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Chaplin - The Collection - Comedy Classics From The World's Favorite Tramp [VHS]
by (Producer: Diana Hawkins) (Writer: Diana Hawkins) (Writer: Bryan Forbes) (Writer: Charles Chaplin) (Writer: David Robinson) (Writer: William Boyd) (Writer: William Goldman)
Director: Richard Attenborough
Product Group: Video
Studio: Madacy Entertainment
ISBN: 6304673574
EAN: 9786304673577
UPC: 056375912530
Binding/Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 143 minutes
Original Release Date: 1993-01-08
Theatrical Release Date: 1993-01-08
Release Date: 1997-10-14
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
SKU: 02174
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Tapes very good, box has minor edge wear and scuffs. Nice collection.
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com
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. --Tom Keogh
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Customer Reviews
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Chaplin Anniversary Edition
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-06-22
My husband ordered this for his collection of favorite performers. He finds it well worth the price and a pleasure to watch.
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Chaplin *****ASDF
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-06-01
I love Chaplin. I have been searching everywhere for My favorite Actor Kevin Kline who did Douglas Fairbanks in that movie. I keep asking myself "Where will I see you again?" and I felt that way for so long. Anyway, I just enjoyed the fun of that movie and all of the action.
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Chaplin lives forever!!
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-05-30
Great movie. Well made by Mr. Attenborough.
Still after 18 years, Robert Downey, Jr. best performance and also an excellent period film with great sets and wardrobe.
Special Note: This is the best DVD transfer of this film, the others before it were in the wrong aspect ratio of 2.35 This one is in the correct 1.76 widescreen and color corrections of this transfer are the utmost clarity.
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Great performance.
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-05-17
The attention and work Downey put into becoming Chaplin showed just how awesome he is practicing his art. His performance is even more remarkable in this movie when you consider the time period that he made it in. If I'm not mistaken he was either still full swing in and out of rehab or at the tail end of it. Either way, his raw talent shown through whatever ordeals he was consumed with offscreen.
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Downey Jr. is great but the script could have been better
Rating  (4)
Date: 2010-02-16
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Chaplin manages to be an effective Bio pic of one of Hollywood's most famous Silent Film stars Charlie Chaplin (Robert Downey Jr.) despite simply jumping from one moment in his life to next. For instance when Charlie says he's going to be a director, it just jumps to him saying that after that he directed over 100 movies in one year. The film is long, yet it feels rushed. Downey Jr's performance is inspired and possibly his best performance, but the film itself doesn't feel too inspired.
I mean we're supposed to believe that a woman that is only in 2 scenes was his lost love. This is how the film tries to make us believe that. Chaplin is helping a performer with her dress and sees a young actress changing, she's mad he's there, but lets him hold a mirror for her as she puts on lip-stick. Then suddenly the film jumps to them on a date and him asking her to marry him. Did I miss something ? When did he even ask her out and when did she even act like she liked him before that ? Then the film jumps to him getting invited to act in Hollywood and the film doesn't even bother showing him upset that he had to leave her or even show them say goodbye to each other.
The film introduces Kevin Kline as Chaplin's best friend just as lazy. He simply is just shown playing tennis with Chaplin and I don't think we're even shown how these 2 met. Still, Downey Jr. and Kevin Kline work excellent together. It's the case where Chaplin works due to the actors pulling through better than the script. The film manges to be moving and effective but mostly due to performances by actors like Downey Jr. and Kevin Kline.
The way Chaplin is unfairly treated like a communist by the President (Kevin Dunn) and a lawyer (James Woods) is well done though. Other than that the movie just jumps from Chaplin being with one woman to the next. It's how he was mis-treated that makes us feel for the guy. Chaplin says in public that he won't shake the hand of a Nazi, yet his film The Great Dictator where he dresses up like Hitler backfires in his face and finally gives the President a good reason to call him a communist.
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