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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Ralph Nelson |
| Stars: |
Cliff Robertson |
| Actors: |
Dan Morgan |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Self-Discovery · Psychodrama · Tear Jerker · Based On A Novel · Wise Fools |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
013131088236 |
| Release Date: |
1968 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 46min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 44min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (January 15, 2005)
UPC: 027616912015 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 43min
Release Company: Anchor Bay Entertainment (October 12, 1999)
UPC: 013131088236 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Stirling Silliphant |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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 w... |
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