The Cynical Historian

Chaplin | Based on a True Story (2018x1)

Air date: Jan 08, 2018

Hollywood often likes to make movies about itself. In terms of historical topics, that has to be right up there with presidents and WWII. It also has a fairly set formula for pumping out bio-pics. Often times that means fitting a square peg in a round hole. So today, let’s look at a film that combines both of these tendencies with the 1992 film, Chaplin. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Kathryn Dixon, _Charlie Chaplin_ (NC: TAJ Books International, 2013). https://amzn.to/2KZkBEk Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen, _Based on a True Story: Fact and Fantasy in 100 Favorite Movies_ (IL: Chicago Review Press, 2005), 211-215. https://amzn.to/2m2sSZQ Frank Sanello, _Reel v Real: How Hollywood Turns Fact into Fiction_ (MD: Taylor Trade Press, 2003), 158-161. https://amzn.to/2N072BB https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/nov/22/chaplin-charlie-little-tramp-reel-history ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Chaplin is a 1992 British-American biographical comedy-drama film about the life of British comedian Charlie Chaplin. It was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd, Penelope Ann Miller, and Kevin Kline. It also features Geraldine Chaplin in the role of her own paternal grandmother, Hannah Chaplin. The film was adapted by William Boyd, Bryan Forbes and William Goldman from the books My Autobiography by Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by film critic David Robinson. Associate producer