The Real Charlie Chaplin

A century ago, his comic imagination made him cinema's first globally identifiable superstar, but real insight into the complex individual within the emblematic tramp getup was hard to come by, in his heyday and in the generations since. Utilizing footage from his films, rare home movies, and reenactments of personal interviews, this documentary gives a frank overview of Charlie Chaplin's life and times, celebrating the great artist and acknowledging the problematic man. 112 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH).