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Chaplin (Widescreen) | 
| Director: Richard Attenborough
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw, Moira Kelly
Studio: Live/Artisan
Category: DVD
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 22054
Format: Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 60483
ISBN: 0784011680
UPC: 012236048305
EAN: 9780784011683
ASIN: 0784011680
Theatrical Release Date: January 8, 1993
Release Date: July 1, 2001
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Condition: CHAPLIN (Starring Robert Downey Jr, Directed by Richard Attenborough) DVD Original Packaging are in Very Good Condition. Very Rare Region 1 DVD Release (USA/Canada Edition, with the same packaging as shown above) We have this in stock (here in Toronto) and ready to ship!
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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. I--Tom Keogh/I
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 Robert Downey Junior - The Bad Boy at His Best July 5, 2004
Robert Barnwell (Johnson City, Tennessee)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're anything like me, the almost semi-annual relapse and recovery of Robert Downey Jr. has been an interesting periodic feature of the morning news. After a while one begins to question why does Hollywood put up with him when there is no shortage of talented actors desperately trying to make it in Hollywood? Why would producers and studios, who are so financially dependent on their productions going off without a hitch, take yet another chance on Robert Downey, Jr? Then I saw Chaplin, and I understood.pThe intensity and power of the Robert Downey's performance in this film is the stuff of Oscars and true movie legend! It's both a beautiful performance and a beautiful film!pSomehow Sir Richard Attenborough got out of Downey the kind of performance that can sustain a career, and a legend. But Sir Richard's mastery didn't stop there. He got spectacular performance out of everyone, including a young, pre-X-Files David Duchovny. (I know I misspelled that. But you know who I mean.)pIn summation, Robert Downey's performance is every bit the equal of James Dean's in Giant, East of Eden or Rebel without a Cause, and maybe that's what we should keep in mind. For unlike Dean, another self-destructive personality, Robert Downey has not driven off the cliff yet, and hopefully he never will.
 Talkies!!! April 7, 2004
D. Knouse (vancouver, washington United States)
This is a lush production with a great cast of fine actors. Once in a while some of the actors cross the line into melodrama, but the remainder show up and their work is extremely talented. But the star of this film is Robert Downey, Jr. who steals every scene he is in either with subtlety or a dead-on impression of the late, great Charlie Chaplin. Director Richard Attenborough carries the huge production all the way with moments of inspiration that the actors feed on like mana. This is an interesting biography of the true comic genius, Charlie Chaplin.
GET THIS INSTEAD OF THE DVD March 12, 2004
CJ Costa Rica (Elgin, IL)
Wanna know why I yelled that at you? Cos this set is the superior set to the current dvd set. The soundtrack is original (and WAY better, imo, esp with the sound effects which makes these films funnier). The film quality is just as good as the set that Turner Classic Movies showed last night. Luckily this set is available at my library and I have rented it just about every year cos it's so good! I wish I could transfer these to dvd if I had the capabilites. The Pawnshop (on this volume, with The Adventurer and One AM) is my favourite Mutual with The Cure (on volume 3) at a close 2nd place. Unfortunately this set is out of print so go looking on eBay for these tapes!
A Dazzling Cinematic Experience... January 2, 2004
Kim Anehall (Chicago, IL USA)
Charles Chaplin was one of the pioneers in film who brought us classics such as The Kid (1921), Gold Rush (1925), Modern Times (1936), and Great Dictator (1940). His many successes are still to this day considered masterpieces which he created, acted, directed, and edited. He had a brilliant eye for what the human mind was observing and he could make comedy out of almost anything. However, despite Chaplin's great sense of humor the recurrent theme in his life seems to be surrounded by sadness and loss where his escape was to help others feel a sense of joy. Chaplin is a brilliant cinematic story that has a fantastic cast and where the lead as Chaplin is managed brilliantly by Robert Downey Jr.. In addition, the story weaves in moments out of Chaplin's life where he got his ideas in an ingenious manner which displays the superb directing in the story. When the audience sees everything put together they will experience a dazzling cinematic experience.
 Nothing special... December 25, 2003
I can't understand why directors are drawn to biopics. They never seem to rise above the level of a better-than-average TV miniseries. And they generally gravitate to one extreme or the other: either the subject was a monster or a saint. Attenborough's Chaplin is in the latter category. At times it even seems like an apologia for the often maligned Chaplin, who some biographers accuse of misogynism, communism, and various sexual perversities. In contrast, Attenborough depicts Chaplin as an artist-hero who was highly principled but slightly flawed in his personal life. I admire Chaplin as an artist and even (with reservations) as a person. I could have tolerated a more balanced depiction of this brilliant man. It would have made for a much better movie. pRobert Downey is a remarkable Chaplin, although he misses out on the sweetness that Chaplin could convey on screen. His imitation of Chaplin's other mannerisms is excellent. As an old man, the heavily made-up Downey eerily resembles a miniature Jabba the Hut. The primary purpose of the many supporting characters is to serve as foils to the greater glory of Chaplin, proving somewhat repetitiously that Chaplin was a man of deep principles and unbounded genius. Thus, these characters have little depth and aren't very interesting. The exception is Kevin Klein as Douglas Fairbanks. He contributes a nuanced and moving portrayal of the young vital Doug and, later, the old decaying Doug. pA final cavil: over the closing credits, we are informed how things turn out for the many supporting characters in this drama. The writers could apparently not resist the temptation to give Chaplin's enemies their just desserts. Thus, we are told that the "bad" characters (e.g., Joan and Mildred) end up in mental hospitals or dying through dissolution. Unfortunately, the actress Mabel Normand is placed in this category. As the movie depicts it, her inconsequential talents are contrasted against Chaplin's genius. It saddens me that the makers of Chaplin felt obliged to depict this remarkable woman in such a negative light. And in a final insult to Normand, her closing note dismissively states that she never made another movie after the murder of her alleged lover, William Desmond Taylor, in the early 1920s. This is inaccurate. Normand actually made several shorts for Hal Roach later in the decade, struggling without success to make a comeback before finally succumbing to tuberculosis.
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