Chaplin (film) and is moved to tears when the audience provide him with the Oscar's longest standing ovation. Although Richard Attenborough wanted Robert Downey Jr. for the part of Chaplin, studio executives wanted Robin Williams or Billy Crystal for the role. Jim Carrey was also considered for the role. The film received mixed to positive reviews. Although the film was criticized for taking dramatic licence with some aspects of Chaplin's life, Downey's performance as Chaplin won universal acclaim. Attenborough was sufficiently confident in Downey's performance to include historical footage of Chaplin himself at the end of the film. The film was lauded
Geraldine Chaplin (1981), Alain Resnais' "Life Is a Bed of Roses" (1983), Jacques Rivette's experimental "Love on the Ground" (1984), and then the American film, "I Want to Go Home" (1989). Chaplin also starred in Rudolph's 1920s-set film, "The Moderns" (1988). In the biographical film about her father, "Chaplin" (1992), she played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin, for which she was nominated for her third Golden Globe Award. Soon after, she was directed by Martin Scorsese in "The Age of Innocence" (1993), and appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's version of "Jane Eyre" (1996). Chaplin went on to appear in "" (1997). Chaplin received a