DVD
REVIEW: CHAPLIN
15th Anniversary
10/10/08
Chaplin, the film that
earned acclaimed actor Robert Downey Jr. an Academy Award®
nomination and BAFTA Award, is now available in a brand new,
special edition DVD. The film, directed by two-time Academy
Award® winner Richard Attenborough (Ghandi), boasts a
critically-acclaimed ensemble cast that includes Academy
Award® winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs),
Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda) and Marisa Tomei (My
Cousin Vinny), Academy Award® nominee Diane Lane
(Unfaithful) and Academy Award® nominees and Emmy® winners
Dan Aykroyd (Driving Miss Daisy) and James Woods (Ghosts of
Mississippi). Chaplin: 15th Anniversary Edition features a
newly re-mastered widescreen version of the film and all-new
bonus materials, including two featurettes that document
Chaplin’s film legacy, a never-before-seen home movie of
Chaplin and a retrospective interview with Attenborough. The
special edition DVD will be available on October 14, 2008.
Chaplin is a dramatized biography of the highs and lows in
the life of one of the foremost comic geniuses the silver
screen has ever known. With the use of flashback, an elderly
Chaplin (Downey Jr.) discusses his autobiography with his
editor (Hopkins) who urges him to be more vulnerable and
emotionally honest with his memoirs. Together, they journey
through Chaplin’s poverty-stricken childhood, closest
friendships, many marriages, and his ingenious invention of
“The Little Tramp,” as well as J. Edgar Hoover’s merciless
pursuit, Chaplin’s shocking exile to Switzerland and his
triumphant return to Hollywood. Downey’s astonishing mimicry
of Chaplin’s gait, gestures and accents complete a
dazzlingly authentic portrait of one of cinema’s first pop
culture icons.
VIDEO:
Widescreen (1.78:1) 16x9
AUDIO:
English 2.0 Dolby Digital
Subtitles - English Spanish
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Strolling Into the Sunset”
– a new retrospective with director Richard Attenborough
“All at Sea” – a never-before-seen home movie
of Charlie Chaplin on vacation in Catalina, CA
“Chaplin the Hero” – a new featurette on
Charlie Chaplin’s contributions to film, including
interviews with Richard Schickel (film critic for Time
Magazine and director of “Charlie: The Life and Art of
Charlie Chaplin”) along with Chaplin’s official biographer,
David Robinson
“The Most Famous Man in the World” – Charlie
Chaplin was mobbed by thousands of fans everywhere he went
... long before the days of TV and the internet. See how
Chaplin became the first pop culture icon
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