A 1972, Cibiyar Harkokin Kasuwancin Harkokin Kasuwanci da Kimiyya ta ba Chaplin kyautar girmamawa, wanda Robinson ya gani a matsayin alamar cewa Amurka "na son yin gyare-gyare". Chaplin ya fara jinkirta game da karɓar amma ya yanke shawarar komawa Amurka a karo na farko a cikin shekaru 20. Ziyarar ta jawo hankalin babban adadin jarida kuma, a gasar Academy Awards, an ba shi kyauta mai tsawo na minti 12, mafi tsawo a tarihin Academy. A bayyane yake, Chaplin ya karbi kyautarsa don "tasirin da ba a iya lissafawa ba ya yi a cikin hotunan hotunan hotunan wannan karni". Ko da yake Chaplin yana da shirye-shirye na ayyukan fim na gaba, a tsakiyar shekarun 1970 ya kasance mai rauni sosai. Ya sha wahala da yawa, wanda ya sa ya zama da wuya a gare shi ya sadarwa, kuma ya yi amfani da keken hannu.
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