Chaplin

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Chaplin is a 1992 semi-biographical film about the life of Charles Chaplin. It stars Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins, Milla Jovovich, Moira Kelly, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, Penelope Ann Miller, Paul Rhys, Marisa Tomei, Nancy Travis, James Woods and John Thaw.

The movie was adapted by Diana Hawkins, William Boyd, Bryan Forbes and William Goldman from the books My Autobiography by Charles Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. It was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Music, Original Score.

Although the film was criticized for taking dramatic licence with some respects of Chaplin's life, Downey's uncanny performance as Chaplin won almost universal acclaim. Attenborough was so confident in Downey's performance that he actually allowed footage of the real Chaplin to be used at the end of the film.

1 Plot summary
2 Academy Awards
3 Trivia
4 External links

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Plot summary

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The life and times of filmmaker extraordinaire Charlie Chaplin (Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin). From his formative years in England to his highest successes in America, Charlie's life, work, and loves are followed. While his screen characters are extremely hilarious, the man behind "The Little Tramp" was constantly haunted by a sense of loss.

Tagline: Everyone has a wild side. Even a legend.

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Academy Awards

Award	Person
Nominated:
Best Actor	Robert Downey Jr.
Best Score	John Barry
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration	Stuart Craig Chris Butler

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Trivia

Milla Jovovich was only seventeen at the time of filming, and was too young to appear in a nude scene; a body double was used.
Geraldine Chaplin portrays Charles Chaplin's mother and her own paternal grandmother, Hannah Chaplin.
James Woods makes a cameo appearance as lawyer Joseph Scott and filmed the role in one day.

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