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Chaplin

Year:

1993

Duration:

143 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Richard Attenborough

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1993-01-08

Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $31,000,000

Gross: $9,493,259 (USA)£1,813,792 (UK)

Cast

Actor

Character

Robert Downey Jr.

Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

Hannah Chaplin

Paul Rhys

Sydney Chaplin

John Thaw

Fred Karno

Moira Kelly

Hetty Kelly

Anthony Hopkins

George Hayden

Dan Aykroyd

Mack Sennett

Marisa Tomei

Mabel Normand

Penelope Ann Miller

Edna Purviance

Kevin Kline

Douglas Fairbanks

Maria Pitillo

Mary Pickford

Milla Jovovich

Mildred Harris

Kevin Dunn

J. Edgar Hoover

Deborah Moore

Lita Grey

Diane Lane

Paulette Goddard

Nancy Travis

Joan Barry

James Woods

Joseph Scott

Hugh Downer

Charlie Age 5

Nicholas Gatt

Sydney Age 9

Bill Paterson

Stage Manager

Anthony Bowles

Conductor

Bryan Coleman

Drunk

Howard Lew Lewis

Workhouse Official (as Howard 'Lew' Lewis)

P.H. Moriarty

Workhouse Official

Brian Lipson

Warder

Alan Ford

Warder

Thomas Bradford

Charlie Age 14

Liz Porter

Matchgirl

Ultan Ely-O'Carroll

Rummy Binks

Marcus Eyre

Policeman

Anwar Adaoui

Lambeth Kid

Ben Bilson

Lambeth Kid

Matthew Cartwright

Lambeth Kid

Ian Covington

Lambeth Kid

Adam Goodwin

Lambeth Kid

Milly Gregory

Lambeth Kid

Sam Holland

Lambeth Kid

Josh Maguire

Lambeth Kid

Daniel Sherman

Lambeth Kid

Luke Strain

Lambeth Kid

Frankie Sullivan

Lambeth Kid

Karen Salt

Little Girl

Gerald Sim

Doctor

Una Brandon-Jones

Inmate

Audrey Leybourne

Inmate

Graham Sinclair

Master of Ceremonies

Karen Lewis

Yankee Doodle Dancer

Andrée Bernard

Yankee Doodle Dancer (as Andree Bernard)

Carole Jahme

Yankee Doodle Dancer

Jacqueline Leonard

Yankee Doodle Dancer

Claire Perriam

Yankee Doodle Dancer

Theresa Petts

Yankee Doodle Dancer

David Gant

London Maitre d'

Mary Healey

Mrs. Karno

Malcolm Terris

Stallholder

Phil Brown

Projectionist

Matthew Cottle

Stan Laurel

Ena Baga

Pianist

David Duchovny

Rollie Totheroh

Mario Govoni

Swiss Butler

David Mooney

Wedding Photographer

C.J. Golden

Bride's Mother

Raymond Lynch

Bride's Father

Peter Georges

Groom

Mike Randleman

Groom's Mother

Mike Peluso

Groom's Father

Caroline Cornell

Wedding Guest

Ann Fairlie

Wedding Guest

Paul Hayes

Wedding Guest

Dennis Vero

Wedding Guest

Francesca Buller

Minnie Chaplin

Nick Corello

Masseur

Richard Fast

Bronco Billy Anderson

Brad Blumenthal

Party Photographer (as Brad Parker)

Yoshio Be

Chauffeur

Peter Crook

Frank Hooper

David Totheroh

Cameraman

Jack Totheroh

Cameraman

Jack Ritschel

William Randolph Hearst

Heather McNair

Marion Davies

Laura Bastianelli

Dinner Guest

Joy Claussen

Dinner Guest

Paul Bruno Grenier

Dinner Guest

Marykate Harris

Dinner Guest

Charles Howerton

Dinner Guest

Jason Logan

Dinner Guest

Renata Scott

Dinner Guest

Michael Villani

Dinner Guest (as Mike Villani)

Jerry Jensen

Hotel Porter (as Jerry Jenson)

Larry Randolph

Waiter

Alan Charof

Federal Marshal (as Alan Charoff)

Dana Craig

Federal Marshal

Kennedy Grant

Federal Marshal

Ken Magee

Federal Marshal

Benjamin Whitrow

Station Master (as Ben Whitrow)

Edward Crangle

Young Autograph Hunter

Stuart Richman

Barman

Mark Vegh

Barman

Caroline Guthrie

Courting Couple

Lawrence Lambert

Courting Couple

Robert Stephens

Ted the Drunk

Tim Chaplin

Working Man

Nick Edmett

Working Man

David Finch

Working Man

Mark Long

Working Man

Tommy Wright

Working Man

Leonard Kirby

Young Fan

Sean O'Bryan

Lewis Seeley

Donald Elson

Prop Man

Donnie Kehr

Sound Engineer

Sky Rumph

Charles Chaplin jr. Age 7

Bradley Pierce

Sydney Chaplin jr. Age 8

Richard James

Pianist

William Dennis Hunt

US Maitre D'

Michael Blevins

David Raksin

Norbert Weisser

German Diplomat

Vicki Frederick

Party Guest

Gene Wolande

Party Guest

Michael Adler

Party Guest

Iris Bath

Party Guest

Thomas K. Belgrey

Party Guest

Tom Preston

Party Guest

Mary Stark

Party Guest

Annie Waterman

Party Guest

Noah Lee Margetts

Clapper Boy (as Noah Margetts)

Rhett Smith

Tennis Party Guest

John Standing

Butler

Michael A. Goorjian

Charles Chaplin Jr (as Michael Goorjian)

Michael Cade

Sydney Chaplin Jr

Todd Mason Covert

Reporter

Phil Forman

Reporter

Charley J. Garrett

Reporter

Jerry Giles

Reporter

Howard Hughes

Reporter

Jayson Kane

Reporter

Michael Miller

Reporter

John Otrin

Reporter

J. Michael Patterson

Reporter

Paul Sinclair

Reporter

Terrence Stone

Reporter

Ralph Votrian

Reporter

Emma Lewis

Production Assistant

Sacha Bennett

Unidentified Role (uncredited)

Kenneth W Caravan

Covent Garden Clerk (uncredited)

Charles Chaplin

The Little Tramp

Virginia Cherrill

A Blind Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jackie Coogan

The Kid

Ken Gehrig

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Paulette Goddard

A Gamine (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Glenn Harding

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bruce Holman

Beach Party Guest (uncredited)

Kirk Jordan

Tennis Pro (uncredited)

Vivien Latham

Silent Movie Actress (uncredited)

John Howard Lawson

Himself - Testifies Before HUAC (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jack Lemmon

Himself - Oscar Sequence (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walter Matthau

Himself - Oscar Sequence (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph McCarthy

Himself - Baits Reds (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Lee McLain

Keystone Fireman (uncredited)

Charles D. Miller

Party Guest at Douglas Fairbanks' Mansion (uncredited)

Annie Muñoz

Daughter of Movie Star (uncredited)

Pauline Olsen

Charlie's Secretary (uncredited)

Lance Patrick

Joe (uncredited)

Robert Peters

Great Dictator Cinematographer (uncredited)

David Robinson

Douglas Fairbanks' Manservant (uncredited)

Jessica Russell

Shirley (uncredited)

Reuven Russell

Waiter (uncredited)

Bob Sallese

Token Male Juror (uncredited)

Julius Schaub

Himself - Behind Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marc Ian Sklar

Parking Attendent (uncredited)

Mack Swain

Big Jim McKay

Daniel Taradash

Himself - Oscar Sequence (archive footage) (uncredited)

Philip Waley

Man at Train Station (uncredited)

Laurel Whitsett

Script Girl (uncredited)

Brad Yates

Paul (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

While researching his role, Robert Downey Jr.' visited the Museum of the Moving Image in London and persuaded the staff to let him try on one of Chaplin's actual Little Tramp suits and boots. The latter fit him perfectly, and he found cigar stub in one of the pockets, which he subsequently treasured.

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Antony Sher was considered for the title role.

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John Goodman and Winona Ryder were attached to this project at one time.

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Goofs

When Douglas Fairbanks swings down on the rope to meet Charlie, his foot is inside a loop at the end of the rope when he starts the swing in the wide shot, but when he lands in the tight shot, his foot is nowhere near the loop. Also the momentum created by the swing would have carried him much further than it actually did, i.e he wouldn't have stopped where Charlie was standing.

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While Chaplin is incorrectly depicted playing the violin right-handed (he was a left-handed musician), Chaplin wrote with his right hand.

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Douglas Fairbanks opens a beer with a twist cap. It was not invented until the 1960s.

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Quotes

Sydney Chaplin: Charlie, you got your pants on back-to-front.

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Mack Sennett: Jesus!

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Charlie Chaplin: [after watching newsreel footage of Adolf Hitler to study Hitler's mannerisms and patterns of speech, in preparation for "The Great Dictator"] I know you... you bastard!

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