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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
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Title: Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Release Date: 1 May 2003

Runtime: 2h 12m

Genre: Documentary

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Overview: Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned film critic Richard Schickel.

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Average Vote: 6.8 (58 votes)

Cast

  • Narrator: Sydney Pollack
  • Self: Woody Allen
  • Self: Richard Attenborough
  • Self: Jeanine Basinger
  • Self: Claire Bloom
  • Self: Geraldine Chaplin
  • Self: Michael Chaplin
  • Self: Sydney Chaplin
  • Self: Miloš Forman
  • Self: Bill Irwin
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