Rent Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 (1923)
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- Synopsis:
- Buster Keaton (1895-1966) is one of the greatest artists in cinema history. After a very early start in vaudeville with his parents (as The Human Mop), Keaton was as old as the cinema when he began his career in film at the age of twenty-one with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Burlesque yet sensitive, Keaton inspired European surrealists and created the funniest and most astonishing character of the silent era. His short films were whirlwinds of precisely choreographed humour and nonsense, and have been rarely screened in recent years. A new generation are now able to rediscover the timeless appeal of Keaton's comic marvels with this complete collection of short films from 1917-1923.
- Actors:
- Buster Keaton, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Al St. John, Josephine Stevens, Arthur Earle, Joe Bordeaux, Luke the Dog, Charles Dudley, Alice Lake, Agnes Neilson, Glen Cavender, Natalie Talmadge, Jimmy Bryant, Alice Mann, Ernie Morrison Sr., Joe Keaton, Dan Albert, Kate Price, Jack Coogan Sr., Molly Malone
- Directors:
- Buster Keaton, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edward F. Cline, Malcolm St. Clair
- Producers:
- Joseph M. Schenck, Brittany Valente
- Writers:
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Joseph Anthony Roach, Buster Keaton, Jean C. Havez, Natalie Talmadge, Edward F. Cline, Jeffrey Vance, Malcolm St. Clair
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
- Collections:
- All the Twos: 1902-62, Behind Bars: Visit These Essential Prison Films, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, Getting to Know: James Mason, inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, Masters of Cinema
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/07/2016
- Run Time:
- 740 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Silent
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W and Tinted
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Multiple scores on selected titles
- Archival audio commentaries by Joseph McBride on The 'High Sign', One Week, Convict 13, The Playhouse, The Boat, and Cops
- Newly discovered version of The Blacksmith containing four minutes of previously unseen footage
- Alternate ending for Coney Island
- Alternate ending for My Wife's Relations
- That's Some Buster, a new exclusive video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns
- An introduction by preservationist Serge Bromberg
- The Art of Buster Keaton, actor Pierre Etaix discusses Keaton's style
- A new introduction by preservationist Serge Bromberg
- Life with Buster Keaton, Keaton reenacts Roscoe Arbuckle's Salome dance performed in The Cook
- Audio recording of Keaton at a party in 1962
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following films:
1. The Butcher Boy (1917)
2. The Rough House (1917)
3. His Wedding Night (1917)
4. Oh Doctor! (1917)
5. Coney Island (1917)
6. Out West (1918)
7. The Bell Boy (1918)
8. Moonshine (1918)
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following films:
9. Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
10. The Cook (1918)
11. Backstage (1919)
12. The Hayseed (1919)
13. The Garage (1920)
14. The High Sign (1921)
15. One Week (1920)
16. Convict 13 (1920)
- Special Features - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following films:
17. The Scarecrow (1920)
18. Neighbors (1920)
19. The Haunted House (1921)
20. Hard Luck (1921)
21. The Goat (1921)
22. The Playhouse (1921)
23. The Boat (1921)
24. The Paleface (1922
- Special Features - Disc 4:
- This disc includes the following films:
25. Cops (1922)
26. My Wife's Relations (1922)
27. The Blacksmith (1922)
28. The Frozen North (1922)
29. Day Dreams (1922)
30. The Electric House (1922)
31. The Balloonatic (1923)
32. The Love Nest (1923)
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