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.

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Charly canonical 7
Charly (1968 film) 2

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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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Embassy Pictures ⓘ
surface form: ABC Pictures
releaseDate 1968-09-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 103 ⓘ
screenwriter Ralph Nelson ⓘ
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setIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
starring Claire Bloom ⓘ
Cliff Robertson ⓘ
Leon Janney ⓘ
Lilia Skala ⓘ
Ruth White ⓘ
theme ethics of scientific experimentation ⓘ
human identity ⓘ
intellectual disability ⓘ

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Ralph Nelson → notableWork → Charly ⓘ
Ralph Nelson → directed → Charly ⓘ
Flowers for Algernon → adaptedAs → Charly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charly (1968 film)
Charlie Gordon → portrayedInAdaptation → Charly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charly (1968 film)
Charly (Flowers for Algernon) → title → Charly ⓘ
Stirling Silliphant → notableWork → Charly ⓘ
Stirling Silliphant → wroteScreenplayFor → Charly ⓘ
Cliff Robertson → notableWork → Charly ⓘ
Cliff Robertson → notableAwardWork → Charly ⓘ