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Richard Schickel (writer)
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Narrated by Sydney Pollack, film critic Richard Schickel's dazzling two-hour plus documentary to one of the towering figures in film: Charles Chaplin... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Charles Chaplin ... Himself (archive footage)

Sydney Pollack ... Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Woody Allen ... Himself

Richard Attenborough ... Himself
Jeanine Basinger ... Herself
Claire Bloom ... Herself
Geraldine Chaplin ... Herself
Michael Chaplin ... Himself
Sydney Chaplin ... Himself

Johnny Depp ... Himself

Robert Downey Jr. ... Himself

Milos Forman ... Himself
Bill Irwin ... Himself
Norman Lloyd ... Himself

Marcel Marceau ... Himself
David Raksin ... Himself
David Robinson ... Himself
Andrew Sarris ... Himself

Martin Scorsese ... Himself
Jeffrey Vance ... Himself
Eric Campbell ... Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Syd Chaplin ... Himself / Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Inslee ... Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edna Purviance ... Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mack Swain ... Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Richard Schickel 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Richard Schickel  writer

Produced by
Douglas Freeman .... producer
Brian Jamieson .... executive producer in charge of production
Bryan McKenzie .... producer
Richard Schickel .... producer
 
Original Music by
Charles Chaplin 
José Padilla 
 
Cinematography by
Thomas Albrecht 
Kris Denton 
Simon Fanthorpe 
Rob Goldie 
John Halliday 
Ross Keith 
 
Film Editing by
Bryan McKenzie 
 
Production Management
Brian Hamblin .... post-production supervisor
 
Sound Department
Glenn Bates .... sound recordist
Elliott Cowand .... sound recordist
Mark Linden .... sound editor
Mark Linden .... sound re-recording mixer
Bryan McKenzie .... sound editor
Tara Paul .... sound editor
 
Visual Effects by
Arn Campero .... motion control
 
Editorial Department
Ron Feneis .... colorist
Steve Kaufler .... colorist
Scott S. Parker .... on-line editor
Ed Rowin .... colorist: DaVinci
 
Other crew
Jeffrey Vance .... historical consultant
 
Thanks
Josephine Chaplin .... special thanks
Assaf Cohen .... special thanks
Kate Guyonvarch .... special thanks
Marin Karmitz .... special thanks
Marcella Mparmperis .... special thanks
Samson Mucke .... special thanks
Wim Wenders .... special thanks
 

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132 min | Hong Kong:127 min
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35 out of 41 people found the following review useful.
Ordinary movie about an extraordinary man, 23 September 2005
6/10
Author: h79423 from Finland

Chaplin is a cultural icon. No question about that. So what do you do? Get some old footage, both from his movies and from other sources, combine that with footage of historians and modern celebrities talking about their impressions on the man. The concept is far from original. Basically it's the same as any number of documentaries.

The movie manages to include all the important work of Chaplin in it. However, there's no information that most people with any interest on the subject wouldn't know and how many people who are not interested on the subject would watch a movie like this?

Maybe I've just seen too many of these. Of course, I appreciate and respect the work of the man, but I just don't see the point of these little documentaries anymore. Using at least just a little bit of creativity would have been nice. If I was to do a movie about an icon I love, I would at least try to do him or her justice and set the movie apart from others. It's not all bad, just kind of mediocre.

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