Chaplin (1992 film)

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Chaplin

original film poster
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Produced by Richard Attenborough
Mario Kassar
Written by Diana Hawkins
William Boyd
Bryan Forbes
William Goldman
Starring Robert Downey Jr
Dan Aykroyd
Geraldine Chaplin
Music by John Barry
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Carolco Pictures
Release date(s) December 25, 1992
Running time 143 min.
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
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Chaplin is a 1992 semi-biographical film about the life of Charles Chaplin. It stars Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins, Milla Jovovich, Moira Kelly, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, Penelope Ann Miller, Paul Rhys, Marisa Tomei, Nancy Travis, James Woods and John Thaw.

The film was adapted by Diana Hawkins, William Boyd, Bryan Forbes and William Goldman from the books My Autobiography by Charles Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. It was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough. The original music score was composed by John Barry.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Music, Original Score. Robert Downey Jr. also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.

Although the film was criticized for taking dramatic licence with some respects of Chaplin's life, Downey's uncanny performance as Chaplin won almost universal acclaim. Attenborough was sufficiently confident in Downey's performance to include historical footage of Chaplin himself at the end of the film. The film's tagline was "Everyone has a wild side. Even a legend."

Contents

The life and times of filmmaker extraordinaire Charlie Chaplin (Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin). An old Chaplin narrates the film, as he tells the story of his life to his biographer. From his formative years in England to his highest successes in America, Charlie's life, work, and loves are followed. While his screen characters are extremely hilarious, the man behind "The Little Tramp" was constantly haunted by a sense of loss.

Actor Role
Robert Downey Jr Charles Spencer Chaplin
Geraldine Chaplin Hannah Chaplin
Paul Rhys Sydney Chaplin
John Thaw Fred Karno
Moira Kelly Hetty Kelly / Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Dan Aykroyd Mack Sennett
Marisa Tomei Mabel Normand
Penelope Ann Miller Edna Purviance
Kevin Kline Douglas Fairbanks
Matthew Cottle Stan Laurel
Maria Pitillo Mary Pickford
Milla Jovovich Mildred Harris
Kevin Dunn J. Edgar Hoover
Deborah Moore Lita Grey
Diane Lane Paulette Goddard
Nancy Travis Joan Barry
James Woods Joseph Scott

Geraldine Chaplin portrays Charles Chaplin's mother and her own paternal grandmother, Hannah Chaplin.

Award Person
Nominated:
Best Actor Robert Downey Jr.
Best Score John Barry
Best Art Direction Stuart Craig
Chris Butler


Keystone Studios (1914)

Making a Living • Kid Auto Races at Venice • Mabel's Strange Predicament • Between Showers • A Film Johnnie • Tango Tangles • His Favourite Pastime • Cruel, Cruel Love • The Star Boarder • Mabel at the Wheel • Twenty Minutes of Love • Caught in a Cabaret • Caught in the Rain • A Busy Day • The Fatal Mallet • Her Friend the Bandit • Mabel's Busy Day • Mabel's Married Life • Laughing Gas • The Face on the Bar Room Floor • Recreation • The Masquerader • His New Profession • The Rounders • The Property Man • The New Janitor • Those Love Pangs • Dough and Dynamite • Gentlemen of Nerve • His Musical Career • His Trysting Place • Tillie's Punctured Romance • Getting Acquainted • His Prehistoric Past

Essanay Studios (1915–1918)

His New Job • A Night Out • The Champion • In the Park • A Jitney Elopement • The Tramp • By the Sea • His Regeneration (uncredited) • Work • A Woman • The Bank • Shanghaied • A Night in the Show • Burlesque on Carmen • Police • Triple Trouble

Mutual Film Corporation (1916–1917)

The Floorwalker • The Fireman • The Vagabond • One A.M. • The Count • The Pawnshop • Behind the Screen • The Rink • Easy Street • The Cure • The Immigrant • The Adventurer

First National (1918–1923)

A Dog's Life • The Bond • Shoulder Arms • Sunnyside • A Day's Pleasure • The Professor • The Kid • The Idle Class • Pay Day • The Pilgrim

United Artists (1923–1952)

A Woman of Paris • The Gold Rush • The Circus • City Lights • Modern Times • The Great Dictator • Monsieur Verdoux • Limelight

Later productions & misc.

A King in New York • The Chaplin Revue • A Countess from Hong Kong • The Freak • The Nut • Souls For Sale • A Woman of the Sea • Show People • Chaplin

Stock company

Edna Purviance • Eric Campbell • Albert Austin • Henry Bergman
v • d • e
Films directed by Richard Attenborough
Oh! What a Lovely War • Young Winston • A Bridge Too Far • Magic • Gandhi • A Chorus Line • Cry Freedom • Chaplin • Shadowlands • In Love and War • Grey Owl • Closing the Ring
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