 |
Charly (1968) | User Rating
(8 votes) |
|
|
• Plot Description
• Soundtrack
• Wallpapers
• Shooting Locations
• Popularity
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 8, 2005
Running Time
1 hour, 43 minutes
Country USA
Studio Cinerama, Selmar Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
|
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Psychodrama, Tear Jerker, Mental Illness, Doctor
Tagline: A love story that begins with an incredible experiment!
Plot: This intriguing drama, directed tenderly by Ralph Nelson, is based on the story FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes. The plot centers around a mentally retarded adult who instantly matures as the result of an operation on his brain. The result is a hybrid of documentary, romance, social drama and science fiction. Cliff Robertson is unpredictably touching as Charly Gordon, the sudden grown-up, and gives a hard-earned Academy Award winning performance. Claire Bloom is simple and magnetic as Alice Kinian, his sympathetic and protective caseworker. As his teacher, Miss Kinian, takes Charly to a clinic where doctors, who have Charly compete with a mouse named Algernon, observe him. Algernon, a once retarded mouse, is usually the winner thanks to an experiment that has greatly raised his intelligence. This experiment is given to Charly, who initially isn’t affected. However, he gradually becomes more and more educated, eventually becoming a genius. This change effects not only Charly but also all the people who have contributed to his metamorphosis.
More Plot Descriptions
 |
Related Movies:
|
 Discussion forum for this movie
|
| |
|
| Directed by |
Ralph Nelson
Father Goose, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Once a Thief |
|
| Cast |
|
 | Claire Bloom
Crimes and Misdemeanors, Mighty Aphrodite, Daylight | Lilia Skala
Flashdance, House of Games, Lilies of the Field | | Ruth White
To Kill a Mockingbird, Midnight Cowboy, Hang 'Em High | | | |
[more] |
|
|
|
|
Mooviees.com is not the official site for this film.
All editorial views and opinions expressed here are for entertainment purposes only.
| Idris Elba Joins "Thor" Cast [Friday, Nov 20, 2009]"Shield" Scribe Pens Fourth "Underworld" [Friday, Nov 20, 2009]Spielberg, King Go "Under the Dome" [Friday, Nov 20, 2009]di Bonaventura Producing "Nicholas Flamel" [Thursday, Nov 19, 2009]Adams, Levy Celebrate "Best Days"? [Thursday, Nov 19, 2009]Eddie Murphy Gets Naughty In "Fluffy" [Thursday, Nov 19, 2009]Sam Worthington Commits A "Crime" [Thursday, Nov 19, 2009]Lynch Develops Meditation Founder Doco [Thursday, Nov 19, 2009]Justin Theroux Heads Into "Space" [Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009]Aurora and Platinum Adapting "Nightfall" [Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009] |
|
|
|
|
Movie Database
In Theaters
