Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Charly / Selmur Pictures presents ; directed and produced by Ralph Nelson ; screenplay by Stirling Siliphant.

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2019]

Description:

1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Charly is an adult male with a cognitive disability struggling to survive in the modern world. His frequent attempts at learning, reading, and writing prove difficult. His teacher, Miss Kinian, takes Charly to the clinic where he is observed by doctors who have Charly "race" a mouse, Algernon. Algernon is usually the winner thanks to an experiment that greatly raised his intelligence. This experiment is given to Charly, who at first does not seem affected. However, he becomes more logically advanced, eventually becoming a pure genius. Emotional and intra-personal consequences are involved when Charly learns the truth of the experiment, and struggles with whether or not the procedure was a good idea. -- From IMDb.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: PG.

Series:

KL studio classics

KL studio classics.

Subjects:

People with mental disabilities -- Drama.

Gifted persons -- Drama.

Brain -- Surgery -- Drama.

Genre:

Science fiction films.

Feature films.