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> CHARLY
(Cinerama Releasing Corp.-I.F.D.) — Technicolor-Techniscope —
106 minutes
Produced and directed by Ralph Nelson
Executive Producer: Selig J. Seligman
Screenplay by Stirling Silliphant
Based on short story “Flowers of Algernon” by Daniel Keyes
Director of Photography: Arthur Ornitz
Music: Ravi Shankar
Cast: CLIFF ROBERTSON, Claire Bloom, Leon Janney, Lilia Skala, Dick Van Patton, William Dwyer, Ed McNally, Dan Morgan, Barney Martin, Ruth White, Frank Dolan.
Here again the performance of the male lead is reason enough to see this uneven, at times, unconvincing, yet rewarding motion picture. For those who have previously considered Cliff Robertson as a likeable if unexciting leading man in action-type films, CHARLY should certainly jolt this impression, for Mr. Robertson will most assuredly be a candidate for Academy Award honors next April.
Perhaps the extreme metamorphosis of a mentally retarded person to one bordering on genius via a brain operation seems a bit dif_icult to accept, one can always argue that in today’s world of heart transplants and medical miracles, it may not appear so far fetched. It does serve to make the final scene all the more poignant. Claire Bloom as the understanding, compassionate and later passionate psychiatrist-teacher, holds her own against Mr. Robertson’s shattering performance.
Ravi Shankar, the currently popular Indian musician, effectively supplies the background score.
Recommended...
(highly and otherwise )
THE LION IN WINTER — another Academy Award nominee in many departments — picture, actors (both leading and supporting), direction, photography and score. Not to be missed!
THE BLISS OF MRS. BLOSSOM — a far-out comedy with many witty twists. Continued on page 27
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