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Charly is a 1968 American drama, romance, and science fiction film directed by Ralph Nelson, who also served as producer. The screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant and Daniel Keyes, based on the work Flowers for Algernon by Keyes. The cast includes Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Leon Janney, and Lilia Skala. Arthur J. Ornitz handled cinematography, Fredric Steinkamp edited the film, and Ravi Shankar composed the music. The narrative is set in Massachusetts.
The film was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format and was originally released on September 23, 1968. It has a runtime of 103 minutes. Charly received several accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Additional honors include the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor and recognition as one of the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
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6.5An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.
Cast
- Cliff Robertson as Charlie Gordon
- Claire Bloom as Alice Kinian
- Lilia Skala as Dr. Anna Straus
- Leon Janney as Dr. Richard Nemur
- Ruth White as Mrs. Apple
- Dick Van Patten as Bert
Themes
- experiment
- mouse
- genius
- intelligence test
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
7,613 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
55%
Metacritic
50/100
- Year
- 1968
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- M
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Flowers for Algernon
- Director
- Ralph Nelson
- Screenwriter
- Daniel Keyes
- Composer
- Ravi Shankar
- Producer
- Ralph Nelson
- Cinematographer
- Arthur J. Ornitz
- Narrative location
- Massachusetts
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 172889
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1968-00-00
- film editor
- Fredric Steinkamp
- title
- Charly
- nominated for
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
- after a work by
- Daniel Keyes
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Charly
- review score
- 50/100
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