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Directed by: Richard Schickel Written by: Richard Schickel Starring: Woody Allen, Richard Attenborough, Jeanine Basinger, Claire Bloom, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey, Jr., Milos Forman, Bill Irwin, Norman Lloyd, Marcel Marceau, David Raskin, David Robinson, Andrew Sarris, Martin Scorsese, David Thomson & Jeffrey Vance; Narrated by Sydney Pollack What the box says: The definitive look at cinema's first genius. Veteran Time movie critic Richard Schickel crafts this extraordinary Charles Chaplin tribute whose premiere was a highlight of 2003's Cannes Film Festival. Included are classic comedy bits; home movies of Chaplin playing tennis with Groucho Marx or working a routing that became The Great Dictator's famed Globe Dance; plus insightful interviews with Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey, Jr., Chaplin family members and more. Enjoy the genius of one of film's enduring icons. Then find any of the Chaplin films and prove for yourself why Chaplin's genius remains the same in modern living rooms as it did years ago in crowded nickelodeons: his movies still delight children and adults alike. |
