Charlie Chaplin Lausanne, Switzerland. The British Film Institute has also established the Charles Chaplin Research Foundation, and the first international Charles Chaplin Conference was held in London in July 2005. Chaplin is the subject of a biographical film, "Chaplin" (1992) directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Geraldine Chaplin playing Hannah Chaplin. He is also a character in the period drama film "The Cat's Meow" (2001), played by Eddie Izzard, and in the made-for-television movie "The Scarlett O'Hara War" (1980), played by Clive Revill. A television series about Chaplin's childhood, "Young Charlie Chaplin", ran on
David Tomblin "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade". During production of "Return of the Jedi", Tomblin directed "Return of the Ewok", a short, never-finished film about Warwick Davis who played the Ewok Wicket W. Warrick. Tomblin later worked with Kershner again when Kershner directed 1983's "Never Say Never Again", and with Spielberg on "Empire of the Sun". Tomblin often maintained multi-film working relationships with directors. He worked with Richard Donner on "The Omen", "Superman" and those parts of "Superman II" directed by Donner. With Richard Attenborough, Tomblin worked on Attenborough's major multinational productions "A Bridge Too Far", "Gandhi", "Cry Freedom" and "Chaplin".