Chaplin 1992 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Robert downey jr joven robert downey jr young robert downey jr chaplin charles spencer chaplin young money wattpad downey junior charlie chaplin movie photo in honor of his 48th birthday, lets take a closer look at why we love him. Finally turning his life around, he earned a resurgence of essential. Actor, director, screenwriter, producer, composer music score born. Nobody could top anthony michael hall in that category. Robert downey jr in chaplin most people do not apparently know about rdjr in this movie. He was almost the most obnoxious cast member on the worst season if saturday night live that i ever witnessed. With chaplin, he proved to be a very capable actor. The son of the avantgarde film maker robert downey sr. The star turn is robert downey jr, who is exceptional as chaplin. It was produced and directed by richard attenborough and stars robert downey jr.
This movie is entertaining from the start and right through to the end. Charlie chaplin, robert downey both called this home aol. A wellmade biopic about one of the most extraordinary talents in the history of hollywood. A very good film, relatively balanced, displaying charlie chaplins creativity, as well as his private life. A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker charles chaplin. The first great screen comedian, charles chaplin was also one of the most gifted directors in history, in addition to being a formidable talent as a writer and composer. Comparisons between scenes from chaplin 1992 and scenes from the charles chaplin movies.
Focus on its star, and the 1998 film achieves a gravitas that lends greatness to it. His career has been characterized by critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, before a. It shows charlie chaplin s good and bad sides, including his penchant for underage girls. Told in flashback, the film consists of chaplins responses to questioning by fictional publisher george hayden. Chaplin boasts a terrific performance from robert downey, jr. Born in new york city on april 4, 1965, robert downey jr. The life of charlie chaplin was so vast and varied that a film is far too restrictive a format to give it justice. Robert downey jr who plays chaplin is absolutely brilliant, probably the best acting role that he has ever done. Chaplin 1992 a film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker charles chaplin. Charlie chaplin biography, movie highlights and photos. The life of charles chaplin is so interesting along with the timing of him being one of the early pioneers of the hollywood movie industry.
A sweeping overview of charlie chaplins momentous and scandalridden life would present any filmmaker with daunting challenges. Charles chaplin s eyes were often described as strikingly blue, by those who knew him. Geraldine chaplin biography, movie highlights and photos. This is an amusing yet poignant film, directed by richard attenborough, about the life of charles chaplin. Played her grandmother charlies mother, hannah in the 1992 movie chaplin, which starred robert downey jr. After auditioning countless performers, known and unknown, sir richard chooses. Chaplin 1992 hd 15th anniversary edition robert downey jr. He was a popular child dancer and got work on the london stage, eventually moving up to acting roles.
Chaplin 1992 spectacularly entertaining from start to finish, chaplin was the role of a lifetime for the brilliantly talented robert downey jr. Chaplin, the screen biography of charlie chaplin, is the film you might have seen in your fearful minds eye when it was announced as the. He made his first movie appearances and was a cast member on saturday evening stay within the 1980s, but his rising success was marred by years of struggles with drug abuse. He made his debut in his fathers 1970 absurdist comedy.
Chaplin by richard attenborough richard attenborough. Hailed by many critics as one of the most brilliant and versatile actors of his generation, robert downey jr. Charlie, played with heart and bowler hat by robert downey jr. Well, if youre on the lookout for untalented actresses who arent actresses, then you couldnt do better than me. While in preproduction for his charlie chaplin biopic, sir richard attenborough surprised hollywood studios with his choice of robert downey jr. Chaplin is a 1992 britishamerican biographical comedydrama film about the life of british comedian charlie chaplin. They look dark brown, but the brighter lighting of his face in several scenes in restoration 1995 revealed his eyes to be hazel with green highlights. Beyond the onesentence synopsis, i knew nothing else. Attenboroughs gandhi, what unfortified cornflakes are to real food. He made his acting debut in his fathers film pound at the age of five. Chaplin will recount the life of the great silent movie legend, charles chaplin.
For a viewer who had never seen a silent movie before, it was a revelation of the purest physical comedy involving mistaken identity, chase sequences, anarchy against authority, and pratfalls. Richard attenborough directs chaplin, and stars a charismatic robert downey jr. A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker charles. A biography of charlie chaplin, told in flashback by the elderly chaplin, played unexpectedly well by robert downey jr. It shows charlie chaplins good and bad sides, including his penchant for underage girls.
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