Schonbrunn Palace represents Paris' Louvre and Fontainbleau, as well as the King's bedchamber, Marie-Therese's bedroom-anteroom, and the Royal Dining Room. The palace, with its exquisite wood carvings, tapestries, and art work, was constructed by Emperor Joseph I about 1700 and renovated by Queen Marie-Therese in 1740. Then in 1805, Napoléon Bonaparte used the palace for his headquarters. The grand ballrooms were still the settings for formal social events and state functions and were open during the day for public viewing.
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Like many composers, John Barry, who scored this movie, developed a recognizable style. Part of a recognizable style is instrumental choices, melodic cues and striking certain notes or chords. In Barry's score for this movie, particularly, many similarities to his score for Out of Africa (1985) can be heard.
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John Goodman and Winona Ryder were attached to this movie at one time. They were considered for the roles of Mack Sennett and Mildred Harris.
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Charles Chaplin's eyes were often described as strikingly blue by those who knew him. Robert Downey Jr.'s are hazel. They look dark brown, but the brighter lighting of his face in several scenes in Restoration (1995) revealed his eyes to be hazel with green highlights.
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In addition to playing her paternal grandmother Hannah Chaplin, Geraldine Chaplin was briefly depicted as an eight-year-old girl in a scene set in September 1952.
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This movie was to be distributed by Universal Pictures, but the studio wanted a bigger name than Robert Downey Jr. in the leading role, preferring Dustin Hoffman or Billy Crystal. When producer and director Sir Richard Attenborough refused to comply, this movie was put into turnaround, and a new producer had to be found. Mario Kassar agreed to take the reins, but demanded that the movie include the later part of Chaplin's life in Switzerland. William Goldman was then brought in to write these new scenes.
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Steven Spielberg offered Richard Attenborough the role of Tootles in Hook (1991), but he had to decline, as he was working on this film. Arthur Malet was cast instead. Spielberg later cast Attenborough as John Hammond in Jurassic Park (1993), which was his first acting role since The Human Factor (1979).
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Patsy Kensit auditioned for the role of Oona Chaplin.
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In this movie, Roland Totheroh works with Charlie Chaplin at Keystone in 1914. Their working relationship actually started a year later. It lasted from 1915 until Chaplin was exiled from the United States in 1952. Jack Totheroh and David Totheroh, the son and grandson of Roland Totheroh, appear as cameramen in this movie.
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Jeff Bridges, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, John Cusack, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, and Antony Sher were considered for the title role.
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Bryan Forbes' discarded script had a different beginning, and focused on some darker elements of Charlie Chaplin's life and personality. Although his script was not used, the WGA ruled that Forbes received writing credit, because much of the movie's framework was derived from his script.
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When Charlie Chaplin (Robert Downey, Jr.) arrives in Hollywood (to join Mack Sennett (Dan Aykroyd)), a movie is being made. Chaplin joins in and improvises a complex scene. This was actually the final chase sequence from The Adventurer (1917). The location for the last shots of the opening sequence of the same movie were used when Chaplin takes Oona Chaplin (Moira Kelly) on a tour of his old haunts, just before they leave for Europe.
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This was John Thaw's final film before his death on February 21, 2002 at the age of 60.
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Jim Carrey was considered for the role of Chaplin. He was subsequently considered for the role of Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park, in which he would have worked opposite Richard Attenborough.
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George Hayden (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is the only principal character in the movie who is fictional.
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Kevin Kline was originally considered by producer and director Sir Richard Attenborough to play Charlie Chaplin. Kline originally turned down the role of Douglas Fairbanks because his child had just been born. Attenborough agreed to delay the shooting of Kline's scenes for a month.
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Robert Downey Jr and Marisa Tomei would later appear in Spiderman Far from Home (2019) and Spiderman Homecoming (2017).
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Although some characters in the film suggest that Chaplin was Jewish, he actually was not.
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Aside from Geraldine Chaplin who appeared in two of her father's movies, only one other actor in the cast had appeared in a movie with the real Charles Chaplin. Phil Brown, who plays a projectionist (and who is best known as Uncle Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)), appeared with Chaplin in A King in New York (1957).
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chaplin - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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