Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003 · 132 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 1,439 VOTES · DIR. Richard Schickel
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,355 lines
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00:28:40 And Charlie, bowing away, said, "Tell them I am an artist.
00:32:27 And many in the Hollywood community were persuading him not to do it.
00:36:16 ... then appeared with him before this assemblage of visiting exhibitors...
00:40:43 Charlie just did something and Jackie could do the exact imitation of it.
00:44:59 ...how movie stardom had upped the stakes in the celebrity game.
00:48:30 Look at her bedroom, alone, or the party scenes or the woman being unraveled.
00:53:07 Or in the comic strips.
00:57:23 It was the same with Chaplin, a devoted cinematic purist.
01:01:35 ... was not going well either.
01:06:04 The Circus isn't even mentioned in his autobiography.
01:10:27 ...a great pictorialist when he wanted to be.
01:14:42 It's the noises of a limousine door slamming, its motor purring off...
01:19:07 As he did with Goddard, planning to star her in his next picture.
01:22:59 ...in the agenda of Modern Times, and it's a little off-- It's distancing.
01:27:06 They later claimed that they were married...
01:31:29 The barber and Hynkel will eventually exchange roles.
01:35:36 Suddenly, Charles Chaplin's face comes through.
01:39:36 Monsieur Verdoux would deepen the nation 's alienation...
01:43:24 ...perhaps misogynistically so, with Verdoux's dandyish elegance.
01:47:12 Calvero, his character in Limelight, directly...
01:50:14 "What is that supposed to be?" I said, "That's what you asked me to do. "
01:53:44 He would live out his life here, 24 more years.
01:58:11 Chaplin was visibly so moved by this reaction...
02:02:07 David Thomson once called Chaplin:
Cast & Characters
Sydney Pollack
Narrated By
Bill Irwin
Self
Norman Lloyd
Self - Chaplin Friend
Norman Lloyd
Actor
David Thomson
Self - Film Historian
Jeffrey Vance
Self - Chaplin Biographer
Andrew Sarris
Self - Film Critic and Historian
Robert Downey Jr.
Self - Actor
Robert Downey Jr.
Star of 'Chaplin
David Robinson
Self - Chaplin Biographer
Jeanine Basinger
Self - Film Historian
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,355
Dialogue density10.3 lines / min
First line00:28:40
Final line02:02:07
Production Record
DirectorRichard Schickel
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,439