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Charly (marketed and stylized as CHAЯLY) is a 1968 American science fiction drama film directed and produced by Ralph Nelson and written by Stirling Silliphant. It is based on Flowers for Algernon, a science-fiction short story (1958) and subsequent novel (1966) by Daniel Keyes .
Charly: Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney. An intellectually disabled man undergoes an experiment that gives him the intelligence of a genius.
It is this story, involving a personal crisis, which makes "Charly" a warm and rewarding film. Unfortunately, there's a supplementary plot involving the scientist who operated on Charly, the scientist's difficult wife and a plan to put Charly on show at an international convention.
Charly (1968) -- (Movie Clip) I'd Like To Be Smarter The mentally challenged title character (Cliff Robertson in his Academy Award-winning role) receives his teacher Alice Kinian (Claire Bloom), and they discuss his competing with a mouse to navigate a maze, and scientific options, in Charly, 1968, from the story Flowers For Algernon.
Charly Gordon (Cliff Robertson), who has an IQ of 69, is constantly derided by his boss and fellow employees at the bakery where he works. His efforts to read and write prove fruitless. But when...
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In director Ralph Nelson's soap-opera-ish adaptation of Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon, a sci-fi drama: the transformation of 30 year old bakery worker Charly Gordon (Best Actor winning Cliff Robertson) with an IQ of 59 into a supergenius via a science experiment and radical brain surgery, although at first, Charly worried about his lack of ...
A love story that begins with an incredible experiment! Overview. An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right. Ralph Nelson. Director. Daniel Keyes. Novel. Stirling Silliphant. Screenplay. Reviews 1. Discussions.
Charly is a 1968 American science fiction drama film directed and produced by Ralph Nelson and written by Stirling Silliphant. It is based on Flowers for Algernon, a science-fiction short story (1958) and subsequent novel (1966) by Daniel Keyes.
1968. Directed by Ralph Nelson. A love story that begins with an incredible experiment! An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
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.
