
Worked For Me On a Number Of Levels
2009-06-13 - First, Robert Downey Jr is absolutely brilliant in this ; by far his best work. Second while somewhat based on Chaplin's autobiography , the film uses flashback sequences and the device of Chaplin dictating his book to a fictional editor/ghostwriter played by Anthony Hopkins to great effect.
The clips from the original films are weaved into the story pretty seamlessly. Finally Chaplin's story is the story of Hollywood and the film industry.The scenes of the early days of Hollywood and and the glow of Los Angeles when it was a small town are fascinating to watch. It must have been quite a place and time.
CHARLIE
2009-05-19 - a sad, funny, fun movie. beautiful touching music. downey made a great chaplin. wish there were more features. deleted scenes, downey intv., etc.
Capture the wonder of Chaplin and more with this...
2009-05-19 - Charlie Chaplin has been a remarkable comedian for all to see on silent film. Without a voice he could display a range of emotion. Chaplin is a wonder of fun, the rag of a man trying to survive daily life, running into daily obstacles, but reacting in comedic ways to get out of his predicaments. This movie opens your eyes to the man behind the comedy, while you still get to see Robert Downey Jr. play the comedian as we know him, and love him. I suggest this film for all Chaplin lovers.
