Chaplin (1992)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Dec 25, 1992

Running Time: 144 mins.

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Robert Downey, Jr, Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw, Moira Kelly, Anthony Hopkins, Dan Aykroyd, Marisa Tomei, Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Kline

director: Richard Attenborough, Micky Moore

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Chaplin: DVD Extra

Biographical film on Charlie Chaplin: from his impoverished youth in London through the formative years of film and his emergence in Hollywood's Golden Age, up until his acceptance, late in life, of a special Academy Award.

December 8, 2000

All the nuances Robert Downey Jr. invests in playing Charlie Chaplin, the clown prince of the silent screen, are blunted by a skim job of a script and inert direction from that Madame Tussaud of film biographers, Richard Attenborough (Gandhi, Cry Freedom, Young Winston). The film follows Chaplin from his impoverished London youth through his Hollywood triumphs, his exile from the United States and his return in 1972 for what this film considers the ultimate accolade -- an honorary Oscar.

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