Charly

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American drama film film

Charly is a 1968 American drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, best known for Cliff Robertson’s Oscar-winning portrayal of a man with intellectual disabilities who undergoes an experimental intelligence-enhancing procedure.

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American drama film → film →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actor →
awardReceivedBy	Cliff Robertson →
basedOn	Flowers for Algernon →
basedOnAuthor	Daniel Keyes →
basedOnWorkType	novella →
cinematographyBy	Arthur J. Ornitz →
colorProcess	color →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Ralph Nelson →
distributedBy	Cinerama Releasing Corporation →
editedBy	Fredric Steinkamp →
filmingTechnique	live action →
genre	drama film → science fiction film →
hasAlternativeTitle	Charly (Flowers for Algernon) →
hasWikipediaPage	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charly →
mainCharacter	Charlie Gordon →
mainCharacterPortrayedBy	Cliff Robertson →
medium	35 mm film →
motionPictureRating	M (original MPAA rating) →
musicBy	Ravi Shankar →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Original Score →
originalLanguage	English →
plotSummary	A man with an intellectual disability undergoes an experimental procedure to increase his intelligence, with profound personal and ethical consequences. →
producer	Ralph Nelson →
productionCompany	ABC Pictures →
releaseDate	1968-09-23 →
releaseYear	1968 →
runtimeMinutes	103 →
screenwriter	Ralph Nelson → Stirling Silliphant →
setIn	Boston →
starring	Claire Bloom → Cliff Robertson → Leon Janney → Lilia Skala → Ruth White →
theme	ethics of scientific experimentation → human identity → intellectual disability →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ralph Nelson →	directed
Ralph Nelson →	notableWork