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THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN

by Peter Middleton, James Spinney

synopsis

From the award-winning creative team behind Notes On Blindness and Listen To Me, Marlon comes a contemporary take on cinema’s most iconic figure. In an innovative blend of newly-unearthed audio recordings, dramatic reconstructions and personal archive, the film traces Charlie Chaplin’s meteoric rise from the slums of Victorian London to the heights of Hollywood superstardom, before his scandalous fall from grace. Refracting his life through a kaleidoscope of previously unheard voices and perspectives, the film sheds new light on the many sides of a groundbreaking, controversial and visionary artist. For decades he was the most famous man in the world but who was The Real Charlie Chaplin?

international title: The Real Charlie Chaplin
original title: The Real Charlie Chaplin
working title: Chaplin
country: United Kingdom, United States
sales agent: Altitude Film Entertainment Sales
year: 2021
genre: documentary
directed by: Peter Middleton, James Spinney
film run: 114'
screenplay: Peter Middleton, James Spinney
cinematography by: James Blann
film editing: Julian Quantrill
art director: Neil Allum
costumes designer: Natalie Willis
music: Robert Honstein
producer: Ben Limberg, John Battsek, Mike Brett
production: Archer's Mark, Passion Pictures, Smaller Biggie (US), Showtime (US)
backing: British Film Institute (BFI)

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