A very good film, relatively balanced, displaying charlie chaplin s creativity, as well as his private life. 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 resurgence of commercial success in middle age. Chaplin robert downey jr streaming streaming complet. His povertystricken childhood in england comes to life, along with his friendships with mack sennett and douglas fairbanks, his many wives and scandalous affairs, and his relentless pursuit. While in preproduction for his charlie chaplin biopic, sir richard attenborough surprised hollywood studios with his choice of robert downey jr. His paternal grandfather was of lithuanian jewish ancestry and his paternal grandmother was of irish. Downey is amazing in his personification of chaplin. It was produced and directed by richard attenborough and stars robert downey. And you find out all hes done and all hes been through you never knew. I hadt heard much buzz about it and didnt really know much about charlie chaplin. In the 1980s, downey was considered a member of the brat pack after appearing in the films weird science with anthony michael hall 1985, less than zero with. Given the sheer magnitude of the mcu, this is something of a nobrainer, but seeing twitter erupt with happy birthday tweets from fellow stars provides a glimpse into how bellowed rdj actually is. This was his crowning acheivement as one of cinemas most beloved and innovative characters, charlie chaplin. This spanishstyle house was built in 1926 for charlie chaplin and later owned by actor robert downey jr.
And you fall back in love with the grown up robert downey jr. Near the end of his life, an elderly charlie chaplin robert downey, jr. A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker charles chaplin. Dressed in a tshirt, slacks and a letterman jacket the color of a cherry life saver, robert downey jr. Directed by sir richard attenborough and starring robert downey, jr. Downey was born in manhattan, new york city, the younger of two children. Chaplin 1992 fhpgf3 from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. Chaplin boasts a terrific performance from robert downey, jr. A biography of charlie chaplin, told in flashback by the elderly chaplin, played unexpectedly well by robert downey jr. Chaplin is another by the books biography, effective enough as a whole, but a great film seems possible from the subject matter. Its a tribute to him that when you see sequences in black and white youre not sure whether you are seeing original footage or downey jr s stylings. Chaplin is a biopic movie that tells the story of the life of charlie chaplin. Robert downey jr broke his ankle on iron man 3 set in a very tony stark way in addition to his farreaching and varied fanbase, downey jr.
He is good and persuasive as the adult charlie when the material allows, and close to brilliant when he does some of charlies early vaudeville and film sketches. Comparisons between scenes from chaplin 1992 and scenes from the charles chaplin movies. He is a master director as attenborough already proved with his 1982 biopic for gandhi and he captures similar excitement and expressiveness with chaplin. Chaplin anniversary edition, remastered, widescreen. Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. Chaplin 1992 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Told in flashbacks, chaplin s tale begins with his hardscrabble childhood performing in the music halls of. Robert downey jr is utterly convincing as chaplin both in his middle aged and elderly guise and completely captures the physicality of charlie chaplin. If you want to expand your horizons and learn a little about the inside workings of the film industry from circa world war i thru the 50s, this awardwinning movie comes highly.
Telling the entire story of chaplin s 88 years was probably a hopeless goal, but the biopic does offer the saving grace of a truly remarkable central performance by robert downey jr. List of awards and nominations received by robert downey jr. In 2008, downey was named by time magazine among the 100 most. He made his acting debut in his father s film pound at the age of five. Chaplin 1992 hd 15th anniversary edition robert downey jr. Robert downey jr who plays chaplin is absolutely brilliant, probably the best acting role that he has ever done. Chaplin is a 1992 britishamerican biographical comedydrama film about the life of british comedian charlie chaplin. Smile ost chaplin youtube chaplin behind the scenes 2 duration. The following is a list of awards and nominations received by robert downey jr. From london poverty to hollywood legend, silentfilm star charlie chaplin s robert downey jr. Best performance by an actor in a motion picture drama.
Attenborough uses far wide shots for epic grandeur of a studio scene to intimate close ups of robert downey, jr. Its a cover of charlie chaplin s version and holds significance to rdj in general because in the biographical film chaplin, he played the title character himself. It shows charlie chaplin s good and bad sides, including his penchant for underage girls. His profession has included critical and wellliked success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal difficulties, and a resurgence of business success in middle age. I love movies and this particular movie is a must if you are a true movie fan like me. Robert downey jr was once one of the most promising lead actors in hollywood before he descended into a life of drugs and tabloid antics.
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