Chaplin [videorecording] / Mario Kassar presents a Carolco, Le Studio Canal+, RCS Video production ; screenplay by William Boyd and Bryan Forbes and William Goldman ; produced by Richard Attenborough and Mario Kassar ; directed by Richard Attenborough.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 23976 | LionsgateLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: Spanish, English Publication details: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Films, [2008]Edition: 15th anniversary edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:- Chaplin (Motion picture).
- Director, Richard Attenborough ; producers, Richard Attenborough and Mario Kassar ; screenplay, William Boyd, Bryan Forbes, William Goldman ; Music, John Barry ; director of photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Anne V. Coates.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD | Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Chaplin | Available | 33111007378751 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Partly based on Charlie Chaplin's My Autobiography, this humorous and dramatic biopic features an all-star cast including Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, and Chaplin's real-life daughter, Geraldine Chaplin, who portrays his mentally ill mother. With the use of flashback, an elderly Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor (Hopkins), who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs while journeying through his poverty-stricken childhood, closest friendships, many marriages, merciless pursuit by J. Edgar Hoover (Kevin Dunn), and ingenious invention of "The Little Tramp." Highlighted works such as The Gold Rush (1925) and The Great Dictator (1940) illustrate significant turning points in Chaplin's prolific filmography. Director Richard Attenborough's film also explores the circumstances surrounding Chaplin's exile from America and his eventual return to receive an honorary Academy Award. ~ Lisa Kropiewnicki, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
Special features: "All at sea" Chaplin home movie; "Strolling into the sunset" featurette; "Chaplin the hero" featurette; The most famous man in the world" featurette; Theatrical trailer.
Director, Richard Attenborough ; producers, Richard Attenborough and Mario Kassar ; screenplay, William Boyd, Bryan Forbes, William Goldman ; Music, John Barry ; director of photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Anne V. Coates.
Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Dunn, Anthony Hopkins, Milla Jovovich, Moira Kelly, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, Penelope Ann Miller, Paul Rhys, John Thaw, Marisa Tomei, Nancy Travis, James Woods.
Chaplin's entire life is covered in the biographical film. From his upbringings in the slums of England to his Honorary Oscar in 1972.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for nudity and language.
DVD, widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 2.0.
English dialogue; Spanish or English subtitles.