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The Real Charlie Chaplin

Directed and co-written by the UK’s Peter Middleton and James Spinney (Notes on Blindness), this accomplished documentary both celebrates and critiques Charlie Chaplin. Using newly-restored archive materials, audio recordings, reconstructions and personal archives, the film explores the artist's multitudes. Co-produced by Film4, Passion Pictures, Archer’s Mark and BFI Film Fund.

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Follow the life of Charlie Chaplin as he rose from the slums of Victorian London, to the heights of Hollywood stardom, before becoming a victim of the HUAC red scare. Through new voices and perspectives, the controversial, innovative and ingenious life of this famed artist is explored.