Chaplin Movie Review 1992

The life and career of "The Little Tramp" is chronicled by director Attenborough and brilliantly portrayed by Downey, Jr, as Chaplin. A flashback format traces his life from its poverty-stricken Dickensian origins in the London slums through his directing and acting career, to his honorary Oscar in 1972. Slow-moving at parts, but captures Chaplin's devotion to his art and also his penchant towards jailbait. In a clever casting choice, Chaplin's own daughter from his fourth marriage to Oona O'Neill, Geraldine Chaplin, plays her own grandmother who goes mad.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 135 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Showbiz, Behind the Scenes

Screenplay

Bryan Forbes, William Boyd, William Goldman

Cast

Robert Downey, 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, David Duchovny, Deborah Maria Moore, Bill Paterson, John Standing, Robert Stephens, Peter Crook

Cinematography

Sven Nykvist

Director

Richard Attenborough

Music

John Barry

Producer

Richard Attenborough, Mario Kassar, Tri-Star Pictures

Awards

British Acad. 1992: Actor (Downey).